REVIEW: A Little Night Music (Ye Olde Rose and Crown)
Pack up the luggage la la la… one of Sondheims less commercially popular shows but a well loved classic for thespians, A Little Night Music opened in Walthomstow this week, following on from its successful run of Into The Woods last year. Set in Sweden in 1900 we meet Desiree Armfeldt, the once big time […]
REVIEW: Midnight (St James Studio)
Aloff Theatre’s brand new musical Midnight had its worldwide premiere workshop presentation this week at the St James Theatre. The theatre company dedicate themselves to the promotion of new and classic works from East Europe and Central Asia. Midnight is set in Azerbaijan on New Years Eve, 1937. The secret police, the NKVD are breaking […]
REVIEW: The Great Gatsby (Greenwich Theatre)
Nick Carraway moves into an affluent neighbourhood, closer to his well-to-do cousin Daisy and her husband Tom, right next to the stately home of a certain Jay Gatsby. It’s the roaring twenties, and America’s high society spends most of those years drinking, chitchatting, drinking a little more, and dancing. Where they do it? At Gatsby’s […]
REVIEW: Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre)
A new updated version of Thriller has launched in London’s West End with new songs, videos, costumes and special fx. Having never seen the show before, I decided it was about time I checked it out. From what I have heard, the show originally opened with a large Jackson 5 segment and musically chronicled his […]
REVIEW: Pam Ann: Queen of the Sky (Leicester Square Theatre)
Australian comedian Pam Ann has flown into the Leicester Square theatre for a five week run after a successful stint last year. Known for her foul mouth, Pam portrays the character of an air hostess and talks about her observations in life and her love of black men. Audience members come dressed as […]
REVIEW: Dark and Lovely (Ovalhouse)
Let’s get one thing straight. Any show that opens with the artist welcoming me with a big smile and a rum cocktail is alright in my books. Dark and Lovely is this kind of show. Exploring the issues surrounding black women’s hair, artist Selina Thompson invites the audience into her intimate show that combines research, […]
REVIEW: Blackout (Drayton Arms Theatre)
Tim Cook won Best New Play at Brighton Fringe 2015 for his play Crushed. Blackout is his second play, described as part psychological thriller, part post-apocalyptic musical. So far, so intriguing. We meet awkward Mark in his messy flat, strumming his guitar and calling his girlfriend’s voicemail. Tracy crashes into the scene as his loud […]
REVIEW: The First Man (Jermyn Street Theatre)
Just after receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O’Neill started writing this autobiographical play about a man who only lives for his work and is under the illusion that his wife shares his passion, whilst she is secretly longing for a more steady life and a child. The First Man is an […]
REVIEW: The Tempest (London Theatre Workshop)
Gender blind productions of Shakespeare’s plays seem a dime a dozen these days, and can go one of two ways. In the case of the London Theatre Workshop’s production of the Tempest, I left very underwhelmed. Having not seen Shakespeare’s final piece before, I was looking forward to getting to grips with the complex characters […]
REVIEW: Crushed Shells And Mud (Southwark Playhouse)
Pretend You Have Big Buildings by Ben Musgrave was the winner of the first Bruntwood Prize and performed at the Royal Exchange Manchester. The Southwark Playhouse now presents the world premiere of Musgrove’s latest play in the Little – a coming of age story in an apocalyptic world. England is in the grip of a […]