REVIEW: GOODNIGHT MR TOM (Duke of York’s Theatre)
In 1981, a children’s book called Goodnight Mr Tom was published and became a well loved classic amongst adults and children with its heartbreaking story of love, abuse and loss of lives during World War II. In 1998 a television adaption was made starring John Thaw which has now become a well loved Christmas classic […]
REVIEW: THE WASP (Trafalgar Studios)
The Hampstead Theatre has, for a long time, offered some exciting programs of writing both new and old, marked by regular West End transfers. A succession of recent transfers from The Hampstead Theatre Downstairs to Trafalgar Studios includes James Fritz’s Four Minutes Twelve Seconds and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s The Wasp, with the most recent announcement […]
REVIEW: PRIDE & PREJUDICE: THE PANTO (Cockpit Theatre)
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” You might say that I’m slightly obsessed with Pride and Prejudice. It’s my favourite book, I adore the BBC version and only a few weeks ago I played Jane in the play. […]
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 […]