REVIEW: TOP HAT at London’s Southbank Centre ★★★★★
Top Hat is certainly up there with the best of the golden age of movie musicals and the latest stage production doesn’t disappoint. Based on the 1935 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the stage adaptation of Top Hat made its UK Premiere in 2011 on tour before transferring into the Aldwych Theatre in […]
REVIEW: SLEEPING BEAUTY at the London Palladium ★★★★
Sleeping Beauty at the London Palladium – will keep even the sleepiest audience awake! The annual London Palladium pantomime has become a festive tradition for thousands of families across the UK. For its tenth anniversary, the Palladium is celebrating in style with a brand new production of Sleeping Beauty starring Catherine Tate, Julian Clary, Jon […]
REVIEW: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at the Ambassadors Theatre ★★★★
Paranormal Activity – the scariest thing I have seen since I threw my DVD of The Exorcism of Emily Rose out of my living room window in fear of it coming alive. Psychological thrillers on stage are the latest craze. From The Woman In Black to The Exorcist and more recently the 2:22 – A […]
REVIEW: Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (Apollo Theatre) ★★★★★
This riotous misadventure is the perfect festive treat Christmas Carol Goes Wrong is a brand new ‘Goes Wrong’ comedy, that sees the chaos and humour of the Cornley Amateur Dramatic Society return with a festive twist. Written by original Mischief Members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, the production welcomes back director Matt DiCarlo […]
REVIEW: Cinderella (Richmond Theatre) ★★★★★ – December 2025
A gloriously magical production that could make even the grinch feel warm and festive After a rather sad afternoon spent at the New Wimbledon Theatre, watching a disappointing production of Robin Hood – I hopped over the road to spend the evening with Cinderella at Richmond Theatre where my faith in pantomime magic was restored! […]
REVIEW: ROBIN HOOD at London’s New Wimbledon Theatre
Stealing From The Rich To Feed The Poor – But Someone’s Been Robin The Story Pantomime is a much-loved British tradition, that brings families together during the festive season. Full of cheeky humour and playful double entendre, panto is often the one time each year that many families get to enjoy a trip to the […]
REVIEW: Freaky Friday The Musical at HOME Manchester (2025)
Freaky Friday the Musical – Not Bad, Just Flawed but Full of Potential The new stage musical Freaky Friday, based on Mary Rodgers’ 1972 novel and the hit Disney films starring Jodie Foster in 1976 and later Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis in 2003, has arrived in the UK for its premiere at HOME […]
Review: Paddington the Musical (Savoy Theatre) December 2025
Paddington the Musical is a heart-warming, marmalade-filled West End treat The hugely anticipated Paddington the Musical has finally opened at London’s Savoy Theatre, and the buzz is enormous. With original music by Tom Fletcher (of McFly fame) and a life-sized Paddington brought to the stage by three performers every night, expectations for this new British […]
REVIEW: CINDERELLA (Theatre Royal Nottingham) -December 2025
Cinderella, you shall go to the ball – or at least to the Theatre Royal Nottingham. It’s officially December which means only one thing: panto season is upon us. My second of 2025 (after the ★★★★★ Growled at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern) was last night’s Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Nottingham. The story is timeless: […]
REVIEW: The Grim (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★ – November 2025
Funny, fast paced and enjoyable but as a two act play and with distracting bulging biceps, The Grim isn’t quite the crime drama I was hoping for. Two East End Undertakers (cockney proprietor Shaun and Irish Catholic Robert) are just trying to get through another dull day in 1960’s London. Although today isn’t quite as […]