REVIEW: COMMON (National Theatre) ★★★
England, 1809. The country, in the midst of the Industrial Revolution, is in a state of flux and uncertainty. DC Moore’s newest work Common delves into this turmoil, mixing together economic and political struggles with the notions of sin and the supernatural and their impact on the physical world. In the cavernous Olivier Theatre, we […]
REVIEW: COLDER WATER (Theatre N16) ★★★★★
Colder Water and TWIX are two stories written by the brilliant Laurie Ogden. Colder Water tells the story of a group of four young people, (Ellie, Louise, Allie and Allie’s brother James), who enter a restaurant and order two bottles of wine. Wine consumption proves a point of contention within the group because Louise, is pregnant. […]
REVIEW: CHUMMY (White Bear Theatre) ★★★★
BAFTA-winning writer John Foster debuts his neo-noir thriller Chummy at the newly refurbished White Bear Theatre, staged by Encompass productions. Burn-out Jackie Straker resigns herself to the “more settled” life of a small scale private investigator, after eight years of police work and a personal tragedy. Little does she know that she is about to […]
REVIEW: WORKING (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★★
Working is a genre-defining musical based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling 1974 book, Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. Put simply, Working is a musical about the everyday American’s daily working life. Look a bit closer and it’s so much more! With a book by Grammy […]
REVIEW: PUNTS (Theatre 503) ★★★★
Punts, written by Sarah Page, finds itself in the intimate location that is Theatre 503 above the Latchmere Pub. The Latchmere serves great food, and the theatre itself benefits from tiered seating and a clear view of the stage, so we were already off to a good start. We meet Jack, a 25-year-old young man […]
REVIEW: ROLLER DINER (Soho Theatre) ★★★★
“Why doncha rip my dress? Write “bitch” on me in my lipstick? Burn me with your cigarette? I wanna be shocking Wanna know how it feels” Soho Theatre presents the UK Premiere of the 2015 Verity Bargate Award-Winning comedy musical Roller Diner, written by Stephen Jackson. This hilarious new comedy takes place in a run-down, […]
REVIEW: TWITSTORM (Park Theatre) ★★★★
Chris England has previously written some highly successful plays including An Evening With Gary Lineker and Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson. Chris has now changed tack with this play, left behind sports heroes and takes on the far bigger subject, Twitter. This is the world premier of Twitstorm. This comedy play concerns TV personality, Guy Manton, […]
REVIEW: SAND IN THE SANDWICHES (Theatre Royal Haymarket) ★★★★
“I made hay while the sun shone. My work sold. Now, if the harvest is over And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter As I lose hold.” Sir John Betjeman is one of Britain’s best loved poets, with his humorous and poignant verse the very heart of the good old days. In […]
REVIEW: ORDINARY DAYS (London Theatre Workshop) ★★★★
Ordinary Days follows the parallel lives of four New Yorkers, struggling to find meaning in their hectic yet ordinary lives. The cast takes on this show with energy, passion and enthusiasm and between the 4 of them they manage to create a hustling, bustling New York setting. Kirby Hughes portrays the character Claire with grace […]
REVIEW: RACHEL TUCKER – ON THE ROAD ★★★
I loved Rachel Tucker‘s first album The Reason back in 2013 and so I was excited to hear her new CD, On The Road. Rachel says that the album came about quite quickly, after a run of sold out shows at London’s Crazy Coqs earlier this year, when she decided she wanted to “record my versions […]