REVIEW: LA FAMILLE ADDAMS (Le Palace) ★★★★
The Addams Family is a well loved family classic. From the 1960’s TV series, to the 1990’s film adaptations, everyone has had them in their lives at some point. In 2010, a Broadway Musical version was brought to life by composer Andrew Lippa starring Nathan Lane. Various amateur productions have been staged in the UK […]
REVIEW: Grease la musicale (Théâtre Mogador) ★★★
I’m moving to Paris in January and so on a recent visit to look for somewhere to live, I decided it was probably time to go and see my first ever French production of a Musical. And what better way to kick things off than with Grease le Musical! Grease the Musical first premiered in […]
REVIEW: Ordinary Days (Drayton Arms Theatre) ★★★
We’re all specks of a bigger picture, which, in itself pretty ordinary, can contain incredible beauty – so is the premise of the musical “Ordinary Days”, currently playing in the theatre space above the Drayton Arms Pub near Gloucester Road. Originally produced in New York City by Roundabout Theatre, it has since been picked up […]
REVIEW: SCROOGE THE MUSICAL (Curve Leicester) ★★★★★
Leslie Bricusse’s festive family favourite, Scrooge The Musical, officially opened at Curve Leicester last week. It’s a story we all know and love: a cynical appraisal of society through the portrayal of a cantankerous old man as he reaches his autumn years. After years spent putting the fear of God into the residents of his […]
REVIEW: The Gruffalo’s Child (Lyric Theatre) ★★★★★
The Gruffalo’s Child comes to the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue this winter thanks to Tall Stories Theatre Company. Tall Stories have adapted a number of Julia Donaldson’s tales for the stage so the Gruffalo and his child are in good hands. The book was first published in 2004 and the first version of this […]
REVIEW: EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE (Apollo Theatre) ★★★★★
Jamie Campbell was an ambitious 16 year old boy determined not only to go to his school prom in a dress, but also to become a drag queen. After typing ‘How to get a documentary made’ into a search engine and firing off a myriad of emails to production companies, Firecracker responded and the TV […]
REVIEW: VOICES FROM HOME (Red Lion Theatre)
Voices From Home is an evening of short plays by emerging writers from outside London (specifically the Home Counties) curated by Tim Cook, Artistic Director at Broken Silence Theatre. In seventy minutes we are presented with four short plays in the same small space, all featuring different actors. First up is ‘Asylum’ by Sevan K. […]
REVIEW: MAD ON HER (Arts Theatre) ★★
Turning back time to the decade that brought us some of the most universally loved pop tunes ever composed, Mad On Her invites us on to the dance floor for a celebration of shoulder pads, synths and scrunchies. The newest show from BlackDeer Productions, it’s a whirlpool of 80s classics. Stitching the songs into a […]
REVIEW: Glengarry Glen Ross (Playhouse Theatre) ★★★★
Sam Yates’ revival of Glengarry Glen Ross is a watertight production of David Mamet’s beloved play. When Glengarry Glen Ross premiered in the ‘80s it won every award going, and was later adapted into a hit film starring Al Pacino. The glitzy cast, led by Christian Slater, do a lovely job with Mamet’s stylised dialogue. […]
REVIEW: LES MISERABLES (Queens Theatre) ★★★★
Ok, so it’s taken me four months to get around to seeing the new London cast of Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre but last week I finally did it and took a friend for their birthday (who had never seen the show can you believe)! For anyone else that maybe doesn’t know the story […]