Fleabag
There are some one woman shows where it feels like watching paint dry would be more interesting than sitting in the audience. In fact, some are so dire (you know, the ones where the actress sits there in a black turtle-neck jumper listing every wrong that was ever done to her) that it feels like […]
Earthquakes In London
Earthquakes In London passes through three different time scales (the past, the present and the future) to explore the effect that human beings have on the environment. The main focus point under the umbrella of ‘pollution’ is that of airplanes and their effect on the financial and economic climates in Britain and throughout the world. […]
Somewhere Under The Rainbow – The Liza Minelli Story
It was no great surprise to see a healthy turn out from the cast of The Commitments at last nights press night for Somewhere Under The Rainbow – The Liza Minelli Story at the Landor Theatre, as the star of this one woman show, Sharon Sexton, is also currently performing in the west end musical. […]
How to Build a Better Tulip
I’m not particularly into gardening or botany, although (perhaps because of my time spent in the Netherlands) I am fond of tulips and of Mark Giesser’s writing. Loosely based on The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas, Giesser has brought the story into the present day where genetic modification is rife and bizarre plant breeding is […]
Other Desert Cities
The Old Vic Theatre’s latest offering is the European Premiere of Jon Robin Baitz Other Desert Cities (one of Americas most performed plays of recent days). The Old Vic Theatre has been transformed for this production so that it can be played in the round. Seats surround the stage giving a much more intimate feel to […]
A Handful of Stars
A Handful of Stars is the gorgeous Theatre 503’s latest offering as part of its ‘Second Look’ programme. Billy Roche’s play captures the mood of a small Irish town where you marry the girls you get pregnant and having a job, any job, is a God-send. It focuses on the frustrations of masculinity being constrained […]
Foreplay
Foreplay by Carl Djerassi is a play following the lives of Theodor W. Adorno (sociologist, philosopher and musicologist) and his wife Gretel Adorno and Hannah Arendt (political theorist). We join them as they are drawn together by a mysterious young woman known only as ‘Felicitas’ through their admiration and respect of Walter Benjamin (literary critic, […]
Avenue Q – Greenwich Theatre
When I first saw Avenue Q about six years ago, the concept terrified me and I was convinced that I’d hate it… Puppets on stage with people? A song about racism? Hmmm. Several hours later I was grinning from ear to ear – a total convert. But would I enjoy it as much the second […]
Rags The Musical – In Concert
RAGS The Musical opened on Broadway in 1986, receiving Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. With music written by Charles Strouse (Annie), lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), and a book by Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof), it is surprising that the show is only now having its UK premiere. This one night charity gala in aid of the charity CENTREPOINT, the UK’s leading […]
West End Switched Off
Parallel Productions launched their brand new album West End Switched Off last night at Victoria’s St James Studio. Playing to a sold out audience, we were treated to a star studded line up of performers and some beautiful acoustic re-arrangements of well known (and some not so well known) musical theatre songs. Kris Rawlinson is […]