REVIEW: ASSASSINS (Pleasance Theatre) ★★★★
Having never seen Assassins and with a penchant for all things ‘murder’ and an appetite for true crime, I rocked up to the Press Night of this production full of anticipation and I wasn’t disappointed. The Pleasance Theatre (once you get used to its out of comfort zone location) is warm and welcoming and the perfect […]
REVIEW: DOLLYWOULD (Soho Theatre) ★★★
DollyWould, the latest show from Sh!t Theatre, is a funny and timely reminder that it’s okay for theatre to be silly, and it’s okay for audiences to expect silly theatre to be created and performed to a high standard. Becca and Louise wanted to make a show about something they love. So they made a show about […]
DEAR EVAN HANSEN the novel set to be released
Penguin Random House is delighted to be publishing DEAR EVAN HANSEN: THE NOVEL, a sharply funny and poignant novel which will expand upon the story and characters made famous by the six-time Tony Award-winning (including: Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score) Broadway musical of the same name, set to hit the West End in […]
REVIEW: LOVE?! (Old Red Lion Theatre) ★★★
‘Love?! A Catastrophic 21st Century Guide on Relationships’ is certainly one the longest titles for any play I have seen recently. The play itself, by Chloé Wipraechtiger, is short, unsatisfyingly so, and I would have liked more time to allow further character development, which could have better evolved the intertwined mini-playlets into a rounded piece. […]
Anita Dobson to star in 3WOMEN – a new play by comedian Katy Brand
3Women, the debut play by the award-winning comedian and writer Katy Brand, will premiere at Trafalgar Studios 2, starring the celebrated screen and stage actress Anita Dobson (Eleanor), alongside Debbie Chazen (Suzanne), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Laurie), and Oliver Greenall (Waiter). Running from 15 May to 9 June 2018, with press night on 18 May, 3Women explores […]
Special guests announced for Jason Robert Brown’s West End concert
This April, three-time Tony Award winning composer, conductor and pianist Jason Robert Brown is coming to London for one night only for a special concert with the 60-piece BBC Concert Orchestra. Today it is announced that he will be joined by Broadway stars Norm Lewis and Betsy Wolfe and star of Wicked Rachel Tucker. An […]
CHICAGO THE MUSICAL set to razzle dazzle even longer in the West End
Even before previews have begun, the producers of the Kander & Ebb musical CHICAGO, winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, have extended the booking period at the Phoenix Theatre in London until 6 October 2018. Following a successful UK and international tour, and after a 5½-year absence from London, the […]
SHOSHANA BEAN returns to London with new album SPECTRUM
Broadway’s SHOSHANA BEAN will return to London to perform her fourth studio album, Spectrum live in London at Cadogan Hall on 9 September 2018 with an 18 piece band. Special guests to be announced. Spectrum thrills with a fresh new take on the classic tradition of big band. Inspired largely by Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, […]
REVIEW: THE RAT PACK (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★
It will be 20 years ago in May that the world lost one its most beloved and revered entertainers – Frank Sinatra is instantly recognisable, not only for his super smooth voice but his style and stage presence. Fans of Frank are some of the most loyal and vociferous in the world so any production […]
Does London need to chill out about theatre etiquette?
Not a week goes by without someone, somewhere on the internet writing about bad behaviour at the theatre. There is a standard we brits like adhered to when at the theatre, no talking, no noisy eating, no translating the entire show to the person sat next to you and certainly no singing along until the […]