REVIEW: VANITIES THE MUSICAL (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★
VANITIES THE MUSICAL opened this week at Trafalgar Studios starring three big west end names. Lauren Samuels (We Will Rock You/Bend It Like Beckham), Ashleigh Gray (Wicked/Cool Rider) and Lizzy Connolly (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels/Mrs Henderson Presents). So with these three ladies making up the cast, I was excited to go and check it out. Vanities tells […]
REVIEW: TRAVESTY (New Diorama Theatre) ★★★★
Liam Williams’s debut play, Travesty, comes to New Diorama Theatre after a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Williams is primarily known for his acclaimed stand-up shows. He was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award in 2013, and in 2014 his follow up show was nominated for the main award. Travesty is produced […]
REVIEW: TITLE OF SHOW (Waterloo East Theatre) ★★★★
[title of show] is a musical with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and a book by Hunter Bell which is described in the show as “a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical!” The show presents an account of it’s own creation as an entry into the New […]
REVIEW: LA BOHÈME (King’s Head Theatre) ★★★
What happens when you cross Rent with La Bohème? It might seem interesting to amalgamate Puccini’s opera with Larson’s musical, but that is precisely what Adam Spreadbury-Maher and Becca Marriott have done. Brought (even more) up-to-date, flat mates Mark (Thomas Humphreys) and Ralph (Matthew Kimble) are realising that their dreams alone will not pay the […]
REVIEW: THE NAKED MAGICIANS (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★
This one does what it says on the tin. Fresh off the stages of the Edinburgh Fringe, these two well ahem… developed Australian men take to the stage in various stages of dress to perform a little magic. The evening starts with a warm-up comedian to entertain and stir up an already lively and well-liquored […]
REVIEW: SISTER ACT (Empire Theatre, Sunderland) ★★★
Ambitious club singer Deloris Van Cartier (Alexandra Burke) sees her controlling gangster boyfriend Curtis (Aaron Lee Lambert) commit murder and former schoolmate ‘Sweaty’ Eddie Souther (Jon Robyn) arranges police protection. The book by Cheri and Bill Steinkellner follows the rough outline of Joseph Howard’s film starring Whoopi Goldberg. Somewhat incongruously, the safe house chosen by […]
REVIEW: THE LAST TYCOON (Arts Theatre) ★★★
Whenever people think of F. Scott Fitzgerald, they tend to discuss his most famous work – The Great Gatsby. For me however, there is something more appealing about a writer’s lesser known works, especially those that remain unfinished at their death. The Last Tycoon was a little over half finished when Fitzgerald died, completed by […]
REVIEW: EVERY WILD BEAST (C Venues) ★★★★★
In a tiny box room up a wooden spiral staircase, you can find a little bit of magic. Every Wild Beast is enchanting. The tale of a girl and a boy who in unlikely circumstances, find each other and go on a wonderful journey. We are guided by the gentle voice of the storyteller (Sullivan […]
REVIEW: ADELE IS YOUNGER THAN US (Stiff and Kitsch at C Venues) ★★★★★
We have all at least once had the realisation that someone younger than us is doing better than us. Whether they are earning more, have our dream job or are just in a more successful relationship, it hurts. For Rhiannon Neads and Sally O’Leary, this person, is Adele. The pair are hysterical. The show is […]
REVIEW: UNFAITHFUL (Found111) ★★★
The obsession for sex within modern day lifestyle has grown in recent years, thanks to a natural leeway towards writing about it in music, film and other media. Communication at both a verbal and non-verbal level, when it comes to talking about the stark truth about sex and the issue of trust with this in […]