REVIEW: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Curve, Leicester) ★★★★★
Directed by Ian Talbot, Priscilla Queen of the Desert is a celebration of all things drag, camp and fabulous. It tells the story of a road trip like no other – as three drag queens hop aboard a glittery pink bus and venture across Australia, only to discover new found friendships and relationships, and a […]
REVIEW: The Antipodes (National Theatre) ★★★
Award winning Annie Baker returns to the National Theatre for the third time and co-directs her latest work about the importance of storytelling. As previously Baker’s set up is to have characters interacting without any particular purpose, although Antipodes lacks the darkness of her last play at the National, John. Sandy (Coneth Hill) gathers a […]
REVIEW: High Fidelity (Turbine Theatre) ★★★★★
High Fidelity is only the 2nd production and first musical staged at the new Turbine Theatre and it is utterly brilliant! The theatre has been set up by Paul Taylor-Mills who is the artistic director. Taylor-Mills in his previous role at The Other Palace was responsible for staging the fabulous Heathers the Musical. With High […]
REVIEW: As You Like It (Barbican) ★★★
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s newest season at their London home, the Barbican, encompasses The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, and is now being kicked off with Kimberley Syke’s As You Like It. Orlando (David Ajao) first sets eyes on Rosalind (Lucy Phelps) when he wrestles for his fortune. They immediately fall head over […]
REVIEW: Soho Cinders (Charring Cross Theatre) ★★★★
With the festive season racing toward us, faster than a toddler to an advent calendar, its right to assume there are some amongst us who would sooner rinse the last dregs of the summer sangria and mourn the sun whilst watching ‘I’m a Celeb’ than sit through a musical retelling of ‘Cinderella’. But fear not, […]
REVIEW: What the Dolls Saw (Pleasance Theatre) ★★★★★
“Not for people with a fear of dolls…or feminism”, reads one tagline for the comedy thriller What the Dolls Saw which is part of the Pleasance Theatre‘s London Horror Festival which festival runs from 8 – 25 October; unfortunately What the Dolls Saw only played three performances but here’s to hoping it will soon be making its […]
REVIEW: Out of Order (Southbank Centre) ★★★★
A large, well-lit stage: 10 chairs, 1 large table. 6 clowns, dressed identically in checked suits, stroll in and take a seat, staring at one another. Silence. Then, jovial music begins to play, and lyrics about “starting a fight” echo throughout the theatre. It wouldn’t be right to ruin what happens next – but the […]
REVIEW: Prism (Richmond Theatre) ★★★★★
Beautifully written, brilliantly staged and superbly acted; Prism is a gorgeous piece of theatre. Prism is inspired by the life of Jack Cardiff, a British man, born to vaudevillian parents who went on to become one of the most celebrated cinematographers in film history. He worked on some of the most iconic films of the […]
REVIEW: Amatory Asylum (The Wellington Members Club) ★★★
House of Kittens is a theatre company committed to the art of erotic storytelling, with their newest intrigue called the Amatory Asylum, which promises to ignite the senses with a series of conceptual, theatrical vignettes. Dr Lili La Fleur, presiding physician as Head of Sexual Psychological Studies at the Asylum, presents a portfolio of patients […]
REVIEW: A Taste of Honey (Curve) ★★★
The National Theatre‘s production of Shelagh Delaney‘s A Taste of Honey centres on the relationship between a mother, Helen, and her daughter, Jo, as they both fight their way through the harsh realities of poverty and desperate escapism. While Helen finds her escape route in the form of a car salesman (or his wallet), her […]