Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at Aldwych Theatre ★★★★
Carole King is a Grammy award winning singer/songwriter whose career has spanned more than 50 years! At 73 years old she is still going strong and about to release a new CD of greatest hits. This ties in nicely with the Broadway transfer of the musical ‘Beautiful’ at the Aldwych Theatre, which tells the story […]
REVIEW: The Nether at Duke of Yorks Theatre
Where do we draw the line between right and wrong, fact and fiction, reality and fantasy? The topic covered in The Nether (now playing at Duke of York’s Theatre) surrounds the taboo subject of paedophilia. Set in the year 2050 (scarily close to the time we actually live in), the play explores a world […]
Daniel Koek – The Pheasantry
Daniel Koek has had a pretty impressive career so far, by anyone’s standards. Taking the lead role of Tony in ‘West Side Story’ on the 50th Anniversary tour back in 2008 kicked things off, and there’s been no stopping him since: The Russian in the UK tour of ‘Chess’, Lt Cable in ‘South Pacific’ and, […]
Stand and Deliver – Kings Head Theatre
Who could resist a production previously reviewed as “brilliantly bonkers”? Wayne Gumble’s musical comedy touches on football, family and nostalgia via all sorts of nutty detours and you’ll be glad to hear does indeed live up to that particular label. Stand and Deliver had its first outing in 2012 and has apparently been significantly “stripped […]
Hannah Jane Fox – Proud Cabaret
West End On Sea are a company that originated in Brighton, however have recently started performing in their new venue, Proud Cabaret. Proud Cabaret City is modelled on a 1920’s speakeasy and offers an evening of fine dining and entertainment of unrivalled prestige. West End On Sea – aka The Follow Spot in London – […]
BattleActs – The Vault Festival
I had no idea the Vault festival even existed until yesterday, when I went to review ‘BattleActs’, a comedy improv show which is taking place in one of the many performance spaces these cavernous vaults have on offer. That’s a shame because the festival ends on 8th March. BattleActs is a neat, one act show […]
Ordinary Days – Rosemary Branch Theatre
Ordinary Days, written by Adam Gwon (one of the New York Times “50 to watch”), is made up of 20 song vignettes (song-ettes). Four characters singing songs and finding their way together. Its a lovely little musical that you could watch on a Sunday afternoon whilst the chicken is cooking in the oven (I mean […]
Memphis the Musical – Shaftesbury Theatre
Back in October 2014, Memphis the Musical opened in London’s West End and this is what I said in my review: “If London is the theatre capital of the world then Memphis with Killian Donnelly and Beverley Knight must be the best show in the world. Two triple threats that when combined raise the bar […]
REVIEW: Cats (The London Palladium, 2015)
There’s a line sung by Gus, the Theatre Cat, where he says that ‘these modern productions are all very well, but there’s nothing to equal from what I hear tell’. My feelings about Cats could not have been summed up finer than by him. Cats tells the everyday and ordinary story of the Jellicle cats […]
Cirkopolis – Peacock Theatre
The Peacock Theatre has a long lease with London’s principal centre for contemporary dance, Sadler’s Wells, with whom it has negotiated a deal to bring in dance companies under the banner ‘Sadler’s Wells in the West End’. The venue often plays host to dance performances, conferences, ballet, pop concerts and award ceremonies. Positioned at the […]