REVIEW: Wow! Said the Owl (Little Angel Theatre)
Little Angel Theatre is a small theatre in Islington dedicated to the celebration and development of puppetry and live animation. Wow! Said the Owl is a production adapted from the book by Tim Hopgood. Aimed at 2-5 year olds, this show charms young and old alike. The story follows an owl staying awake during the […]
REVIEW: NUTCRACKER! THE MUSICAL (Pleasance Theatre)
There is a reason no one has ever thought to create a musical version of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker before. It’s a bit akin to cooking a delicious fillet steak and then smothering it in kebab shop mayo; just not cricket. I am not a classical music purist, but it does seem like a bit of […]
REVIEW: GRAEME OF THRONES (Leicester Square Theatre)
There aren’t many shows that once you’ve finished watching, you go straight to the box office to buy tickets to see it again. But Graeme of Thrones is one such show. Three actors, one throne and many many wigs all swirl together in a non-stop riot through the mythical Kingdom of Westeros. *Spoiler Alert* If […]
REVIEW: MIRROR MIRROR (Kings Head Theatre)
The Charles Court Opera company present their boutique Christmas panto Mirror Mirror, this year at the Kings Head Theatre, which is one of the few off-west end venues to have recently signed an agreement with theatrical governing body Equity, to promise to pay actors a fair wage (something still not done across many venues). When […]
REVIEW: wonder.land (National Theatre)
Elsewhere is so much more exciting than here… The new musical wonder.land, created by Blur singer Damon Albarn, Moira Buffini and Rufus Norris has been highly anticipated this year, ahead of its opening this week at the National Theatre. This brand new take on the classic story of Alice In Wonderland started life when Damon Albarn […]
REVIEW: A Christmas Carol (Noel Coward Theatre)
From the moment I walked in to the Noel Coward Theatre, it felt like Christmas. With carol singers at the doors and mulled wine and mince pies on offer, added that special extra touch. A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’s best loved story, written in 1843. There have been numerous stage, television, radio and film […]
REVIEW: HANGMEN (Wyndhams Theatre)
Playwright Martin McDonagh returns to the London stage for the first time since 2003 with this extremely black comedy that transfers to Wyndham’s Theatre after a sell-out run at the Royal Court and proves that it has been well worth the wait. Set in 1965 on the day that hanging is to be abolished in […]
REVIEW: MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO (Leicester Square Theatre)
Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 enacted by Margaret Thatcher’s conservative government, stated that a local authority “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship”. The legislation caused many […]
REVIEW: F*CKING MEN (Kings Head Theatre)
I have a lot of gay friends. Single ones looking for love, happily married ones and those in committed relationships. Sadly, none of these types of people are portrayed in F*cking Men which has just returned to the Kings Head Theatre for another run. The show gives the audience a look in to the dirty, […]
REVIEW: RAPUNZEL (Park Theatre)
Following Sleeping Beauty and Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel is the third instalment in the ‘Chronicles of Waa’ Christmas shows written by Jez Bond and Mark Cameron for Park Theatre. The King and Queen of Pűss Pűss are preparing to welcome their long awaited first child when disaster strikes; the Queen is gravely ill and […]