REVIEW: THE CRUCIBLE (Queens Theatre Hornchurch) ★★★★
Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is an atmospheric feast for the senses at the Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch Arthur Miller’s The Crucible tells the story of the late seventeenth century witch trials in Salem, during which more than two hundred women were accused (twenty of whom were executed) of evoking the Devil, resulting in a society […]
REVIEW: GIRL VS DATING (Theatre N16) ★★★★
A story about online dating comes to Theatre N16 Girl vs Dating is a 30 minute short play, written by and starring Laura Dean about the perils of online dating. It’s the second production from Mull it Over and can be seen at Theatre N16 in Balham until 26 February. The play follows one young […]
THEATRE REVIEW: LIVING A LITTLE (The Vault Festival) ★★★★
Living A Little creates theatre zombies at the Vaults Festival It is difficult to reinvent such an iconic genre as horror in a theatrical production and with almost a century of ankle-grabbing, jugular-munching gore, the zombie apocalypse trope is on the verge of becoming tired. We’ve all seen the wide-eyed, heavily perspiring heroes trapped in a […]
REVIEW: TWELFTH NIGHT (National Theatre) ★★★★
The National Theatre brings a modern-chic version of The Tempest to the stage Chaotic capers and absurd romantic misconceptions in Illyria. The power house that is the National Theatre, plays a modern-chic interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy Twelfth Night. Simon Godwin directs this production, and along with his impeccable cast, manage to wring out every […]
REVIEW: THE GIRLS (Phoenix Theatre) ★★★★
Take That front man Gary Barlow gets the girls out at the theatre, in his new musical The Girls In case you hadn’t heard, The Girls is the latest musical to be written by Take That veteran, Gary Barlow. The Girls opened this week at the Phoenix Theatre and there was quite a commotion when […]
REVIEW: THE SORROWS OF SATAN (Tristan Bates Theatre) ★★★★
Would you resist fame, riches and love if all you had to do was accept the offer? Despairingly poor playwright Geoffrey Tempest (Simon Willmont) owns nothing but the clothes he is wearing and the script of his musical play “The Sorrows of Satan”, based on the story of Faust. He skulks his way to a […]
REVIEW: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (The Lighthouse, Poole) ★★★★
Some plays make the audience smile, others even manage to draw out a chuckle, but THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG had its audience hooting with laughter and tearing up with its dangerously well-designed disasters. After the BBC TV production of PETER PAN GOES WRONG was aired following its filming in front of a live studio […]
REVIEW: LA VOIX – Red Hot Globe Trot (Crazy Coqs) ★★★★★
La Voix is a divine, sophisticated drag artist with bright red hair and a body that is the best money can buy. She was a finalist in Britain’s Got Talent and has even appeared in the Ab Fab Movie. She also came second in Ru Paul’s Drag Race! La Voix is a very talented mimic […]
REVIEW: THE WILD PARTY (The Other Palace) ★★★★
Based on the 1928 Joseph Moncure March poem of the same name, Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe’s The Wild Party makes its UK premiere at The Other Palace. Formerly the St James Theatre, The Wild Party also marks the first production at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Other Palace. When the poem was first […]
REVIEW: This Must Be The Place (The Vaults) ★★★★
This Must Be The Place, written by Brad Birch and Kenneth Emson, was first performed at Latitude Festival in 2016. It now transfers to Vault Festival in London for five nights. Four actors wait on stage as the audience file into the small damp vault space with trains rumbling overhead. They smile and make eye […]