Gloria Onitiri talks about NAPOLI, BROOKLYN “It’s fast, drastic, fiery, joyful, explosive, poignant and uplifting!
Name: Gloria Onitiri Name of show: Napoli, Brooklyn Venue: Currently playing Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford then continuing to tour to Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, Oxford Playhouse, followed by a limited 4-week run at Park Theatre London Dates of run: Guildford 13-18 May, Eastbourne 27-31 May, Oxford 4-8 June, Park Theatre, London 13 June – 13 July. […]
WEST END PRODUCER to make Edinburgh Fringe debut in FREE WILLY!
Theatreland’s anonymous cult figure West End Producer will take on Edinburgh this summer with his first hilarious show – as he auditions special guests for his Free Willy musical. Come and join WEP, as he is known in theatrical circles, as he flips theatre on its head with theatrical secrets, stories, musings and songs – […]
REVIEW: THE OTHER HALF (White Bear Theatre) ★★★
This short, one-act play, explores how family history still affects us all, as understanding our childhood experiences helps us know who we are and why we do the things we do. Writer and director Francessca Charlemagne has devised the play in collaboration with the cast, Lauren Leppard and Shannon Assaf. Leppard plays older sister Iris […]
REVIEW: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson (Park Theatre) ★★★★★
It is worth noting that “The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson” was co-funded by Arts50, a scheme commissioned by Sky Arts to explore the notion of what it means to be British in the wake of Brexit. Of almost 1,000 entries, this was one of a shortlist of only 50 to receive funding. With achingly […]
REVIEW: CLASS (Bush Theatre) ★★★★
The title of this extremely clever and thought provoking, one act play, is doubly apt; while it is set in a school classroom and covers both after school reading classes with two pupils in need of extra tuition and a fraught parent-teacher meeting after school, it is also a thought provoking and empathetic look at […]
REVIEW: AMERICAN IDIOT (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★
American Idiot premiered in 2009 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre before moving to Broadway’s St James Theatre in 2010. Since then, the sung-through rock musical based on Green Day’s 2004 concept album of the same name has seen great success winning two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for the Original Broadway Cast Album. On […]
DEAR EVAN HANSEN show how amazing understudies are in new video
Broadway standby Michael Lee Brown is literally always at the ready. As the cover for three unique roles in DEAR EVAN HANSEN, he is prepared to play Evan, Jared or Connor on a moment’s notice. And now, a video of him singing the song “Sincerely Me” as all three characters in the show, has been […]