Category: Reviews

SAVING BRITNEY (Old Red Lion Theatre)

What better way is there to kickstart going back to the theatre than with 70 minutes of listening to Britney Spears? Written by David Shopland with Shereen Roushbaiani, Saving Britney is inspired by the #FreeBritney movement and the powerful New York Times documentary. It looks at celebrity obsession, sexuality and growing up in the early […]

REVIEW: Love Letters at Theatre Royal Haymarket ★★★

Love Letters is a tender, tragi-comic story of the shared nostalgia, missed opportunities, and deep closeness of two lifelong, complicated friends. A play that could have been written for the Covid era about two people physically separated yet brought together by candid communication and shared confidences, a romance blossoming across the miles and the years. […]

The Picture Of Dorian Gray (online production)

The Picture Of Dorian Gray is a classic Oscar Wilde novel that has been adapted into countless films and plays over the years. I have never seen any of them and so went into this viewing with no idea what to expect. What I did know is that this version is completely reimagined (by Henry […]

Treason The Musical In Concert (filmed live at Cadogan Hall)

Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot! If you can’t give us one, we’ll take two; The better for us and the worse for you! One of my favourite things about theatre is that it can be educational, telling stories from throughout history and creating an enjoyable way to learn. Treason The […]

Gatsby A Musical (Digital Concert Revival)

The recent concert revival of Gatsby A Musical has returned to streaming for a limited time only – until this coming Sunday (14 March 2021). F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby has been adapted many times over the years and now is the time for director Linnie Reedman, and musical composer Joe Evans to […]

West End stars perform ‘The Classics of Broadway’ for The Theatre Channel

The fifth episode of The Theatre Channel series – The Classics of Broadway – was released last week and with a line up including Bonnie Langford, Mazz Murray, Gary Wilmot and Marisha Wallace, I couldn’t resist taking a peek. Opening the show is Freddie Fox singing an arrangement of ‘Willkommen’ and ‘Money’ from Cabaret. It’s […]

‘The Color Purple’ at Curve Leicester

On the same day as the Seyi Omooba employment tribunal ruled she was not unfairly dismissed from her role in the 2019 production of The Color Purple (because of homophobic comments she had made), a virtual press night was held for the latest incarnation of the show, filmed at Curve Leicester and now streaming until […]

‘The Poltergeist’ at Southwark Playhouse (Online Stream)

The world premiere of ‘The Poltergeist‘, took place at London’s Southwark Playhouse in November 2020 for three performances. The show was due to play to socially distanced audiences but just days before the production began, the UK was sent back into lockdown due to the coronavirus. A decision was made to continue with the show […]

REVIEW: ‘Sunset Boulevard In Concert’

Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Musical ‘Sunset Boulevard‘ opened in London’s West End in 1993, starring Patti LuPone in the iconic role of Norma Desmond. But before Patti LuPone originated the role in London, Ria Jones had workshopped the production at the Sydenham Festival in 1991 (alongside Michael Ball and Frances Ruffelle). In 2016, when the show […]