REVIEW: 2:22 A GHOST STORY (Noel Coward Theatre)
Do you believe in ghosts? It’s an interesting topic of discussion to have at a dinner party and that is just what is happening in 2:22 A Ghost Story, playing now at the Noel Coward Theatre in London. Making her West End debut, Lily Allen stars as Jenny, mother to a young baby and living […]
REVIEW: CAROUSEL (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre)
For most people, the image of a fairground is nostalgic, perhaps conjuring up fond childhood memories of candy floss and laughter amongst the galloping horses… Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel is not quite as happy. Adapted from Ferenc Molnár’s 1909 play Liliom, the musical looks at love, loss and regret. It also deals with desperation and […]
REVIEW: TOMMY ON TOP (Above The Stag)
Chris Woodley‘s new farce about a Hollywood heartthrob trying to avoid being outed as gay in order to have a chance at winning ‘Best Actor’ at the Oscars, is currently playing at Above The Stag Theatre in Vauxhall. Set in a hotel room on the eve of the Oscars, Tommy Miller, his boyfriend George and […]
REVIEW: ANYTHING GOES (Barbican Theatre)
Originally titled ‘Bon Voyage’ (changing its name just before opening due to sensitivity around a recent ship which caught fire and killed 137 people in America) ‘Anything Goes‘ opened on Broadway in 1937 and quickly became one of Cole Porter‘s most well loved musical stage shows. The show is back in London for the first […]
REVIEW: JOHN & JEN (Southwark Playhouse)
A brand new version of the Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald musical ‘John & Jen’ (with orchestrations by Jason Robert Brown & Andrew Lippa) is currently playing at the Southwark Playhouse in London – a short walk from Elephant and Castle tube station (3 stops from Charing Cross). It is an emotional rollercoaster of a […]
REVIEW: WONDERVILLE MAGIC & ILLUSION (Palace Theatre)
There are many different types of magic. A lot of them depend on what we choose to believe. And I choose to believe in the magic of theatre. The smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd. The anticipation of curtain up… Wonderville provides us with all this and more. It’s a collection of […]
REVIEW: HORRIBLE HISTORIES: BARMY BRITAIN PART 5 (Apollo Theatre) ★★★★
Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain is back in the West End with a brand-new show full of crazy characters and rude new rulers from Britain’s barmy past! Will you be conquered by William? Will you sink or swim with King Henry I? Go house hunting with King Henry VIII! Join the gorgeous Georgians as they take over […]
Call yourself a feminist? FLAT AND THE CURVES certainly do
Flat & the Curves took to the stage of the Above The Stag Cabaret room recently, bringing feminism to the stage in the most hilarious of ways. Imagine a night out with your friends, sharing a bottle of wine and regaling all your latest antics through song! Their stories of sex, love (or lack of) […]
REVIEW: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (London Palladium)
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has returned to the London Palladium, following a hit season in the Summer of 2019. Told entirely through song with the help of the Narrator, the show follows the story of Jacob’s favourite son Joseph and his eleven brothers. After being sold […]
REVIEW: BILLIONAIRE BOY (Garrick Theatre, 2021) ★★★★
Following the success of the award-winning ‘Gangsta Granny’ in 2017, Birmingham Stage Company are back in the West End with the stage premiere of David Walliams’ 2010 children’s book, ‘Billionaire Boy‘ at the Garrick Theatre. What do you give your son for his twelfth birthday when you’re a billionaire? Well, last year Joe Spud, son […]