REVIEW: Guy The Musical (King’s Head Theatre) ★★
Every gay man in 2018 knows how it feels to scroll through endless profiles on dating apps, see pictures of people who look 10 times better than you do, get depressed, and eat chocolate. Guy The Musical attempts to explore these issues of body image and self-esteem, and the negative influence that these apps can […]
REVIEW: PINOCCHIO (Kings Head Theatre) ★★★★
Charles Court Opera, known for their innovative Gilbert & Sullivan productions, along with their more recent works The Magic Flute and The Barber of Seville, returns to the King’s Head Theatre with their 10th Boutique pantomime. Based on Collodi’s story of Pinocchio, with elements of Jack and the Beanstalk, this peppery panto, written and directed […]
REVIEW: TRUMPAGEDDON (King’s Head Theatre) ★★★★
TRUMPAGEDDON was a sold out success at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe festival, back in August when the election seemed so far away. It’s back for a few more shows at The King’s Head Theatre in the run-up to election day, including election night itself. You’re invited to spend an hour with Donald Trump, to hear […]
REVIEW: LA BOHÈME (King’s Head Theatre) ★★★
What happens when you cross Rent with La Bohème? It might seem interesting to amalgamate Puccini’s opera with Larson’s musical, but that is precisely what Adam Spreadbury-Maher and Becca Marriott have done. Brought (even more) up-to-date, flat mates Mark (Thomas Humphreys) and Ralph (Matthew Kimble) are realising that their dreams alone will not pay the […]
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 new drama about an unlikely friendship discusses how society treats its most vulnerable members – the very young and the old. HIlda is in […]
REVIEW: The Long Road South (King’s Head Theatre)
Set in Indiana in 1965 during the summer of the civil rights marches in the South, Paul Minx’s Offie-nominated drama takes us to the home of a white middle-class family and their two black domestic workers. Grace and Andre are planning to head South the next day to support the voting rights movement as soon […]