REVIEW: Circus 1903 (Southbank Centre) ★★★★
Circus 1903 returns for a limited Christmas run to the Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall with brand new acts: The Russian duo aerial act The Flying Fredonis, Cuban balancer The Great Rokardy, as well as Russian Rolling Ball and Hula Hoop artist Mademoiselle Natalia – and last but not certainly not least, the Magnificent Marvellos with […]
REVIEW: Billionaire Boy (Bloomsbury Theatre) ★★★
Birmingham Stage Company’s production of Billionaire Boy comes to Bloomsbury Theatre for the Christmas holidays as part of its UK tour to November 2020. Joe Spud is Billionaire Boy, a twelve year old whose father had made his fortune in toilet paper, making him the richest boy in the country. While he has all the […]
REVIEW: CURTAINS (Wyndham’s Theatre) ★★★
With songs written by Kander and Ebb, the duo behind Cabaret and Chicago, one could be forgiven for assuming that Curtains would follow in the success of its predecessors. Sadly, it seems this musical whodunnit, although enjoyable, seems to just miss the mark. The audience are told the story of a musical which has just […]
REVIEW: GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS (London Palladium) ★★★★
Returning for the third year, the London Palladium Pantomime delivers exactly what its audience wants. More TV stars than you can shake a stick at, huge colourful costumes, singing and dancing. It’s big budget Panto and for many people in the audience, their one theatre trip of the year. Dame Betty Barnum and her daughter […]
REVIEW: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Wardown House, Museum and Gallery) ★★★★★
The setting of this promenade production of one man ‘A Christmas Carol’ could not be more ideal. Wardown House, Museum and Gallery is a Grade II listed building situated in the beautiful grounds of Wardown Park, Luton. Formerly a family residence, then a World War I military hospital, this house transports you back in time, […]
REVIEW: Cat in the Hat (Turbine Theatre) ★★★
The Turbine Theatre is a new joint venture between Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills. Set in that once inspired and now rather orthodox setting of a railway arch, this bijou venue is a welcome addition to the South London theatre scene. Currently playing is a family offering, originally produced by the National Theatre: The Cat […]
REVIEW: Peter Pan (Grand Theatre Blackpool) ★★★★
This year’s pantomime at the Grand Theatre is Peter Pan, the story of the boy who doesn’t want to grow up. We follow his adventures in Neverland accompanied by the three Darling children as Peter (Jack Heasman) is on a quest to find a mother for the Lost Boys. Rachel Grundy plays Peter’s fairy friend […]
REVIEW: Girl From The North Country (Gielgud Theatre) ★★★★★
Following on from its recent sold-out London run at the Old Vic, and then the Noel Coward Theatre, Girl From The North Country returns to the West End’s Gielgud Theatre for a limited season. Four years ago, Director Conor McPherson was approached, and asked if he’d be interested in using music maestro Bob Dylan’s songs […]
REVIEW: MARY POPPINS (Prince Edward Theatre) ★★★★★
I wanted to hate Mary Poppins. I don’t know why but I remember seeing it on Broadway many moons ago and not thinking much of it. So I didn’t plan to go and see the new West End production but boy am I glad I did. At just under three hours I expected the show […]
REVIEW: Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis (Park 90) ★★★★★
Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis is a brilliantly written, superbly performed play with great humour and emotion. Seeing a lot of theatre does throw up some interesting situations – earlier in the week I saw and reviewed A Taste of Honey – a 50-year-old play about how women in restricted circumstances will do whatever […]