REVIEW: Grease The Musical (Sunderland Empire) ★★★
Grease was the word at Sunderland Empire for this new tour of the classic Grease The Musical. Unfortunately it wasn’t the one that I wanted. I’m not sure if it was the grey Bank Holiday weather, touring tiredness or just a general lethargy but this show, apart from some stand out moments, felt a bit […]
REVIEW: EDUCATING RITA (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch) ★★★★
Educating Rita is a delightfully exhilarating story of a bright, lively woman’s unbreakable determination to get an education through a literature course with the Open University. Rita is a twenty four year old hairdresser in her everyday life, but is doggedly determined to become better educated, what ever it takes. She has been assigned a […]
REVIEW: CAT – THE PLAY (Ambassadors Theatre) ★★★★
I saw a version of CAT – The Play a few years back at a tiny theatre above a pub somewhere. It was a short show with no set or real props. Since then the show has been developed and turned into a two act play which has just played a two night run at […]
REVIEW: AFTER YOU (Live at Zedel) ★★
After You is written by Alex Parker and Katie Lam, directed by Alastair Knights and starring Liam Doyle and Laura Tebbutt. With a star-studded cast and creative team like that, expectations are high, but unfortunately it falls short. Alex Parker’s music is stunning. With only a four piece band, led by the very talented Musical […]
REVIEW: WHISPER HOUSE (The Other Palace) ★★★★
I’ve been a fan of rock musicals from a young age. As a young theatre geek growing up the wilds of New Zealand, it was incredibly valuable for me to be able to listen to an art form I loved and have that music be as relevant and current as what my peers were listening […]
REVIEW: SHE WEARS A SCENTED ROSE (Theatro Technis) ★★★★
She Wears A Scented Rose is an exciting thriller, written and directed by the talented Yasir Senna. The story begins in an Intensive Care department of a hospital. Mark, a middle aged, smart businessman has been attacked by a knife wielding assailant and is lying on a hospital trolley, covered in blood, fighting for his […]
REVIEW: THE PHILANTHROPIST (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★
For any avid TV viewers, going to see The Philanthropist is a no brainier. Stars of The IT Crowd, The Inbetweeners, Fresh Meat and Plebs all come together in this 1970’s comedy by Christopher Hampton, currently being directed by Simon Callow at Trafalgar Studios. The Prime Minister has just been assassinated, along with half of the […]
REVIEW: PAM ANN: TOUCH TROLLEY RUN TO GALLEY (Leicester Square Theatre)★★★★
Has it really been twenty years since Pam Ann started offending audiences around the world? Well… yes, it is and to celebrate the big anniversary the Australian comedian is performing a three week run at the Leicester Square Theatre and I went along to see how many times she would drop in jokes about United […]
REVIEW: KRAY KRAY (Theatre N16) ★★★★
Much like the merry murderesses in Chicago, the Kray twins have become unlikely heroes of the East End. Schmoozing with starlets, admired and feared by everyone, their names are synonymous with a different type of legend. Following the Kemp brothers’ portrayal in the 1990 film The Krays and more recently Tom Hardy’s in Legend (2015), […]
REVIEW: Guards at the Taj (Bush Theatre) ★★★★
The Bush Theatre in West London has reopened after a year-long major redevelopment by architects Haworth Tompkins that amounted to £4.3 million. The makeover entails a new studio space and attic rehearsal room along with a new entrance, front-of-house area and a sunny garden terrace. Intriguingly enough, the Bush reopens with a play about one […]