REVIEW: THE WIPERS TIMES (ARTS THEATRE) ★★★
Following on from their award-winning 2013 TV film of the same name, writers Ian Hislop and Nick Newman bring the true story of a satirical newspaper written and published by soldiers on the Front Line during the First World War to the stage. Ok, so let’s the title out of the way first, shall we? […]
REVIEW: RUNNING WILD (Hackney Empire) ★★★★
Running Wild is based on a story by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Samuel Adamson and originally produced by Chichester Festival Theatre and Regent’s Park Theatre. The show wowed audiences at Regent’s Park Theatre last summer and comes to Hackney Empire for a short run on its UK tour. Inspired by true events during the Boxing […]
REVIEW: Rachel Tucker (Live at Zedel) ★★★★★
Rachel Tucker has become something of a stage superstar in recent years and fresh from another successful run in the West End production of Wicked has embarked on a UK solo tour Rachel started the tour with a four night sold out run at the Crazy Coqs beneath the Brasserie Zedel and fans of the ultra […]
REVIEW: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Dominion Theatre) ★★★★★
TheDominion Theatre has been around since she 1920’s (undergoing major renovation in 2014), originally showing screenings of films, then as a live concert venue in the 70’s and 80’s for bands like David Bowie and Bonjovi. Since the late 1980’s, the Dominion has been a Musical Theatre venue and now the UK premiere of An […]
REVIEW: THE FULL MONTY (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★★
The Full Monty arrives in Sunderland this week, rude crude and ridiculously funny, but you can leave your hat on! In a packed to the rafters theatre, on springlike Monday evening, there was an air of expectation in the predominantly female audience. The oestrogen overloaded ladies weren’t all young either, there was a large number […]
REVIEW: SHIRLEY VALENTINE (Richmond Theatre) ★★★★
Shirley Valentine sails in to the Richmond Theatre this week starring Jodie Prenger Those of us above a certain age (I.e.me) will have a soft spot for the feature film version of Willy Russell‘s ‘Shirley Valentine‘: a warm, comforting hug of a film. I was fascinated to see how the original play would compare and […]
REVIEW: THE BAD SEED (Jack Studio Theatre) ★★★★
The Bad Seed is an excellent 1954 melodrama, about the circumstances surrounding the death of an innocent young schoolboy in an American, Mid Western town . First performed on the 8th December 1954, on Broadway, it opened in the same year that the original novel was published. The award winning play was adapted by Maxwell […]
REVIEW: THE FROGS (Jermyn Street Theatre) ★★★
Stephen Sondheim’s Musical The Frogs, adapted by Nathan Lane is now playing at Jermyn Street Theatre Freely adapted by Burt Shevelove from the original Aristophanes play, and even more adapted by Nathan Lane – The Frogs had a short Broadway run in 2004 and confronted political issues and how society handles them. Now Nathan Lane […]
REVIEW: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★
John Partridge gives a career defining performance in La Cage Aux Folles at the New Wimbledon Theatre La Cage Aux Folles (written by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman) is based on the 1973 play by Jean Poiret. It tells the story of a gay couple who run a drag bar in Saint-Tropez, with one of them […]
REVIEW: HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (London Palladium) ★★★★
Honeymoon in Vegas was a famous film. Then a celebrated Broadway show. And on Sunday night it was a fantastic West End concert To start with, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra are brilliant. Jason Robert Brown’s orchestrations are always a treat, but to actually get to see them performed in front of you is something […]