REVIEW: HOW TO HIDE A LION (Polka Theatre) ★★★★★
Not being a parent myself, I’ve never been to the Polka Theatre for Children (despite it being at the end of my road). However 18 months ago my sister had an absolutely beautiful baby boy and he’s now at the age where things are more than just colours and shapes so it was time for […]
REVIEW: POST (Oval House) ★★★★
This is a fun version of all those Saturday morning television cookery shows, where a chef cooks something in front of his guests before feeding them the results. In this case there were no television cameras, no well featured kitchen and positively no A lister guests. The real interest is Xavier de Sousa, a friendly, […]
REVIEW: SCROOGE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES (Theatre 503) ★★★★★
With Christmas just around the corner it looks like it’s Panto time again. Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! No really, it is, and there’s no better Panto on the block than Sleeping Tree’s SCROOGE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES at Theatre 503. Josh, James and John have rented the theatre, sold the tickets, […]
REVIEW: HER ACHING HEART (The Hope Theatre) ★★★★★
“Oh what a day! Oh what a wind of hope blows through the echoing corridors of my breast! Rattling at the knobs and knockers of the doors to my dry and dusty emotions!” And so begins this superb, touching, gothic silliness. There is a romantic literature, specifically written for women, that is not quite pornographic […]
REVIEW: SOHO CINDERS (Union Theatre) ★★★★★
December has snuck up on us and pantomimes are popping up everywhere, but if you want something just as fun but with a bit more substance, SOHO CINDERS is your show. Stiles and Drewe are hardly strangers to London theatres; with this being their third show on currently (Half a Sixpence, Wind in the Willows). However, […]
REVIEW: BEAUTY ON THE PISTE (Above The Stag) ★★★★★
The first thing I thought, upon leaving the Above the Stag Theatre after watching the self-proclaimed adult pantomime BEAUTY ON THE PISTE, was that this is not a production you should take your dear old mother to. Then I swiftly changed my mind. You should DEFINITELY take your dear old mother to it because she’d […]
REVIEW: THE WOMAN IN BLACK (Fortune Theatre, 2016) ★★★★
Tucked away next to the huge Theatre Royal Drury Lane sits the Fortune Theatre where THE WOMAN IN BLACK holds twenty-seven years of residency. With only two actors to carry the performance and minimal set, it’s almost surprising how successful the show is; with now a blockbuster film and sequel, as well as the UK Tour. […]
REVIEW: JEST END (Waterloo East Theatre) ★★★
Now in its ninth year, Jest End is the musical theatre satire comedy show that pokes fun at the West End’s theatre scene. Nominated for the Best Comedy Award at the 2016 Wilma Awards, this is a show I have loved and laughed at many times over the years. I was excited to see what […]
REVIEW: MR POPPERS PENGUINS (Southend Palace Theatre) ★★★★
Mr Popper loves anything to do with the South Pole. He reads every book in the library and listens to everything on the radio about it. One day, his letter is read out on a radio show and he is told to keep an eye out for a gift through the post! When a crate […]
REVIEW: A GIRL AND A GUN (Pleasance Theatre) ★★★★
“All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun” – Jean-Luc Godard; and all you need to attend this show is an open mind and nerves of steel. Louise Orwin, a performance artist who uses theatre to portray messages relevant to modern society, follows the huge success of ‘Prettyugly’ (a show […]