Let The Right One In ★★★★
I must admit, that despite several recommendations, I haven’t seen the film version of Let The Right One In (nor it’s American remake Let Me In). So, as I stepped into the newly refurbished Apollo theatre to be confronted by a snow filled forest, I was intrigued. And I continued to be intrigued all the […]
Macbeth
While the rest of Britain slowly but surely thaws into spring, in a tiny theatre in Penge, the winds of winter continue to swirl with outraged vehemence. Squirrelled away in the Bridgehouse Theatre, the ‘Scottish Play’ is given new life by a notably young cast. Minimalist and understated, this production pulls away special effects and […]
Handbagged
Handbagged opened last night at London’s Vaudeville Theatre having transferred from the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn. Telling the story of Queen Elizabeth II and her relationship with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during her reign throughout the 1980s. It is a lesson in history about the events that took place during that time and shows why […]
Hidden
It’s said that there are six degrees of separation. We’ve all seen it – the mutual Facebook friend we share with a complete stranger or the guy at speed dating who went to uni with your cousin. The modern world is small and it’s getting more difficult to hide things. Hidden is a story of […]
The Beautiful Game
“Three things you need to know about God. He’s Irish, he’s Catholic and he plays the beautiful game!” A nation divided by religion. Friend turning against friend. And love finding a way against all odds. Written in 2000 by Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Ben Elton, The Beautiful Game (reworked in 2008 as The Boys in the […]
Occupied
Theatre 503 have done it again. This tiny theatre above a South London pub has once again created a fantastic piece of drama that packs the punch of a West-End heavyweight. This time the theatre tackles Carla Grauls’ new play Occupied; a gritty but hilarious look at immigration in modern Britain. A young professional wakes […]
Damn Yankees
When I was first invited to see Damn Yankees I was intrigued as I am a huge sports fan and a huge theatre lover, so a mix of the two was a win win in my eyes. Damn Yankees (Based on the novel ‘The Year The Yankees Lost The Pennant’ by Douglas Wallop) tells the […]
Orton – a new musical based on the lives of Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell
Relationships are complicated and your partner’s lifestyle and behaviour can lead to jealousy and low self-esteem. This is precisely what happened to Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton. On the outside their relationship was happy, but all was not as it seemed… Written by Richard Silver and Sean J Hume and directed by Tim McArthur, Orton is a […]
Equally
Equally is a new musical, of and for today, in which twenty-somethings wrestle with the problems of love and its consequences. It is an ambitious production in terms of size; there’s a cast of eleven, and the music is provided by a five-piece band (led, with meticulous care, by Simon Lambert). Set designer Naomi Hodgson […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
At every turn, it seems, a long revered film is being subjected to a musical makeover. Sadly, all too often these adaptations fail to capture what is so highly celebrated in the originals and they ultimately fall flat. Thankfully, this is no such case. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels sashays assuredly into the appropriately glitzy Savoy Theatre […]