What’s On Stage Awards 2015
The cream of the west end came together to recognise and acknowledge the very best of what British theatre has to offer in a stunning and stylish manner at The Whats On Stage Awards on Sunday 15th February at The Prince of Wales Theatre. This was undoubtedly a wonderful celebration of British theatre at its […]
A View From The Bridge – Wyndhams Theatre ★★★★★
‘A View From The Bridge’, by Arthur Miller, was written by the playwright during the five years that he was married to Marilyn Monroe: consequentially it’s easy to speculate and draw parallels between the subject matter of the piece and the preoccupations of its author at that time. The play tells the story of Eddie […]
Macbeth – Lost Theatre
Claiming to strip the story back to the text, David Shopland’s Macbeth also asks us to find the humanity within each character. Witches, birth-strangled babes and prophecies aside, Shakespeare’s Scottish play is about ambition, arrogance and betrayal as the characters stop at nothing to further their own situation. The play is the playground of the […]
The House That Looked Like Hitler – Courtyard Theatre
Is this what Tim Berners-Lee dreamed of? The internet has given us Cats That Look Like Hitler, and we all then apparently started seeing the face of The Fuhrer in kettles, mugs, boxes, trains etc. When 22 year – old youth worker, Charli Dickenson from Swansea tweeted a picture of a local house that does […]
Jekyll and Hyde – Greenwich Theatre
Sell A Door Theatre is producing a new adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde, which opened at the Greenwich Theatre and will continue on to a 33 date UK Tour. This new adaptation is written by Jo Clifford and directed by David Hutchinson and is a modern interpretation of the original story with multiple twists including […]
It’s A Bird . . . It’s A Plane . . . It’s Superman – Leicester Square Theatre
It’s A Bird . . . It’s A Plane . . . It’s Superman flew into the Leicester Square Theatre for a limited run on the 10th February and finishes on 21st February. Produced by All Star Productions this show is a humorous send up of the old style comic strip of Superman. Having first […]
Barnum – Theatre Royal Nottingham
The Theatre Royal Nottingham is part of the city’s Royal Centre which also incorporates the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall. The venue is a proscenium arch theatre and boasts a capacity of approximately 1,100 over four levels and is in its 150th year since original construction. The Theatre Royal attracts major touring productions such as Dramas, […]
Grimm Tales – An Immersive Fairytale – Oxo Tower Warf
Two years ago Phillip Pullman published a simplified ‘clear as water’ re-telling of his favourite Grimm stories. Today, adaptor-director Philip Wilson has turned six of those stories into a stunning and immersive fairytale experience set at the mystical old Bargehouse in Oxo Tower Wharf. Yes, the £45 price tag for this show is steep, but […]
She Loves Me – Landor Theatre
She loves me is the 1963 Broadway musical and the third adaptation of the film Parfumerie by the Hungrian Playwright Miklos Laszio. The Shop Around The Corner, In The Good Old Summertime (starring Judy Garland) and the 1998 film You’ve Got Mail (starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks). The show tells the story of perfume […]
Gods and Monsters – Southwark Playhouse
Russell Labey’s biographical fantasy is an adaptation of Christopher Bram’s book Father of Frankenstein, the same source material as the 1998 film. So with the movie picking up an Oscar nomination for Ian McKellen and Bill Condon taking home the statuette for best adapted screenplay, it was a tough act to follow and intriguing to […]