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 […]
REVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack Studio Theatre) ★★★
The theatre above the Brockley Jack pub (actually closest to Crofton Park station) is a small but appealing space, involving the audience in the action with seating along the sides of the stage itself as well as raised in front. This has been put to good use for this production with a simple but striking […]
REVIEW: SPAMALOT (New Victoria Theatre) ★★★★★
Monty Python‘s Spamalot, written by Eric Idle and based on the classic 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is a totally bonkers musical tells the ancient tale of King Arthur and his gallant knights on their search for the Holy Grail. Unfortunately the theatre was relatively quiet for an opening night performance and […]
REVIEW: Leading Ladies: Songs from the Stage ★★★★★
First we had 2014 Britain’s Got Talent winners Collabro, then The Barricade Boys and now, three powerhouse leading ladies have teamed up to give us some girl power, with the musical theatre group Leading Ladies. UK soul singing legend and star of shows like The Bodyguard, Memphis and Cats, Beverley Knight joins forces with Cassidy […]
REVIEW: Hiding Heidi (Etcetera Theatre) ★★★
Hiding Heidi (A Tale of Love and Hate in Stoke on Trent) is the latest production from Golden Age Theatre. Written and directed by Ian Dixon Potter, the play is part of Voila! Europe, a festival showcasing plays from across Europe and the UK and celebrating diversity in performing arts. Heidi is a nurse in […]
REVIEW: WHEN MIDNIGHT STRIKES (Drayton Arms Theatre) ★★★
When Midnight Strikes, a musical by Charles Miller and Kevin Hammond, premiered at the Finborough Theatre in 2007 starring future Wicked alumni Emma Hatton and Shona White. Ten years later, the show is being revived at The Drayton Arms Theatre and I went along to check it out. More often than not in reviews I […]
REVIEW: Big Fish The Musical (The Other Palace) ★★★★★
Like many teenagers, my morning college routine went as follows: 1) attempt to put on school tie, 2) devour breakfast cereal, 3) sit with eyes glued to Frasier. You can imagine my excitement, therefore, to witness Kelsey Grammer (Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe award-winner… you know, no big deal) live on stage, and watch his […]
REVIEW: THIS BEAUTIFUL FUTURE (The Yard Theatre) ★★★★
It sometimes feels as though popular culture is drowning in romantic, rose-tinted Second World War nostalgia. This story rejects that temptation. This Beautiful Future is about how to live when you’re surrounded by death and how to find beauty in the midst of destruction. Back for a second run at The Yard Theatre, it’s not […]
REVIEW: MUSICALS: Unsung (The Crazy Coqs, Live at Zedel) ★★★
The producers of ‘Rachel Tucker: Live at Zedel’ and “West End Switched Off’ turn their hands once again to another intimate live concert, ’MUSICALS: Unsung’. With three quarters of the cast having done long, career defining, stints in Wicked, the night boasts a stellar plethora of english Musical Theatre professionals – Evelyn Hoskins (Carrie, Sound […]
REVIEW: The Red Lion (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★
First of all an important disclaimer: I’m not a football fan. Overwhelmingly so. I’ve walked out on pubs and boyfriends in order to avoid the beautiful game. Happily, you don’t need to be one to enjoy Patrick Marber’s 2011 play The Red Lion, revived here by Live Theatre following a run at the National in […]