REVIEW: MAN OF LA MANCHA (Bridewell Theatre)
Established in 1905, Sedos is one of the major amateur theatre companies in the City. The company boasts over 200 members and stages 8 – 10 fringe productions every year. Since 2012, Sedos has been the resident company at Bridewell Theatre, which is part of the St Bride Foundation. Never afraid of challenges, […]
REVIEW: WHERE WILL WE LIVE? (Southwark Playhouse)
Council estates across the country are threatened with demolition; what does that mean for the people who live there? Where Will We Live? is a new production about the hyper-regeneration and gentrification of London. Elisabeth Winkler and Lucy Curtis shine a spotlight on this issue in Brixton, using the words of the people involved to […]
REVIEW: THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA LIVE (Lyric Theatre)
Wilma and I joined a veritable throng of yummy mummies and their little darlings at the Lyric theatre to watch this musical play by David Wood based on the much loved 1968, Judith Kerr book of the same title. The Olivier nominated play features three performers who tell the story of Sophie and […]
REVIEW: MAN AND SUPERFAN (The Bedford)
Theatre N16 are now based in SW12 having moved to The Bedford in Balham. They bring a collection of new plays to the Tavistock Room, upstairs in this sprawling pub. Man and Superfan takes us into the domestic world of Mark Chapman, before he became famous for shooting John Lennon. We meet Mark, […]
REVIEW: IN SEARCH OF ENGLAND (The Bedford)
Theatre N16 and Fox Theatre bring In Search of England to The Bedford in Balham. This is Neil D’Arcy Jones’s first play for adults and the first time one of his plays has been performed in London. “There’s no such thing as countries…” This play addresses the topical theme of what it means […]
REVIEW: THE HOMECOMING (Trafalgar Studios)
Pinter’s The Homecoming celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, yet its controversial nature and themes of dominance and misogyny prove to be just as powerful this century. Jamie Lloyd’s terrific revival compels us constantly, with a stellar cast and lighting design both conveying the perfect level of intensity to bring Pinter’s classic to life. Pinter […]
REVIEW: JEST END (Waterloo East Theatre)
The hit comedy musical show Jest End, exploring and ‘exposing’ the hits, flops and gossip of Theatreland has returned for a two week season at the Waterloo East Theatre. Similar to the Broadway show Forbidden Broadway (which had a short run in the West End last year), it parodies and pokes fun at some of […]
REVIEW: THE WILD AT HEART – Three Short Plays by Tennessee Williams (HTH Arts Centre)
An opportunity to see three of Tennessee Williams’s rarely seen short plays in the wonderful art deco surroundings of Hornsey Town Hall. The plays are performed in a downstairs room with a bar and jazz and blues performed by live musicians. Williams wrote over seventy one-act plays during his life; Step by Step […]
REVIEW: BEN HUR (Tricycle Theatre)
British comedy farces are more popular today than they ever have been. With revivals of classics like Spamalot, Noises Off and the very popular The Play That Goes Wrong (with its spin off show Peter Pan Goes Wrong about to enjoy a festive season in the West End) audiences aren’t stuck for some silly theatre […]
REVIEW: Lorna Luft (Crazy Coqs)
When you hear the name Lorna Luft, what do you think of? Paulette in the 1982 film Grease 2, the recent UK tour of The Judy Garland Songbook or perhaps just the fact that she a daughter of Judy Garland? Back in London for a two week engagement at the Crazy Coqs Theatre, in the beautiful […]