REVIEW: GREY MAN (Theatre 503)
Grey Man is a story about stories. It explores how we tell them and why, and the significance they take on, as our perspective changes. This experimental new play from Lulu Raczka is on at Theatre503, where the tiny space becomes ever more claustrophobic as the power of the stories takes hold. Raczka’s 30-minute monologue […]
REVIEW: CIRCA (Vaults Theatre)
In Pride week it seemed only fitting that Tom Radcliffe’s show Circa has been staged in the wonderfully eclectic Vaults Theatre in Waterloo. Following a man’s (there are no names) experience of being gay, from first fumblings with school friends to Grindr hook ups, the show attempts to show the struggle of overcoming the difficulties […]
REVIEW: MACBETH (Wimbledon Studio Theatre)
There are many ways in which to portray the character of Macbeth. Do we want the audience to sympathise, hate or pity? Whose side should they choose and how should they feel when they leave the theatre? Arrows and Traps are renowned for telling famous stories in different ways, shocking and surprising the audience with […]
Sheridan Smith’s understudy Natasha J Barnes is the greatest star in FUNNY GIRL
On 12 May 2016 it was announced that Sheridan Smith would take a 2-4 week break from performing the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre due to stress and exhaustion. Understudy Natasha J Barnes stepped into the role (something she had previously done for one week during its run at […]
REVIEW: BLACK CAT CABARET – HOTEL BLACK CAT (Udderbelly)
The audience files into the space, a circus tent, sipping drinks and chatting distractedly. Slinking in the shadows, women with bobbed hair and coquettish smiles survey the space. We are invited to stay at the Hotel Black Cat – a haven for the artistes who struggle in today’s unforgiving world of conventions and propriety. A […]
REVIEW: THE DONKEY SHOW (Proud Camden)
This year, Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary has been marked and celebrated in many ways, from various productions being performed at some of the country’s leading theatres to the BBC filming their own versions of some of the classics. However, I cannot think of any event that will bear any similarities to The Donkey Show at Proud […]
Cottons (Notting Hill)
Cottons Caribbean Restaurant launched its flagship store in London’s Notting Hill in April 2016 (they already have restaurants in Camden and Shoreditch) and I went to check out the carribean style menu! I was welcomed by very friendly and helpful staff who helped explain the dishes on the menu in detail in the bright and […]
REVIEW: HOBSON’S CHOICE (Vaudeville Theatre)
2015 marked the one hundredth anniversary of Harold Brighouse’s most successful play – the classic comedy Hobson’s Choice, which was also made into a film with Charles Laughton in the title role. Jonathan Church’s traditional production is a delightful revival of the classic play starring Martin Shaw as Henry Hobson. Jonathan Church does not attempt […]
REVIEW: BOTTLENECK (Old Red Lion Theatre)
Jamie Eastlake’s production of Bottleneck by Luke Barnes comes to the Old Red Lion Theatre for a short time following a successful run at Theatre N16. With Euro 2016 matches being shown on a big screen in the pub downstairs and the recent verdict of the inquest into the Hillsborough disaster, ending the longest jury […]
REVIEW: KARAGULA (The Styx)
Details of Philip Ridley’s new play Karagula were shrouded in mystery leading up to its world premiere in London. Whispers of a ‘secret location’ (which turns out to be a former ambulance station in Tottenham Hale) and the playwright’s refusal to give away any information in interviews only added to the buzz of speculation. Now, […]