REVIEW: THE TRAP (Omnibus Theatre) ★★★★
Written by Kieran Lynn, ‘The Trap‘ is set in a branch of The Debt Duck – the UK’s ‘premiere payday loans company’, and home to three disillusioned employees: Alan, the branch manager, and his underwhelmed but loyal employees: Tom and Clem. When area manager Meryl pays a visit to Alan to discuss making cutbacks in […]
REVIEW: PICASSO (The Playground Theatre) ★★★★
The world premiere of Picasso, a play by the late Terry D’Alfonso, is being held at The Playground Theatre, a brand new theatre in a former bus depot in Ladbroke Grove, West London. With support from Damon Albarn and Celia Imrie, this space should be one to watch. Pablo Picasso is as well known for […]
REVIEW: James Meunier From The Heart EP ★★★★★
Is it possible to fall in love with someone, just based on hearing their voice? Listening to the new EP by actor James Meunier today, I’m pretty sure it happened. James is a musical theatre singer and actor – currently appearing in the UK Tour of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s ‘Sunset Boulevard’. He trained at the Royal […]
REVIEW: Awful Auntie (Richmond Theatre) ★★
Following an incredibly successful run of Gangsta Granny both on tour and in the West End, Birmingham Stage Company turn their hand once again to adapting David Walliams’ praised children’s book, Awful Auntie. The story revolves around twelve year old Stella Saxby who wakes up from a ‘coma’ to find both her parents dead and […]
REVIEW: THE EXORCIST (Phoenix Theatre) ★★
As a massive horror fan, a live stage play of one of the most iconic horror films ever made, The Exorcist, was a very exciting prospect to have coming to the West End. Sadly, I left the theatre largely underwhelmed. When multiple medical professionals fail to provide answers to young Regan’s strange symptoms, her desperate […]
REVIEW: LORD DISMISS US (Above The Stag Theatre) ★★★
Glenn Chandler, most famous for creating the TV series Taggart, returns to the Above The Stag Theatre in Vauxhall with his latest show Lord Dismiss Us. Adapted from Michael Campbell’s novel, set in 1967, when homosexuality was still illegal, the show follows the lives of some of the residents of Weatherhill School for Boys. Terry […]
REVIEW: JOY (Theatre Royal Stratford East) ★★★★
“You know what I hate the most? I open my mouth to say something and before I’ve even said anything I can see people ready to say “no”, to shake their heads. So, I’ve decided, I am not a pet. I am just me. And I love being me.” JOY tells the story of a […]
REVIEW: The Leftovers (Curve Leicester) ★★★
The Leftovers is a contemporary, ‘fly on the wall’, musical from Sheep Soup Productions, directed by Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie with music and lyrics by Nic Harvey and Rob Green. The story takes place inside a recording studio, as a group of people loosely connected by the sudden death of their friend, Jodie, decide to club together […]
REVIEW: JINKX SINGS EVERYTHING (Soho Theatre) ★★★★
Born and raised in Seattle Jinkx Monsoon has been working on the stage since the age of 15. Stardom beckoned with the winning of season five of ‘RuPauls Drag Race’ and Jinkx now works internationally with this and their other show ‘The Vaudevillians’. Jinkx describes themselves as being Seattle’s ‘hottest, youngest MILF’, and as ‘the […]
REVIEW: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (County Hall) ★★★★
Based on Agatha Christie‘s 1925 short story, Witness For The Prosecution has not been seen on the London stage since 1953. It is now being cleverly staged at Country Hall on the Southbank, performing this courtroom drama in a real life court. Leonard Vole is on trial for the murder of a wealthy woman (Emily […]