REVIEW: A Modest Little Man (Bread and Roses Theatre) ★★★

Journalist Francis Beckett has adapted his biography of the post-war Labour Prime Minister, Clement Atlee, into a short play that offers a humorous take on Atlee’s unique and understated leadership style. Told mainly from the perspective of Atlee’s wife, Violet, the play focuses on the events following the Second World War when Atlee’s Labour Party […]

REVIEW: Notre Dame de Paris (London Coliseum) ★★★★★

Based upon the acclaimed 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, Notre Dame de Paris originally premiered at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, 1998. With music composed by Richard Cocciante and lyrics by Luc Plamondon, the production was praised in the millennium edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for its record […]

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF transfers to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre

Trevor Nunn’s critically acclaimed production of Fiddler on the Roof with Andy Nyman and Judy Kuhn transfers to the reconfigured Playhouse Theatre from 21 March for a limited run – with over 25,000 tickets at £20 or less across the run. The production, which opens on 27 March, with previews from 21 March, and is […]