REVIEW: Gabriel Bisset-Smith Tells The Most Original And Funny Joke In The Universe!
It is fairly standard practice for stand-up comedians to use common and even mundane human experiences we can all share and relate to and turn them into something funny. Whether it’s family matters or soured love affairs, Gabriel Bisset-Smith Tells The Most Original And Funny Joke In The Universe! rather astutely focuses our attention on […]
REVIEW: BLIND MAN’S SONG (PLEASANCE THEATRE)
One of the most beautiful things about theatre is its ability to communicate in such a range of different ways. Blind Man’s Song is a stunning example of one of these many ways. The show begins with a blind musician (Alex Judd), who uses only a violin; a piano and a loop pedal to conjure […]
REVIEW: H. M. S. PINAFORE (Hackney Empire)
A whirling waterspout of social class, patriotism and forbidden love leaps from the ocean this spring in the form of Sasha Regan’s all male production of H. M. S. Pinafore. Cleverly played out by a group of wartime soldiers at leisure, this continually celebrated classic from Gilbert & Sullivan has weathered the last 138 years […]
REVIEW: SHOW BOAT (New London Theatre)
The 1927 musical Show Boat has sailed into the West End several times over the past century and most recently had a successful run at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre before transferring to its new home at the New London Theatre. It tells the story of performers on a Mississippi show boat and spans more than […]
REVIEW: THE TOXIC AGENGER (Southwark Playhouse)
In a market often over-wrought by recognisable commodity, worldwide conglomerate and jukebox musicals, cult musicals are becoming increasingly popular. The Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors and Carrie has led this trend, proving revivals and touring productions to be more popular that their original productions. Shows such as Heathers: The Musical, Reefer Madness and […]
REVIEW: TEARDROPS & TIARAS (Phoenix Artist Club)
‘A celebration of the world’s greatest musical divas’. Taking a seat in the appropriately gloomy Phoenix Artist Club, images of smokey eyes, feather boas, glittering martini glasses and mobile phones thrown at unsuspecting servants flash through my mind. The very notion of a Diva is someone who unashamedly demands attention and often, but not always, […]
REVIEW: DOCTOR FAUSTUS (at the Duke Of York’s Theatre)
I have never watched Game Of Thrones and until recently I thought John Show was a newsreader (I’m pretty sure he still is). So I wasn’t fangirling all over the place at the thought of going to see Kit Harrington in Doctor Faustus. But I was curious to Duke of York’s Theatre to see what […]
REVIEW: THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL (Evelyn Hoskins live at Battersea Barge)
West End Wilma’s 2015 Rising Star award winner Evelyn Hoskins has been living up to her title in the past year, being critically acclaimed for playing the title role in Carrie the Musical at Southwark Playhouse, appearing in The Sound of Music Live on ITV and now in her one woman show ‘There Was […]
REVIEW: BORIS: WORLD KING (Trafalgar Studios 2)
Following a sold-out run at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe, the satirical comedy Boris: World King arrives in London. As his days as Mayor of London are coming to an end, Boris Johnson thinks starring in a West End show might just be the ticket for his next career move, which is not necessarily Prime Minister […]
REVIEW: THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY (Criterion Theatre)
From modest beginnings on the Fringe Theatre scene, to its West End (and soon to be Broadway) stardom, Mischief Theatre has kept us giggling. ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ followed a small amateur dramatic group that couldn’t seem to get anything right. ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ was the teams second outing, providing a similar idea […]