REVIEW: DISNEY ON ICE: Silver Anniversary (Wembley Arena)
There aren’t many girls who didn’t dream of being a Disney princess when they were little and I was no exception. The pretty colours, the fairytale dream of a handsome prince and happily ever after. Oh reality, why are you so cruel? But sometimes, the magic ignites and your imagination reawakens. Add that to the […]
REVIEW: GUYS AND DOLLS (Phoenix Theatre)
The 1950, Tony Award winning Musical, GUYS AND DOLLS, is back in London for the fourth time (1953, 1982, 2005) and has just re-opened at the Phoenix Theatre after a successful run at the Savoy Theatre. Known for it’s classic musical theatre songs ‘A Bushel and a Peck’, ‘Take Back Your Mink’, ‘Sit Down You’re […]
REVIEW: HAYFEVER (Upstairs at the Gatehouse)
It takes a great deal of natural comic timing, delivery and skill to perfect performing the work of Noel Coward. His plays call for both insouciance and melodrama simultaneously. This production, mounted by Logos Theatre Company, who strive to mimic the rep companies of yesteryear by giving drama school graduates the opportunity to perform alongside […]
REVIEW: GATSBY (Union Theatre)
I didn’t see the original production of The Great Gatsby when it first played at the King’s Head Theatre in 2012, so I can’t say how it might have changed. Theatre company ‘Ruby in the Dust’ takes the musical, using the shorter title ‘Gatsby’ and a different cast, to the more intimate Union Theatre to […]
REVIEW: THE FATHER (Richmond Theatre)
“If you’re hoping to live to be 85 or older, your chance of getting Alzheimer’s will be almost one in two. In other words, odds are you’ll spend your golden years either suffering from Alzheimer’s or helping to look after a friend or loved one with Alzheimer’s.” – Samuel Cohen, TED Theatre that is socially […]
REVIEW: HARAM IRAN (Above The Stag)
Based on true events, Haram Iran tells the compelling and deeply upsetting story of two teenage boys in Iran who are punished with the death penalty for their innocent experimentation. Interwoven with the tale of the Catcher in the Rye, this is a coming-of-age story with oppression and fear in the place of freedom and […]
REVIEW: IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL (Charing Cross Theatre)
In The Bar Of A Tokyo hotel is one of Tennessee Williams least performed plays. Premiering in New York in 1969 (where is ran for only twenty five performances), it has rarely been performed since and sadly it is easy to see why. The interesting thing about this play is the way Tennessee Williams wrote […]
REVIEW: Russian Dolls (King’s Head Theatre)
Russian Dolls was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2013 before winning the Adrian Pagan award last year. Based on the real-life story of an Islington version of Hilda, Kate Lock’s new drama about an unlikely friendship discusses how society treats its most vulnerable members – the very young and the old. HIlda is in […]
REVIEW: I LOVED LUCY (Jermyn Street Theatre)
Lucille Ball, the sitcom duchess of the 50’s was known for her excellence in physical comedy, her ability to make the implausible seem possible and as the scatter brained wannabe in her and her husband’s sitcom, ‘I Love Lucy’. But what was she really like? Although one of the American sweethearts during the golden age […]
REVIEW: HAMLET (Cockpit Theatre)
As this year marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, we are likely to see a myriad of Hamlets – Adam Stott has been announced for a production at the Almeida and Paapa Essiedu is currently playing the Danish prince at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Nicholas Limm’s Hamlet, in a production by Ilissos Theatre […]