REVIEW: The Girl Who Fell (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★
Sarah Rutherford’s new play The Girl Who Fell tackles grief and guilt with sensitivity and humour in this darkly funny production, that mixes raw emotion with laugh out loud jokes. Claire Goose is grieving mother Thea whose teenage daughter, Sam, committed suicide after a video of her hair being cut in punishment went viral. As […]
REVIEW: Motown the Musical (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★
I arrived at Sunderland Empire expecting to see a tribute concert to the many glorious songs produced on the Motown label. However I was delighted to find that it is actually the Berry Gordy story – which might not be a dynamic name for a musical but it is a very compelling tale. Gordy started […]
REVIEW: The Female Edit: Mother? (The Chapel Playhouse) ★★★★
The Female Edit: Mother? is a new show produced, directed, written, and performed by women at the Chapel Playhouse. Curated by Lucy McCabe & Deborah Wastell from The Female Edit, a creative collective formed in 2018, aiming to contribute to the conversation about gender equality through creative work. The show is a collection of short pieces […]
REVIEW: LAST ORDERS: THE HAUNTING OF THE OLD RED LION (Old Red Lion Theatre) ★★★
The Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington has been one of London’s leading fringe venues for more than seventy years, playing home to an eclectic mix of works. But in this latest entertaining (if rather uneven) production, the venue itself falls under the spotlight, along with those that have frequented the pub that has been […]
Moulin Rouge! The Musical to open in London, March 2021
Moulin Rouge! The Musical, has announced that the first UK production of the acclaimed show will open at the Piccadilly Theatre in London in March 2021. Enter a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop […]
CORTEO, one of the best-loved Cirque du Soleil productions is coming to the UK in June 2020
Corteo, the most enchanting of Cirque du Soleil’s arena productions is set to charm UK audiences for the very first time. A welcome addition to Cirque du Soleil’s 30th anniversary in the UK, the show will visit Leeds from 18 to 21 June and London from 24 June to 5 July 2020. This unique production, […]
LIFE OF PI sails into the West End next summer
Simon Friend, the producer of the acclaimed Life of Pi, is thrilled to announce that the celebrated Sheffield Theatres production will transfer to London in 2020. Life of Pi – Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling adaptation of Yann Martel’s extraordinary, award-winning book – was awarded a string of five-star reviews when it opened in Sheffield earlier this […]
COME FROM AWAY extends London run to May 2020
As hit musical Come From Away celebrates its 300th performance and 300,000th visitor in the UK, the Olivier Award-winning “Best New Musical” announces that it will further extend its hugely successful run in the West End until 23 May 2020. Come From Away is nominated for four awards at the 2019 West End Wilma Awards, […]
REVIEW: FAST (Park Theatre) ★★
I always enjoy a visit to the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park. It has a lovely atmosphere and presents a great range of productions which always have interesting staging. There are two theatres – the main Park200 downstairs and Park90 (a tiny space upstairs that is often used for new or experimental writing). As one […]