Ghost From A Perfect Place
Sheila Reid, best know for playing the overly tanned Madge in ITV’s Benidorm, has taken to the stage at East London’s Arcola Theatre in the 20th anniversary production of Philip Ridleys Ghost From A Perfect Place. The play is set in the burnt out kitchen of the appropriately named Torchie Sparks (Sheila Reid). […]
Long Story Short
Long Story Short begins its latest run at the -Charing Cross Theatre, after having moved from the Pleasance, Islington. Squint, the company behind this play, have taken the complex area of media intrusion and the brutal effect it has had on people’s lives, and provided a thoughtful play that follows the journey of sixteen year […]
Sweeney Todd
The Twickenham theatre is a small space with an even smaller stage, set with doors centrally upstage and drains in each corner of the stage signifying our imagination is going to be needed during this performance. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street is a musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim […]
The Play That Goes Wrong at Duchess Theatre 2014
At first, when the lady in pigtails and dungarees approached me in the bar, asking if I had seen a dog running around, I genuinely thought she was serious. When she returned saying she needed the chair I was sitting on for the show, I realised it was all part of the act. Sure enough, […]
Forbidden Broadway
There’s no business like show business. Except maybe comedy that openly mocks show business. With so many shows on the West End and Broadway it’s amazing that so few of them are not targeted by Gerard Alessandrini in his parody that began in 1981 as a two-night only performance. In its West End debut, Forbidden Broadway has […]
Annie Get Your Gun
One might expect Irving Berlin’s classic musical Annie Get Your Gun to feel dated and slightly flat compared to its newer and flashier rivals, but I am happy to report this just isn’t the case. Telling the story of the Annie Oakley, the fastest shot in the west, and her love/rivalry with the pistol swinging […]
Breeders
Vicky Graham Productions in association with Tom O’Connell for QNQ Creative present Breeders, a play written by Ben Ockrent and directed by Tamara Harvey, now playing at the St James Theatre. Breeders tells the modern day story of Andrea and Caroline, a lesbian couple who are desperate to have a baby. They have good jobs, […]
Mamma Mia – International Tour
Mamma Mia is one of those musicals that has survived in the West End for so many years because it does what it says on the tin. It’s a bit of light hearted fun, where you can sing along to Abba songs and see a lot of people dancing around in Lycra! The set design […]
Lord of the Dance – Dangerous Games
Tuesday night at the London Palladium and the house was alive with the sound of toe tapping on both sides of the curtain! Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance” does not disappoint if you are eager to witness some real dancing talent. Flatley’s latest spectacular has an engaging fairy-tale theme where good versus evil in […]
Wingman
Richard Marsh’s ‘Wingman’ has recently finished a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is now playing at the Soho Theatre before going on a UK tour. Following on from the success of his smash-hit Dirty Great Love Story, Richard Marsh’s latest piece sees him tackle fatherhood and family. Wingman, a new father-son comedy, […]