Twelfth Night – St Paul’s Church
Mistaken identity, silliness and disguises – it must be a Shakespeare play. But not just any Shakespeare play, my favourite: Twelfth Night. Performed in the beautiful and intimate grounds of St Paul’s Church by Iris Theatre. The shipwrecked Lady Viola (Pepter Lunkuse) lands on the island of Illyria and disguises herself as a boy, going […]
Bromance – Underbelly
Underbelly is a UK-based live entertainment company that runs several festivals and events across the country. Underbelly has grown to include the Udderbelly and London Wonderground festivals in London, The Comedy Hullabaloo in Stratford-Upon-Avon, as well as an ever-growing programme at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Edinburgh’s Christmas. The show Bromance is performed by the Barely […]
Cool Rider – Original Cast Recording
Cool Rider (Grease 2) follows on from the original story of Grease, with Sandy’s cousin Michael arriving in town from England for the start of the new school year. He falls for Stephanie, the leader of the Pink Ladies but quickly learns that if he wants to win her affection, he will need to make […]
The Vagina Monologues – Bread and Roses Theatre
The Vagina Monologues is a 1996 play by Eve Ensler which combines a number of different stories, written based on interviews with women of all ages about how they feel about their lady parts. Opening the show with a sultry dance performance by to the Cabaret song ‘Mein Heir’ was fun, albeit a little cringeworthy, […]
I Went To A Fabulous Party – Kings Head Theatre
At one point during And Davis’s debut play ‘I went to a fabulous party’, I turned to my companion and asked him to translate what on earth was being said as I understood about 1 word in 10. The scene in question was a long list of the abbreviations and nicknames that are used on […]
Second Soprano – Kings Head Theatre
Very rarely do I come away from a show thinking ‘I wish that had lasted longer’, but with Second Soprano both my companion and I were left wanting more. Following the plight of nurses recruited for the field hospitals of WWI through the story of two sisters, this show is inventive, refreshing and strikes the […]
The Seagull – Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Chekov for Beginners is how you could summarise Torben Betts’ new adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull. But does Chekhov have to become so accessible, or should we stick to tradition? Despite being described as a ‘comedy’ already, Betts’ new script tries to expose it further. However, its problem is that the comedy then becomes too […]
Constellations – Richmond Theatre
Have you ever wondered about the infinite possibilities of the universe and the concept of parallel worlds splintering off as the result of every decision you have ever, and never, made? No? Ok well it’s time to start. But rather than reading a heavy tome on mechanical physics, Nick Payne’s play Constellations will neatly sum […]
Whose Line Is It Anyway…Live – Adelphi Theatre
Clive Anderson is bringing a touch of nostalgia to London’s West End for the next couple of weeks with a live stage version of the 1980’s hit comedy TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway. Four improvisation comedy performers battle it out in a series of hilarious games where they have to act out scenes […]
The Bakers Wife – Drayton Arms Theatre
The Bakers Wife is a story of 1930’s rural France. The village’s local baker suddenly dies and the people who live there are eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new one. Once he arrives everything is fine again until one day local boy Dominique (Adam Redford), convinces the bakers (much younger) wife, Genevieve, to elope […]