REVIEW: STAIRCASE (Southwark Playhouse)
1960s London, in a back-street Barber shop sit Harry and Charlie. Together for twenty years, they bitch and moan to each other, about each other. They are both dealing with life altering situations – Charlie was arrested for cross dressing in public and is waiting to hear if he has to go to court, and […]
The Last Five Years switches venues and will now open at the Garrick Theatre
Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical, The Last Five Years, will now be opening at the larger Garrick Theatre for an extended limited season, 17 September – 17 October 2021. This emotionally powerful and poignant story of two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, is underscored by a beautifully bittersweet score, featuring ‘I’m […]
If you loved the film JAWS then you will love this fishy show coming to the West End
The Shark is Broken (which was postponed last year due to the pandemic) will now play at the Ambassadors Theatre from 9 October – 13 February. Cape Cod, 1974: shooting on ‘Jaws’ has stalled. The film’s lead actors – Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss – are stuck on a boat, at the mercy […]
REVIEW: MY SON’S A QUEER, BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO? (Turbine Theatre)
Rob Madge has been acting since childhood, appearing as a youngster in shows like Les Miserables and Oliver. During lockdown, they discovered a treasure-trove of old VHS tapes from their early years. What became hilariously apparent is that Rob was always destined for the stage, writing scripts, creating costumes and insisting the whole family take […]
Theatre-circus spectacular, Cirque Berserk! to play at the Garrick Theatre
Britain’s biggest theatre-circus spectacular, Cirque Berserk!, brings its record-breaking show back to London’s West End, at the Garrick Theatre from 25 August – 11 September 2021. The hair-raising and hilarious Cirque Berserk! celebrates its return to the stage, following the cancellation of its performances since March last year due to lockdown restrictions. Combining contemporary cirque-style […]
Courtney Act to return to the West End production of DEATH DROP – a Dragatha Christie murder mystery
Killer comedy Death Drop is playing at the Garrick Theatre until Sunday 11 July. Tickets are on sale now. Returning by huge popular demand, RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar Courtney Act is to reprise her critically acclaimed role as 80s pop sensation Shazza four performances on 10 & 11 July. Courtney will join Latrice Royale who plays […]
Cast announced for the West End premiere of THE WINDSORS: ENDGAME
The World Premiere of George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore’s joyous stage adaptation of their huge Channel 4 hit The Windsors, The Windsors: Endgame is playing at the Prince of Wales Theatre until 9 October 2021. Much of the cast of the television series will reprise their roles in the stage production with Harry Enfield playing […]
REVIEW: THE DISTANCE YOU HAVE COME (Apollo Theatre)
Following a run at the Cockpit Theatre in 2018, The Distance You Have Come – A Song Cycle By Scott Alan opened last night at the Apollo Theatre in London, for the first of two performances. The story takes us through a year in the intertwined lives of six people facing the joy and heartache […]
Cast announced for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, will play 31 July – 25 September at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Joining the already announced Carly Bawden (Julie Jordan), Declan Bennett (Billy Bigelow), John Pfumojena (Enoch Snow), Joanna Riding (Nettie Fowler) and Natasha May Thomas (Louise Bigelow) are Brendan Charleson (Mr Bascombe), Jo Eaton-Kent (Mrs Mullin), Sam Mackay (Jigger […]
West End performers join Tonight at the Musicals charity concert
Tonight at the Musicals will take place at PizzaExpress Live (Holborn) in London on Monday 12th July at 8.00pm (doors open 6.30pm). Host Sarah-Louise Young will introduce a cast of West End singers who will perform songs from past and present musicals, accompanied by James Cleeve at the piano, to raise funds for Acting for […]