50hr Improvathon – The London Jam
When I first heard that I would be reviewing an Improvathon (at the Park Theatre), I honestly did not know what to expect. I was told that I could come and go into the theatre as I pleased (as no one was expected to stay for 50 hours)!I was curious as to whether they would […]
Ariadne the WAG
Sitting in my seat with an alcoholic beverage in hand, I was ready for an entertaining night of burlesque and underground naughtiness. The show kicked off with us being introduced to Ariadne who’s name I keep forgetting (remember it as harry had a knee). The character of Ariadne is a Greek WAG (wife and girlfriends) […]
A World Elsewhere
Think about the swinging sixties. The era of student protest and copious amounts of drugs being smoked in ratty college dorm rooms. Ladies liberated sexually and students punching the air in protest. It was also the era of half-baked ideas wrapped up in whiny folk music and falseness. Alan Franks new play A World […]
Blind / Doing The Buisness
I have never seen anything at The Courtyard Theatre Studio before and my first impressions were positive. Great space, nice atmosphere and not to far from the tube. One thing I will say is that the auditorium was freezing cold which wasn’t great. Our night kicked off with Doing The Business. A two […]
Faster-Higher-Stronger-Straighter
The faintly audible external hum of Queen’s ‘Under Pressure’ provides the perfect atmosphere for Damien Tracey’s latest work, unravelling from the Dominion Theatre’s Studio space, he shines a spotlight on the seething, fearful creature that is the Russian government. A clever mutation of the Olympics’ motto, Faster-Higher-Stronger-Straighter is a no-nonsense war cry of outrage that resounds with […]
No Way To Treat A Lady
The Landor Theatre in Clapham continues to prove itself one of the most interesting and vibrant of London’s fringe venues with this deliciously dark comedy thriller. Originally a novel by William Goldman and famously made into a film starring Rod Steiger, Lee Remick and George Segal, it was turned into a stage musical by Douglas […]
Cleopatra
Undoubtedly one of the most iconic women in history, Cleopatra is given new life in 2014 in Gareth Cadwallader’s playwriting debut. Yet, nestled in the Hope Theatre, London’s newest theatre dedicated to new writing, the serpent of old Nile writhes with considerably less fervour than we have come to expect. Gone are the blaring […]
The World Goes Round
The World Goes Round (a Kander and Ebb songbook) opened at The Union Theatre this weekend, coincidentally in the same week that the Sondheim retrospective opened at the St James Theatre. There is something very charming about the intimacy of the Union Theatre. There are no microphones, no elaborate sets and there is no where […]
Lost Boy
Peter Pan represents what none of us can ever be – eternally young and innocent. It’s a great premise to consider what would happen to a generation of ‘lost boys’ – J. M. Barrie’s readers – when they find themselves facing the reality of war. Unfortunately, that’s not really what this musical is about. What […]
A Spoonful of Sherman
Family, and the wealth of inspiration found therein, is the clear theme in Robert J. Sherman’s musical tribute to his late father Robert B. Sherman. Son of the genius behind the hugely celebrated Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sherman stirs his audience into a flurry of romantic nostalgia as he charmingly adorns the studio of the […]