George Rigden talks about taking his show GEORGE-OUS to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: George Rigden Name of Edinburgh show: George-ous Venue: Pleasance Courtyard Performance time: 9.45pm Show length: 55 minutes Ticket price: £6-10 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I was born and raised in Bristol, aka the best city on earth. I studied drama at GCSE, A-level and university […]
David Ephgrave talks about taking his one-man self-character-assassination show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: David Ephgrave Name of Edinburgh show: ‘David Ephgrave: My Part in His Downfall’ Venue: Just the Tonic @ The Caves (Just Up the Road) Performance time: 12:00pm Show length: 60 minutes Ticket price: £5.00 / £4.00 concessions / £3 previews Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’m […]
REVIEW: THE KING AND I (London Palladium) ★★★★
Barlett Sher’s Lincoln Centre revival of Rogers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, which opened on Broadway in 2015, has swept its way to the London Palladium for a summer run, starring the Broadway leads. The King and I is based on Margaret Landon’s novel, Anna and the King of Siam (1944) and originally opened […]
Mandy Knight takes no prisoners in new comedy show THE DARK KNIGHT at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Mandy Knight Name of Edinburgh show: Mandy Knight: The Dark Knight Venue: Voodoo Rooms Performance time: 19.40 Show length: 60 mins Ticket price: FREE Fringe Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I trained as a classical actress for three years and inevitably went on to become a […]
Richard Fleeshman, Ben Lewis and more join the West End cast of COMPANY
RICHARD FLEESHMAN (Andy), GEORGE BLAGDEN (PJ) and MATTHEW SEADON-YOUNG (Theo) join the cast of Marianne Elliott’s highly anticipated new production of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s COMPANY. The actors play Bobbie’s three boyfriends: All three characters have been re-gendered for this new production, which includes their classic song You Could Drive a Person Crazy. Stephen […]
Alison Skilbeck talks about bringing her show ARE THERE MORE OF YOU? to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Alison Skilbeck Show Name: ARE THERE MORE OF YOU? Venue: Assembly Hall (Baillie Room) Time: 11.10am Length: 70 mins Tickets: £6 – £12.50 Tell me about yourself and your performing background? I’ve been an actress for over 30 years; after Oxford University had five wonderful years with Ayckbourn’s Scarborough Company, then theatre all over […]
REVIEW: IMPERIUM (Gielgud Theatre) ★★★★★
The RSC’s adaptation of Robert Harris’ Cicero novels moves to the West End after a successful run in Stratford and does not disappoint. The story is razor sharp, packed with jokes about politics and brilliantly delivered. Veteran adaptor Mike Poulton has turned the three novels into six, hour(ish) long, sections spread over two plays, like […]
Barry Ferns talks about bringing his show BARRY LOVES YOU to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Barry Ferns Name of Edinburgh show: Barry Loves You Venue: The Tron Performance time: 9pm Show length: 55 minutes Ticket price: £5 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I started performing when I was 15 years old. I first came to the Edinburgh festival when a promoter […]
REVIEW: KING – The Musical by Martin Smith (Hackney Empire) ★★★★★
Martin Smith was a white, Glasgow born actor who died in 1994 at the age of 37. In the mid 80s while still in his 20s, Smith wrote King the Musical, inspired it would appear by simply a great admiration for Martin Luther King Jnr. This musical, performed in concert at Hackney Empire with the […]
REVIEW: Sirens of the Silver Screen (Tabard Theatre) ★★★
A sweet show in a sweet theatre. Written and performed by Beth Burrows, this is a homage to three of Hollywood’s brightest stars – Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. Dressing in some of their most iconic outfits and singing their most famous songs, Burrows seeks to channel these three screen goddesses. First up […]