REVIEW: Going Places (King’s Head Theatre) ★★★
Going Places is a short play written, directed and performed by Jane Ryan and Billie Collinson that looks at the roles women play in the workplace and their attempts to escape their reality. Helen (Collinson) and Claire (Ryan) work together in an office surrounded by computers, papers, shredders and printers. It’s not clear what they […]
REVIEW: The Lovely Bones (Royal & Derngate) ★★★★
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. It’s late and your child isn’t home… you call the police and wait. And then you get the news you’ve been dreading… Alice Seybold’s The Lovely Bones is a book that stays with you. As a child I was always warned of the dangers of strangers, but in this story […]
Denise Van Outen pulls out of CHICAGO due to injury
Denise Van Outen was due to join the West End cast of CHICAGO at the Phoenix Theatre, playing the role of Velma Kelly from Monday 24 September through to Saturday 17 November 2018. But on the day she was due to start rehearsals it was discovered that she had suffered a stress fracture in her […]
REVIEW: Swan Lake (London Coliseum) ★★★★
Swan Lake is one of the most beloved tragedies in the ballet. Love, jealousy, betrayal and magic are all brought together to bring beautiful but dramatic scenes that evoke a sense of an ‘other world’ full of enchantments and spells. Tchaikovsky’s score provides its own type of music that bewitches the audience who watch, spellbound […]
REVIEW: The Play That Goes Wrong (Curve) ★★★★
It’s quite rare that I venture into a production totally blind with no idea what I am letting myself in for, but this was very much the case with The Play That Goes Wrong. I vaguely knew that scenery falls down at some point and that it’s a ‘what it says on the tin’ production, […]
Bradley Jaden talks all things Les Miserables
I sat down with London’s new Javert, Bradley Jaden, backstage at Les Miserables to chat about the show and the character he plays. Bradley’s theatre credits include: Fiyero in Wicked (West End and International Tour); Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific in Concert (Cadogan Hall); Enjolras in Les Miserables (Queen’s Theatre, 30th Anniversary cast); Freddie […]
REVIEW: Hobson’s Choice (Jack Studio Theatre) ★★★
Harold Brighouse’s Manchester School classic comedy about class and gender is given a new spin at the Jack Theatre by director Matthew Townshend. The setting has moved from 1880 to 1958 embracing Rock’n’Roll but remains firmly rooted in working class Salford. Successful shoe shop owner Henry Hobson (John D Collins) is a pillar of the […]
REVIEW: SIX (ARTS Theatre) ★★★★
It would be very easy to describe ‘Six’ as an all-female Hamilton, and in many ways you can. However, there are alternative suggestions I’d come up with – an all-female Avengers, the rivals of Little Mix perhaps, or else an electro-pop hour long version of the Cell Block Tango. ‘Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived.’ […]
REVIEW: Eugenius (The Other Palace) ★★★
The programme for Eugenius includes a review by Alun Hood of Whats On Stage, which references The Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, telling us that cult musicals can be about the strangest things. Herein lies the problem with Eugenius, cult musicals are not prescribed by the creators, […]
Cast announced for the UK&I Tour of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL
The producers of “MOTOWN THE MUSICAL” are delighted to announce the cast for the UK and Ireland tour. Edward Baruwa will play the leading role of ‘Berry Gordy’, Karis Anderson will play ‘Diana Ross’, Nathan Lewis will play ‘Smokey Robinson’ and Shak Gabbidon-Williams will play ‘Marvin Gaye’. The production will open at the Birmingham Alexandra […]