REVIEW: Gundog (Royal Court Theatre) ★★★
Gundog is written by Simon Longman and directed by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone. Longman makes his debut at the Royal Court after taking part in the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writer’s Programme in 2013. Gundog is part of the Royal Court’s Jerwood New Playwrights programme. Vicky Featherstone describes the play as, “a bleak […]
Ian McKellen to star in West End transfer of Shakespeare’s KING LEAR
Chichester Festival Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, will run at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London for 100 performances only from 11th July to 3rd November 2018 following a sold-out season at Chichester Festival Theatre’s Minerva Theatre in 2017. The ensemble of actors will include Ian McKellen as King Lear, returning to the […]
Louise Jameson to star in one of the most powerful explorations of hate crime ever written
Louise Jameson is to star with recent graduate Thomas Mahy making his London stage debut in Philip Ridley’s Vincent River. Davey has seen something he can never forget. Anita has been forced to flee her home. Tonight, they meet for the first time… and their lives will change forever. Philip Ridley’s modern classic was a […]
John Barrowman to star in Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre
International theatre and TV star John Barrowman MBE returns to perform in London in Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre concert series for 3 intimate performances. John Barrowman is best know in the US for his role of Malcolm Merlyn (aka The Dark Archer) in the hit TV series Arrow, based on the Green […]
REVIEW: Hot Lips and Cold War (London Theatre Workshop) ★★
A weak script, focussing on the lives of JFK, Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, ungently punctuated with curiously forgettable ballads; this is the confused musical from Lizzie Freeborn that attempts to re-tell the story of America’s First Family 1962-63. However, the central narrative – the Kennedy marriage – is consistently undermined by (and eventually lost […]
REVIEW: ALL OR NOTHING (Arts Theatre) ★★
After an extensive UK tour All or Nothing – The Mod Musical has been given a limited season in the West End at the Arts Theatre. The show – conceived by ex-Eastenders’ star Carol Harrison – is another crowd pleasing jukebox musical along the same lines as Sunny Afternoon (which featured the music of The Kinks), […]
REVIEW: MOONLOG (Chickenshed Studio Theatre)
Chickenshed in North London is hosting a month of monologues with four performances each evening in the Studio Theatre; two from known writers and two new pieces by new writers, new directors and new actors, a real Chickenshed experience. The evening begins with a piece from Alan Bennet’s Talking Heads. ‘Her Big Chance’ was performed […]
Julia Donaldson’s TIDDLER returns to the stage
After enchanting audiences in the West End and all over the world, Tiddler is back and swimming around the UK on a brand-new tour, opening at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley this Saturday 10 February. Adapted from the bestselling books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Tiddler and other Terrific Tales will visit over 40 venues […]
Learning disabled artists campaign and provoke in a striking new piece of theatre in East London
Learning disabled artists campaign and provoke in a striking new piece of theatre in East London. This March, award winning theatre company Access All Areas will present MADHOUSE re:exit – an interactive, immersive experience at Shoreditch Town Hall, inspired by the institutionalisation of people with learning disabilities in the UK. This innovative production will then […]
More Celebrities Announced For DANCING ON ICE LIVE Tour
Dancing on Ice fans will be delighted to learn that more contestants from the hit ITV series will be joining skating legends Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean on the 2018 UK tour. Kem Cetinay, Alex Beresford and two-time Dancing on Ice champion Ray Quinn will join the celebrity line-up for the live ice spectacular which […]