Crowd funding campaign launched to pay for my sandwich. Donate now!
Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? But with the amount of crowd funding campaigns I’m seeing at the moment, I don’t think we are too far away from seeing silly things like this happen. The Network of Independent Critics has been set up to ‘champion quality arts writing outside the mainstream press’. Or in other words ‘to […]
BLOG: Is the way we read reviews changing in the age of social media?
Is the way we read reviews changing in the age of social media? I think it is. One of the main reasons I started blogging about theatre was because I didn’t want to be googling every second word to find out its meaning (as many of the major critics like to use big words)! I […]
Wilma’s YouTube Picks
I’ve been scrolling through my YouTube viewing history to see what i’ve been watching this week. Take a look at the videos below and let me know on Twitter and Facebook what videos you’ve been loving in the past week or so! Check out these Tracy Turnblad hopefuls at the casting for the […]
Glenn Close makes an unexpected return to Sunset Boulevard
After missing four performances as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard last week, fans waited with baited breath yesterday to hear if Glenn Close would be well enough to perform at last nights show. At 1.47pm the news came from the English National Opera Twitter account to say “We’re sorry to announce Glenn Close is still […]
BLOG: The show must go on… with (or without) the star performer
Last night there was uproar in the West End, when 69 year old Glenn Close was ill and unable to perform in Sunset Boulevard at the English National Opera. Audience members demanded a refund for their tickets which they had bought specifically to see the star. But did they pay up to £150 to see Glenn Close […]
My Busy Theatre Week!
I try to be sensible about the amount of shows I see. I have a great team of reviewers who go and review shows for me and editing and publishing all of those, along with the theatre news stories that come up every day, is pretty much a full time job! So going to the […]
West End Wilma – Review Round-Up
Take a look at all the shows that have been reviewed over the past week on westendwilma.com … REVIEW: Russian Dolls (King’s Head Theatre) ★★★★ Russian Dolls was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2013 before winning the Adrian Pagan award last year. Based on the real-life story of an Islington version of Hilda, Kate Lock’s […]
BLOG: The right to write reviews
It surprised me recently that a review that one of my team wrote of a West End show hit a nerve with a couple of people who chose to email me to express their unhappiness that the review failed to mention one of the actors in the cast. I don’t specify to those who review […]
BLOG: Is Theatre really accessible to everyone? How would you feel if it affected you?
Is theatre really accessible to everyone? Take a moment to consider how you would fare in a person with disabilities shoes. Someone who loves theatre and goes to see all the new west end shows until suddenly and unexpectedly, a condition strikes you down and you can only attend certain performances of certain shows for […]
West End Wilma – Review Round-up
It’s been a busy week for show reviewing. A massive twelve show have been reviewed on westendwilma.com in the past seven days. Here is a little summary of what me and my reviewing team have been seeing at the theatre. REVIEW: BAD GIRLS (The Union Theatre) ★★★★ BAD GIRLS the Musical, written by Maureen […]