REVIEW: SHE LOVES ME (Menier Chocolate Factory) ★★★★
In these troubled and dark times, all we need is some festive delight to wind things up. A seasonal confection if you will. And whilst there are many holiday silver screen classics and countless replays of Love Actually to watch on TV, this is a theatre version of a festive romantic-comedy. Who’d have thought a […]
REVIEW: DIRTY DANCING (Phoenix Theatre) ★★
The summer of 1963, when teenagers were still affectionately known as kids and happy to holiday with their parents. For Baby Houseman (Katie Hartland), this summer is one of ambition, dancing and first love. I’m not sure what it is about Dirty Dancing, but it’s become one of the most iconic films of the last […]
REVIEW: CHARMING DICK (Cockpit Theatre) ★★★★★
CHARMING DICK opened this week at the aptly named Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone, after enjoying a festive season last year at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Brilliantly directed, once again, by Tim McArthur, the actors play to every corner of the room, making every seat a great view. As well as directing the show, Tim McArthur takes […]
REVIEW: PINOCCHIO (Kings Head Theatre) ★★★★
Charles Court Opera, known for their innovative Gilbert & Sullivan productions, along with their more recent works The Magic Flute and The Barber of Seville, returns to the King’s Head Theatre with their 10th Boutique pantomime. Based on Collodi’s story of Pinocchio, with elements of Jack and the Beanstalk, this peppery panto, written and directed […]
REVIEW: THEBES LAND (Arcola Theatre) ★★★★
THEBES LAND is about a playwright, simply known as T, who is writing a play about a true case of patricide. He’s visiting a prison where an inmate, Martin Santos, is persuaded, unwillingly, to open up about his dreadful crime. The same actor who plays Martin Santos also plays the character Freddie, an actor who has […]
REVIEW: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN ‘PERFECT NONSENSE’ (Bridewell Theatre) ★★★★
Jeeves and Wooster are a classic comedy duo, originally devised by P G Wodehouse, who wrote the first of his series “Jeeves” in 1915. Among other things, the stories of Jeeves and Wooster have inspired a musical – with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber – and the TV series co-starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. […]
REVIEW: ANTHONY RAPP (St James Studio) ★★★★
Anthony Rapp has returned to London for a two week run at the St James Studio. His solo show coincides with the new production of RENT that begins this week at the St James Theatre, celebrating the musical’s 20th anniversary. Rapp starred in the original Off-Broadway and then Broadway production of RENT and continued performing […]
REVIEW: THIS HOUSE (Garrick Theatre) ★★★★★
Is a political revolution coming? Will the Labour party collapse? Can the kingdom stay united? THIS HOUSE gets a timely and long-awaited revival at the Garrick Theatre. THIS HOUSE premiered at the National Theatre in 2012 and played two sell-out runs to critical acclaim. The play, written by James Graham, in response to the Conservative coalition […]
REVIEW: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Gary’s Warehouse – The Bottle Shop) ★★★★★
It is the Night Before Christmas, when none but Santa’s elves are out and about. Oh yes, and Gary who’s working late. Well anyway, Gary happens upon an elf doing his yearly rounds, as one does if one is so foolish as not to be tucked up in bed at such a magic time. Thinking […]
REVIEW: TINA TURNER TEA LADY (Gary’s Warehouse – The Bottle Shop) ★★★★★
Providing the late night entertainment after a production of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS at Gary’s Warehouse (The Bottle Shop) is TINA TURNER TEA LADY. Tina comes on in her tea ladies overalls with her stockings around her ankles. The only sign of the superstar that she truly is, is the wild Tina Turner hair with […]