REVIEW: JUDY – REIMAGINED (Clapham Grand)
The Clapham Grand is celebrating its 121st birthday this week – famed for having some of the greatest music hall performers of all time grace its stage, including Charlie Chaplin. A celebration of Judy Garland‘s 1961 Concert at Carnegie Hall took place last weekend, paying homage to the historical show, with backing from the 25-piece […]
REVIEW: CHICAGO (Churchill Theatre Bromley)
Ask any of the chickies in my pen, they’ll tell you I’m the biggest Chicago fan – so I was excited to finally catch the latest UK Tour in Bromley this week starring Darren Day (Billy Flynn), Sinitta Malone (Mama Morton), Faye Brooks (Roxie) and Djalenga Scott (Velma). Chicago tells the true story of Chicago […]
REVIEW: LA CLIQUE (Leicester Square Spiegeltent)
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a cabaret. There’s something about the atmosphere in the Spiegeltent; everyone claps a little bit harder, shouts a little bit louder and shrieks a little bit higher. It’s electrifying. It’s also mesmerising. No matter how many times you’ve seen similar acts before, the performers are still able to shock and […]
REVIEW: VANYA AND SONYA AND MASHA AND SPIKE (Charing Cross Theatre)
Previously postponed from March 2020, the London premiere of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang, has finally opened at the Charing Cross Theatre in London starring 2-time Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee. Vanya and his sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up, looking out of […]
DICK WHITTINGTON – A NEW DICK IN TOWN! (Above The Stag Theatre)
Returning to Above The Stag Theatre in Vauxhall this year is an updated version of the highly acclaimed adult panto Dick Whittington – A New Dick In Town. Dick Whittington and his Cat Pug, Ariana, arrive in the bright lights of London to seek a new life for themselves. But in London, you’re never more than six […]
REVIEW: THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE (Duke Of York’s Theatre)
Having enjoyed a pre-Covid run in the National Theatre’s Dorfman auditorium in late-2019, The Ocean At The End Of Lane has now been brought back to life at the Duke Of York’s Theatre in London’s West End, where it opened this week. Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman (he of “Stardust” and “American Gods” […]
REVIEW: ‘NIGHT, MOTHER (Hampstead Theatre)
Being a parent is the best and worst thing in the world. Your child’s pain is your pain and seeing them hurting is unbearable. But what if your child told you they were going to end their life? In just a few hours’ time… Directed by Roxana Silbert, ‘Night, Mother is a one act play […]
REVIEW: PRIDE & PREJUDICE (SORT OF) (Criterion Theatre)
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!” Retellings and new interpretations of stories are very popular right now. Fairytales and classics are all receiving the modern treatment and, so far, I’ve not liked any of them. So I was very […]
GET UP STAND UP! THE BOB MARLEY MUSICAL at Lyric Theatre
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO GET UP, STAND UP, THE BOB MARLEY MUSICAL Playing at Lyric Theatre until 8 January 2023 I went to see the new musical Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at London’s Lyric Theatre, with low expectations, knowing nothing about the man’s life and only a handful of his […]
REVIEW: THE MIDNIGHT BELL (Curve)
Inspired by the great English novelist Patrick Hamilton, Matthew Bourne’s new production of The Midnight Bell has been dancing its way around the UK, now making its way onto the boards of Curve. The Midnight Bell is a seedy tavern in the heart of London, where lonely hearts clamour for their space at the bar […]
