REVIEW: MATHILDA AND THE ORANGE BALLOON (ArlingtonArtsCentre) ★★★★
Randall de Sève’s book Mathilda and the Orange Ballon has been developed by The DH Ensemble in collaboration with US artist Jess Kaufman into a delightful children’s show for three to eight year olds and their families and is designed to be both interactive and deaf accessible. The result is a charming forty five minutes that […]
Charles Aitken talks about BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR at Southwark Playhouse
Name: Charles Aitken Name of show: Billy Bishop Goes to War Venue: Southwark Playhouse Dates of run: March 13 – April 6 Can you tell me about the show? Billy Bishop Goes to War is a funny, fascinating, moving and uplifting biopic for the stage. It’s a zero-to-hero dramedy featuring original music and songs that […]
REVIEW: A Hundred Words for Snow (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★★
A Hundred Words For Snow is a coming-of-age story about Aurora – Rory for short (Gemma Barnett), whose Geography teacher father was killed in a hit and run, leaving Rory and her mum confused, angry and thinking about everything that could’ve been. Rory stumbles across her dad’s journal, and finds that he’d been planning a […]
REVIEW: ABIGAIL’S PARTY (Royal & Derngate) ★★★
As Brits, we love awkwardness. That is, we hate it. But in a comic situation, we love it. The Office, Extras, any play by David Hare… something about it makes us inwardly cringe when we watch it. And yet this type of comedy is extremely popular. Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh is often credited as […]