REVIEW: You Forgot The Mince (Courtyard Theatre) ★★★★
Imagine If’s latest production You forgot The Mince tells the story of a modern day abusive relationship. It’s a bleak reality for all too many, but the show is shot through with a warmth that belies the subject matter. The hour long drama begins at a house in Leeds, where nineteen year old Rosa lives […]
REVIEW: HAIRSPRAY (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★
Hairspray arrives in Sunderland as part of its national tour. Set in Baltimore in 1962 where, against the odds, overweight teenager Tracy Turnblad, a girl with a lot of heart and great big hair is set to turn everything on its head. She lands a role dancing on her favourite TV programme The Corny Collins […]
REVIEW: WOMAN: West End Live Lounge 2017 (The Other Palace) ★★★★★
The Other Palace was packed full to the brim for WOMAN – a one-night-only cabaret evening celebrating the work of some of the most influential and iconic women in the world of music. All proceeds from the evening were donated to Women’s Aid – a charity focussing on helping women and children who have been […]
REVIEW: Romantic Revolution (London Palladium) ★★★
Romantic Revolution at the London Palladium was a showcase for The London Russian Ballet school alongside four extraordinarily gifted Bolshoi principal dancers. A series of highlights from some ballet classics as well as a couple of modern pieces were presented to an audience which we were told contained over 900 children from “diverse underprivileged backgrounds”. The […]
REVIEW: LE GRAND MORT (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★★
Last night, the world premiere of Stephen Clark‘s new play Le Grand Mort opened at London’s Trafalgar Studios 2 starring James Nelson-Joyce and Julian Clary, for whom Le Grand Mort was specially written before Stephen Clark died last year. The show opens with a monologue by Julian Clary (Michael), who is preparing dinner for a boy he met […]
REVIEW: THE WHITE BIKE (The Space) ★★★★
The White Bike by Tamara von Werthern has its first run at The Space on the Isle of Dogs. The action is firmly set in East London and the location seems fitting. The play is inspired by the death of Eilidh Cairns, a young female cyclist killed by a lorry in 2009 and the first […]
REVIEW: Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★★★
Edinburgh is not lacking in comedians. Often I find myself avoiding seeing comedians at the fringe purely because there is too much choice. However, the buzz that precedes Tom Lucy meant I knew he wasn’t one to miss. Having toured with Jack Whitehall among other big names, Lucy’s comic style is definitely one for the […]
REVIEW: FOSSILS (New Diorama Theatre) ★★★
Fossils from award winning company Bucket Club gets its third outing at New Diorama Theatre following successful runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Brits on Broadway in New York. The show is inspired by British myths, a collection of toy dinosaurs and a man called Steve who has been watching for the Loch Ness Monster from […]
REVIEW: BLACK CAT CABARET (Underbelly Festival) ★★
With the knowledge that the Black Cat were of one of the resident cabaret shows at this year’s Underbelly Festival and having performed at multiple landmark cabaret venues in London, a high standard was to be expected with some of the best cabaret talent in the city. Unless I attended an off show, I’m puzzled […]
REVIEW: BUZZ: A NEW MUSICAL (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★★★
Sometimes a musical comes along that is undeniably fantastic. The fringe is, a lot of the time, a soundboard for work that is in progress. Buzz however, was a polished piece of West End worthy theatre. Following the story of Angie (Allie Munro) post breaking up with her dead-end boyfriend turned rock star and her […]