Sam Rose In The Shadows
Rating ***** Reviewed by Alex Foott Sam Rose in the Shadows – Tucked In Written by Hal Chambers Directed by Hal Chambers and Robin Hemmings Performance date – Sun 11th Aug 2013 Very rarely do you happen upon a piece of children’s theatre that speaks so proficiently to people of all ages. This is one […]
Cinderella Lives!
Rating **** Reviewed by Alex Foott Cinderella Lives! Written and performed by Aisling Kiely Performance date – Fri 9th Aug 2013 Since time immemorial we have perpetuated certain ideals in the form of fairy tales. Far be it from me to question the delights of a Disney classic but what do we actually learn from […]
Get Got
Rating ***** Reviewed by Alex Foott Get Got – Janski Productions Written by Stephen Faulkner, Nick Messitte & Colin Chaston Directed by Dominic Shaw Performance date – Sat 10th Aug 2013 A ripple of shock and concern blazes down the queue as an almighty bang echoes around the garden. The door to the auditorium almost […]
Title Of Show
Wilma’s Rating **** Title of Show is the hilarious Broadway musical about two men (Jeff and Hunter) who have three weeks to write a musical to submit for a competition. In the 90 minute show, we see the process they went through to come up with a musical about their lives, simply by writing down […]
A Body to Die[t] For
Rating ** Reviewed by Alex Foott Book, Music & Lyrics by Tim Anfilogoff and Alan Whittaker Performance date – Thurs 8th Aug 2013 Finally! A musical that celebrates the female form in all its shapes and sizes! Just what we need to refocus our increasingly warped views of beauty. I see my thoughts echoed in […]
Rent – Tabard Theatre
Rating **** Reviewed by Michaela Clement-Hayes Rent – The Tabard Theatre – 8th August 2013 Loosely based on Puccini’s La Bohème, RENT tells the story of a group of impoverished young people living in New York under the shadow of HIV. Fighting with disease, poverty and love, this show is about a year in their […]
The Road to Qatar
Rating *** Reviewed by Alex Foott Thirty seconds into this piece and I am already gripping the edge of my seat in horrified anticipation. Before us, the cast are dressed in traditional Arabic clothing and are singing about (You guessed it!) terrorism. I locate the nearest exit, planning my escape, when suddenly I hear a […]
Swan Lake Reloaded
Rating **** Reviewed by Tony Peters People have toyed around with Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake before, from tweaks to the original ending — mostly notably the triumph of evil over good in the 1986 Rudolph Nureyev version for the Paris Ballet — to Matthew Bourne’s now legendary all-male version, which premiered in 1995. And now Swedish […]
Saucy Jacks and the Space Vixens
Wilma’s Rating *** Saucy Jacks and the Space Vixens is a cross between The Rocky Horror Show and We Will Rock You. With a cult following, twisted characters and a setting in space, the show has all the right ingredients for a fun, lighthearted night out. The Leicester Square Theatre Lounge is the perfect, intimate, […]
The Pitmen Painters
Rating **** Reviewed by Roz Carter Having debuted at the National Theatre in 2007 and subsequently been revived on the West End, The Pitman Painters has built up quite the reputation of being one of those plays people say “you simply have to see.” And they’re not wrong. Dramatising William Feaver’s biography of northern pitmen […]