REVIEW: MANOR (National Theatre)
Manor is a darkly comic new play by Moira Buffini (The Dig, Handbagged), now playing in the Lyttleton at the National Theatre. A storm is brewing in rural England and Diana (Nancy Carroll) is struggling to keep the roof on her run-down manor house, which is beginning to take in water. Husband Pete (Owen McDonnell) […]
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA! comes to the Young Vic
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA! comes to the Young Vic next year from 26 Apr 2022 – 25 Jun 2022. This is Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen it before, re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Daniel Fish’s bold interpretation transfers to the Young Vic, […]
REVIEW: JUDY – REIMAGINED (Clapham Grand)
The Clapham Grand is celebrating its 121st birthday this week – famed for having some of the greatest music hall performers of all time grace its stage, including Charlie Chaplin. A celebration of Judy Garland‘s 1961 Concert at Carnegie Hall took place last weekend, paying homage to the historical show, with backing from the 25-piece […]
REVIEW: CHICAGO (Churchill Theatre Bromley)
Ask any of the chickies in my pen, they’ll tell you I’m the biggest Chicago fan – so I was excited to finally catch the latest UK Tour in Bromley this week starring Darren Day (Billy Flynn), Sinitta Malone (Mama Morton), Faye Brooks (Roxie) and Djalenga Scott (Velma). Chicago tells the true story of Chicago […]
REVIEW: LA CLIQUE (Leicester Square Spiegeltent)
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a cabaret. There’s something about the atmosphere in the Spiegeltent; everyone claps a little bit harder, shouts a little bit louder and shrieks a little bit higher. It’s electrifying. It’s also mesmerising. No matter how many times you’ve seen similar acts before, the performers are still able to shock and […]
LEGALLY BLONDE to play at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
The musical Legally Blonde, directed by Lucy Moss, co-writer and co-director of Six will play at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre 13 May – 2 July 2022. Omigod you guys, meet fashion merchandising major Elle Woods and her college sweetheart Warner Huntington III. Popular, stylish, they have the perfect relationship. That is until Warner heads […]
Cast announced for BROKEN WINGS at Charing Cross Theatre
Initial casting has been announced for the musical adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s Broken Wings by Nadim Naaman – who will also play Kahlil Gibran – and Dana Al Fardan. Bronagh Lagan directs the cast including Yasmeen Audi (Layla Bawab/Ensemble), Haroun Al Jeddal (Mansour Bey Galib), Lucca Chadwick-Patel (Young Kahlil Gibran), Soophia Foroughi (Mother), Alex Kais […]
UK & Ireland Tour of THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE extended
A major tour of C.S. Lewis’ classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe starring Samantha Womack as the evil White Witch has been extended with the addition of dates at New Wimbledon Theatre (12-16 April 2022) and the Bristol Hippodrome (3-7 May 2022). Step through the wardrobe into the enchanted kingdom of Narnia. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they wave goodbye to wartime […]
Cast announced for the 2022 UK Tour of WE WILL ROCK YOU
Queen and Ben Elton’s smash hit musical ‘We Will Rock You’ is back for 2022 to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a new tour in theatres across the UK, directed by Ben Elton. Tickets are available now from wewillrockyou.com. The musical has seen unprecedented success in theatres and arenas all around the world since it […]
REVIEW: VANYA AND SONYA AND MASHA AND SPIKE (Charing Cross Theatre)
Previously postponed from March 2020, the London premiere of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang, has finally opened at the Charing Cross Theatre in London starring 2-time Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee. Vanya and his sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up, looking out of […]