REVIEW: WHEN HARRY MET BARRY (Above The Stag Theatre) ★★★
When Harry met Barry has been around for a few years now: it first premiered in 2002, back in the day when the Above The Stag theatre really was above The Stag pub in Victoria. The show, now in it’s fourth incarnation, is currently playing at the Stag’s most recent home under the arches in […]
REVIEW: OUT THERE ON FRIED MEAT RIDGE ROAD (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★★
I am a gal who loves to laugh: tittering, belly-laughing, a delayed chuckle, witty banter and snort your-beer-out-of-your-nose hilarious. Out There On Fried Meat Ridge Rd. at the Trafalgar Studios allowed me to indulge in all of my favourite kinds of laughter. The show is the brain child of Playwright Keith Stevenson, a proud native […]
REVIEW: OUR MAN IN HAVANA (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre) ★★★★
Cuba has become the tourist destination of 2017. Since Fidel Castro‘s death, people are flocking to visit the country before it ‘gets Trumped’, to see the famous classic cars, smoke Habanos and drink Mojitos. However, despite today’s sudden nostalgia for 1950’s Havana, Graham Greene‘s novel looks at the real Cuba that was, whilst also giving […]
REVIEW: THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (Donmar Warehouse) ★★★★★
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, written by Bertolt Brecht in the 1950s and set in the 1930s, is a satyrical allegory based on Hitler’s rise to power as well as the career of the gangster Al Capone. ‘Ui’ a small time hood, has his sights set on taking over the Chicago cauliflower business, whatever […]
REVIEW: PETE ‘N’ KEELEY (Tristan Bates Theatre) ★★★★★
Pete ‘n’ Keely: A Musical By James Hindman and Mark Waldrop was first published early in 2002 and the first performance occurred, off Broadway, in December 2002. The show was an immediate hit with both the public and the critics. “The brightest, happiest and most entertaining show in town” according to Rex Reed of the […]
REVIEW: BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE (Hope Theatre) ★★★★
Dennis Potter’s Brimstone and Treacle is a shocking, visceral problem play that stares deep into the shadows and squalor of life to explore dark themes of good and evil. Originally a TV play it was filmed in 1976 but shelved for 11 years because of its controversial violence and seemingly anti-religious messages. The stage adaptation […]
REVIEW: ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND (The Vaults) ★★★★★
From the cocktails to the costumes, every detail of Alice’s Adventures Underground is intoxicating. It’s a revival of the Olivier award-winning hit 2015 show, but it’s had far more than a new coat of paint – this Alice is dizzyingly magical. The adventures take place in a wandering labyrinth of rooms and tunnels constructed in […]
REVIEW: ANGELS IN AMERICA IN AMERICA (National Theatre) ★★★
One of the most anticipated shows of 2017 has landed at the National Theatre this week. Angels In America, a gay fantasia on national themes, has a star studded line up and at seven and a half hours long, it’s a real commitment. But does it live up to the hype? The great thing about […]
REVIEW: GABRIEL (Richmond Theatre) ★★★★
Moira Buffini has been on my watch list since seeing her fantastic play ‘Hangbagged’ a few years ago, so when her new play ‘Gabriel‘ was announced I jumped on that like a cat in a warm laptop. And Buffini didn’t disappoint! Set in Nazi occupied Guernsey in 1943, ‘Gabriel’ follows a group of related women […]
REVIEW: WONDERLAND (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★★
Wonderland, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass, began a 30 venue UK tour in January 2017, with a stellar cast. This week it is at the New Wimbledon Theatre and I went along to check it out. Alice’s husband has just remarried and so all hopes […]