OperaShots 2012
Wilmas rating: ‘Home’ 4 1/2 / 5 Wilmas rating: ‘Sevastopol’ 3 / 5 Where: Linbury studio – Royal Opera House How Much:£20 How long: 1hr 30mins including interval Running until: 28 April 2012 Merchandise: Programme £2 Review performance date: April 24 2012 OperaShots has been running since 2010 in the Linbury studio at the […]
Top Hat at Aldwych Theatre ★★★★ (2012)
I worry about the dancers on this show… they did not stop smiling for the entire three-hour performance. Surely it is unnatural to smile for that long? Where: Aldwych Theatre, 49 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DF How Much: £15-£55 (preview prices until £10 May) then £15-£65 thereafter How long: 2hrs 40mins including interval Running until: January […]
Soul Sister
Where: Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ How much: £10-£27.50 How long: 2hrs 30mins (including interval) Running until: 5th May 2012 Merchandise: Programme £3 Drinks: Beers £3.50-£4, Wine £4.50, Water £2 Ice Cream: £2 Review performance date: Saturday April 14 2012 (matinee) Nearest Rail station Hackney Central (8 minutes from Stratford) Website: Hackney […]
Frisky and Mannish
Where: E4 Udderbelly Festival at Southbank Centre and The London Wonderground. Jubilee Gardens, off Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XXE4 How much: £15.50-£20.50 (unreserved seating) How long: 1hr Running until: 5th July 2012 (various dates) Review performance date:April 12 2012 Wilmas rating: [rating=4] (due to my favourite song not being included) The amazingly fabulous Frisky and Mannish, comedy/caberet […]
Wicked the Musical at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre
Wicked the Musical at the London West End Apollo Victoria Theatre I’m not going to lie to you. I have seen the London West End Musical Wicked before. In fact I’ve seen it more than 20 times. Crazy you might think but every time I watch it I love it that little bit more! You […]
The Kings Speech at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre
Staged in the beautiful London West End Wyndham’s Theatre, The Kings Speech is a sight to be seen. The London West End Theatre Play THE KINGS SPEECH has an amazingly simple set with a large mirror that takes up most of the stage which rotates between scenes. It can also be opened up to become […]
HAY FEVER Reviewed at London’s Noel Coward Theatre
London West End HAY FEVER is playing at the Noel Coward Theatre This is a story of a dysfunctional family. Judith the retired actress, who is longing for some male company (despite her husband being sat upstairs writing his new novel) invites a man over for the weekend. Meanwhile her husband David seems to have […]
Dreamboats and Petticoats at London’s Playhouse Theatre
I had always seen adverts for the London West End Musical Dreamboats and Petticoats and decided it was about time I went to see it. The London West End Musical is on at the Playhouse Theatre, around the back of the arches on the embankment in London. A nice little venue but the upper circle […]
Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton star in SWEENEY TODD at the Adelphi Theatre
Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton star in London West End Musical SWEENEY TODD at the Adelphi Theatre Michaels balls looked amazballs and almost unrecognisable as Sweeney Todd, so much so that before the show transferred to the west end, in its former home of Chichester, fans of the balls could often be seen complaining after […]
London West End Theatre show THE AWKWARD SQUAD at the Arts
London West End Theatre show THE AWKWARD SQUAD playing at the Arts Theatre Trying the find the words for this London West End Theatre show are not easy. It was like watching Coronation Street for two hours (all the actors bar one come from TV soap backgrounds). Harmless, inoffensive, easy going, nothing amazing really. There […]