Comedy farce NOISES OFF returns to the West End

Long before Mischief Theatre brought The Play That Goes Wrong (and their many other farce shows) to London, there was Noises Off. After watching from the wings a production of his 1970 farce The Two of Us with Richard Briers and Lynn Redgrave, also at the Garrick Theatre, and noting that the goings on behind […]

New UK Tour announced for THE WOMAN IN BLACK

A UK Tour of Susan Hill’s THE WOMAN IN BLACK has been announced today, opening at Blackpool Grand Theatre on Wednesday 11 September 2019. Full tour listings below and further dates to be announced. Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel tells the story of a lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes […]

REVIEW: Rock of Ages (Sunderland Empire) ★★★

Rock of Ages arrives into Sunderland, bringing with it power ballads and big hair as we move into Los Angeles in the 1980’s. Essentially a love story, in fact many love stories, and a ‘will they or won’t they’ ending. It is actually quite a sleazy show – and not in a good way. Did […]

REVIEW: The Actor’s Nightmare (Park Theatre) ★★

Theatre of the Absurd is something of an acquired taste, with its normal situations peppered with leaps of logic and bizarre twists. Christopher Durang‘s curated series of six short extended sketches, seeks to give the world of film and theatre an absurd treatment. The Actor’s Nightmare, staged in the round in the Park 90, places […]

REVIEW: WHERE IS PETER RABBIT (Theatre Royal Haymarket) ★★★★

Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated her delightful cautionary tales between 1901 and 1918 and their publication by Frederick Warne has created multiple generations of fans for the charming little books. The Old Laundry Theatre developed this stage version in 2016 bringing it to the West End in 2018 and it now returns for a season […]