REVIEW: Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman Live In Concert
Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman have known each other for twenty years but have never performed alongside each other. Until now. Joining forces for a special one night concert at the Prince Edward Theatre, the two ladies treated their fans to just about everything they could have asked for. Musical theatre songs, pop songs, solos from […]
Phoenix Rising (Tristan Bates Theatre)
Considering that DH Lawrence penned one of the most controversial novels of the 20th century (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), I had anticipated his earlier life experiences to be just as exciting. Unfortunately, the years covered in Campbell Kay’s Phoenix Rising, were for the most, rather unremarkable. The play takes us through Lawrence’s memories of his formative […]
The Wedding Reception – Kingsway Hall Hotel
Interactive Theatre have had global success with the Faulty Towers Dining Experience, playing weekends at the London Amba Hotel, Touring the UK as well as Australia, Canada, Asia and America. So they’ve pretty much conquered the world with that show. Time for a new one then! The Wedding Reception follows a similar premise to Faulty […]
ALBUM REVIEW: To Do. To Be. – Tim Prottey-Jones
A familiar face to theatre land around London; Tim Prottey-Jones currently starring in Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre, has worked with a section of lyricists and composers to create an original album of songs performed by some of your West End favourites. The album consists of fifteen songs, all of which have a particularly […]
The White Feather (Union Theatre)
It’s always a pleasure to walk into a small theatre and be greeted by the owner/producer who is sat in the corner working on their laptop and having a coffee. It gives a place a homely feel which is lovely. Its no surprise then that the Union Theatre won the award for Most Welcoming Venue […]
Dinner with Saddam – Menier Chocolate Factory
When faced with a farce about the 2003 invasion of Iraq, my initial question was ‘how could this possibly work?’. How can such a tragic part of our recent history be portrayed in such a manner? In the words of Horowitz himself, in this production you have to laugh at it, ‘otherwise it makes you […]
The Faulty Towers Dining Experience (Amba Hotel)
The 1975 BBC TV sitcom of Fawlty Towers may have only produced twelve episodes (over two series) but forty years later it is still regarded as one of the most loved british sitcoms of all time. Interactive Theatre have a worldwide interactive tribute to this wonderful show, staged at weekends are the London Charing Cross […]
Octagon (Arcola Theatre)
Octagon comes to the Arcola for its world premiere having won accolades in the USA. The Octagon is a national poetry slam where poets compete with their words and rhythms for points from the judging panel and the respect of their peers. Although, at the end of it all, “the points are not the point, […]
The Sum of Us (Above the Stag)
The off-broadway production of The Sum of Us ran for 391 performances when it opened in 1990 and was later turned into a film starring Russell Crowe. Now, David Stevens Australian play is playing at Above the Stag Theatre in Vauxhall (the UK’s only full time LGBT theatre). Harry and Jeff are father and son, […]
Edges (London Theatre Workshop)
In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, a new “underground” style of musical theatre started to develop in America away from the mainstream styles of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boublil & Schoenberg and Stephen Sondheim that had dominated the recent Broadway seasons. This new style mainly focused itself on strongly connecting the audience to the songs […]