Ghosts (screening) – Empire Cinema
Richard Eyre’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts was extremely well-received, selling out at the Almeida, transferring to Trafalgar Studios and winning three Oliviers. In Ghosts, a mother must face the truth about her husband’s past and come to terms with her son’s future… But would you go to the cinema to see a play? This […]
Moominsummer Madness
There is something adorable about the vulnerability of children. When the lights went out at the start of Moominsummer Madness at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, a little girl turned to her father and asked “where has the sun gone daddy?” The Polka Theatre is full of old chrildrens toys. Rocking horses and dressing up […]
House Of Burlesque
Watching the House of Burlesque is like looking at an open box of delicious chocolates. A little voice whispers, “Go on, no one’s watching, have a tempting morsel.” “Oh no!”, you cry. “I couldn’t possibly watch these decadent ladies saunter about the stage!” But resistance is futile. Miss Tempest Rose and her delectable ladies are […]
Privates on Parade
Currently playing at Greenwich Theatre as part of the ‘Peter Nichols Season’, Privates on Parade presents a unique view of military life; combining forceful masculinity with camp ebullience. Drawn from Nichols’ own experience of his time in the Combined Services Entertainment, a war-time troupe deployed to boost the troops’ morale, this play first and foremost […]
Black Cat Cabaret – London’s Wonderground
Circus, burlesque and cabaret have been delighting audiences for years with their tricks, risks and risqué behaviour. In a world of special effects and multimedia, people still want to see the impossible become possible. Inspired by the Montmartre of the 1920s, the Black Cat cabaret aims to combine dancers, acrobats, singers and comics for their […]
Things We Do For Love
Love is a funny old thing. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you angry and it gives you butterflies in your stomach all at the same time. Apparently it also makes you lock each other in cupboards and punch each other in the face. At least according to Alan Ayckbourn’s plays […]
Keith Jack
Keith Jack entered the Hippodrome Casino stage on Friday night singing a Scottish medley and wearing a kilt. He then announced that the evening would be of traditional Scottish songs which received some worried looks from people in the audience. Luckily, this was a joke and Keith went on to perform some classic musical theatre […]
An interview with Gaddafi
Can we believe all that we are told? Is telling the truth about a situation people should be aware of considered a hinderance? How far are we prepared to go to PROVE ones self? These are a few of the questions you ask yourself throughout and after this thought provoking piece of theatre. The story […]
Zanna, Don’t!
Entourage Productions present Zanna, Don’t! at the Landor Theatre in Clapham North. A camp-tastic musical fairytale about a world where being gay is normal and being straight is taboo. Zanna is the adorable fairy and the school matchmaker who waves his magic wand at couples-in-need at Heartsville High. The cool kids are those in the […]
The Confessions of Gordon Brown
Let’s be honest, it’s not the most tantalising of titles is it? Whether your political allegiance means you dress to the left or the right, an evening spent in the company of someone pretending to be the charisma-free zone that is the former Prime Minister is hardly something to get the juices flowing. A Scot […]