The Addams Family in Concert ★★★★
Based on the original single-panel gag cartoons, The Addams Family has music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show opened on Broadway in 2010 just blocks away from the Addams Family mansion located in Central Park. An instant hit, the show won several awards before touring […]
Till The Stars Come Down at the National Theatre ★★★★★
Following a working class Midlands family on a wedding day, Beth Steel’s tragic yet hilarious new play touches on the strains of love, heartache, xenophobia, lies and far, far too much alcohol. Till the Stars Come Down focuses on the relationship between three sisters – excited bride Sylvia (Sinéad Matthews), mouthy but confident Maggie (Lisa […]
The King and I at Dominion Theatre ★★★★★ – “be wrapped up in the glitz of this beautiful production”
Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s masterpiece The King and I is based on Margaret Landon’s 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam and the real memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. Premiering on Broadway in 1951, The King and I starred Broadway veteran Gertrude Lawrence […]
I Should Be So Lucky at the New Wimbledon Theatre – “Mamma Mia! On Crack!” ★★★★★
I Should Be So Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky! When Ella is left jilted at the altar by fiancé Nathan, her friends do what any good pals would do and try to raise her spirits. And with a honeymoon to Turkey already paid for, there’s only one thing to do. Pack! The wedding may be off, […]
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical “an absolute riot of a night out” ★★★★★
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical is a nostalgic jukebox show, adapted from the 1999 film of the same name. Featuring a score composed of popular songs from the film’s soundtrack and the banging 90s, the musical’s original creative team includes Roger Kumble (the film’s writer and director) Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross. The film Cruel […]
Gatiss shines in West End transfer of The Motive and the Cue ★★★★
In 1934 Sir John Gielgud famously played Hamlet at the Noël Coward Theatre, London. 30 years later, Gielgud directed Richard Burton in the most successful production of Hamlet that Broadway has ever seen. Whilst, to audiences, Gielgud’s latest directorial role was a sheer success, backstage was somewhat of an unmitigated disaster. With the age gap […]
Jack and the Beanstalk (Catford Broadway Theatre) ★★★★
Following a £7 million refurbishment last year (improving accessibility for disabled performers), the Catford Broadway Theatre in South East London is back in action this Christmas, with their festive panto Jack and the Beanstalk. Written by acclaimed Hackney Empire panto writer, Susie McKenna (who has been writing their festive shows for over twenty five years), […]
The Nutcracker at The Turbine Theatre ★★★
Claiming to be the ‘perfect Christmas tale’, this ‘the very adult pantomime’ tells the story of Carlie. A year ago, her dad was killed by a collision caused by a Just Stop Oil protest, causing him to crash into a petrol station (isn’t it ironic). She’s been dumped by her boyfriend and now, to top […]
Sh!t-Faced Showtime – A Pissedmas Carol at Leicester Square Theatre ★★★★★
Created by a group of friends in 2015, Sh!t-faced Showtime takes well-known stories and creates original scripts with a musical playlist. A boozy improv musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale returns to Leicester Square Theatre for a triumphantly tipsy fourth year. Featuring a West End cast of professional actors with a single, genuinely […]
OPERATION MINCEMEAT at London’s Fortune Theatre ★★★★★ – “British theatre at its finest”
If Victoria Wood and Eric Idle wrote a musical about World War Two, in the style of Hamilton – you’d be somewhere in the region of Operation Mincemeat. I first became aware of this show in 2019 when it was reviewed for me at the New Diorama Theatre. It went on to be shortlisted for […]