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 […]
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 […]