REVIEW: DINNER AT THE TWITS (The Vaults) ★★★★
2016 marks one hundred years since the birth of Roald Dahl, possibly our greatest storyteller since Shakespeare and a genius in telling tales that appeal not only to children, but to grown-ups too. The immersive theatre specialists, Les Enfants Terribles, are celebrating this auspicious year with an edible experience in the shape of ‘Dinner at […]
REVIEW: COQ-TAILS AND CONVERSATION (Natasha Barnes and Ria Jones) ★★★★
Live at Zedel commenced its relaunch earlier this month, providing a programme which branches towards many art forms, from theatre and music to comedy and literary. It truly has some sort of event to suit all ages, tastes and budgets and it’s a venue I will now pay formidable interest to. One of the highlights […]
REVIEW: EVELYN HOSKINS – THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL (Live At Zedel) ★★★
It’s been nearly one year since Evelyn Hoskins won the Rising Star Award at the West End Wilma Awards. Since then, she’s performed as Liesl in ITV’s The Sound of Music! Live, as well as performing alongside the likes of Jenna Russell and Bradley Walsh in Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure at the Adelphi. […]
REVIEW: SHOSHANA BEAN (The Singers Lounge) ★★★
Shoshana Bean is most famously known for being the first actress to play the role of Elphaba in Wicked the Musical on Broadway, after the characters creator Idina Menzel left the show in 2004. In 2006 she reprised the role on the 1st National Tour of America. Since then, Shoshana has released several albums and […]
REVIEW: BUMBLESCRATCH (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★
Some of the best loved musicals of all time have come from the Shermans. They are true classics, and I think Robert J. Sherman’s Bumblescratch could be on its way to being just that. It is refreshing to see a new classic musical, as even though musicals have developed and changed in style over the […]
REVIEW: PARTY (Above The Stag) ★★★★★
There is one word that springs to mind to describe the thrilling experience that was watching ‘Party’ – FAB-U-LOUS! It’s not often that a comedy is this effective in producing consistent laugh-out-loud reactions from an audience, but there was no shortage here. It was rather like watching a saucy version of ‘Friends’, except with seven […]
REVIEW: THE MGM STORY (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) ★★★★
Judy Garland saunters through an empty film studio of Hollywood institution MGM, browsing through the unused costumes and camera equipment, while some stagehands sweep the premises. Or so it seems – the snappy start of the narration soon breaks the spell, and all cast burst into song. Less a musical or play than an educational […]
REVIEW: TWO MAN SHOW (Soho Theatre) ★★★★
The title of the event Two Man Show is slightly misleading as there are no men in the show and three women, however that is a mere bagatelle next to the real content of the show. RashDash was formed at the University of Hull in 2009. It comprises two very talented young women, Helen Goalen […]
REVIEW: KINKY BOOTS (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★★
Kinky Boots celebrated its 1st birthday in the West End last night with a special media night to introduce the new cast of the show. David Hunter (Once/One Man Two Guvnors) has replaced Killian Donnelly in the lead role of Charlie alongside Matt Henry who remains in the role of Lola. David Hunter has some […]
REVIEW: DIARY OF A MADMAN (Gate Theatre) ★★★★
Al Smith’s witty new adaptation is based on Gogol’s classic story. Transporting the action to modern day Scotland, Gogol’s protagonist Poprishchin becomes the engineer Pop Sheeran – a troubled man spiralling towards insanity when his senses of personal, professional and national identity are seriously challenged in a post-Brexit world. Pop Sheeran is not a civil […]