LOVE, LOVE, LOVE at the Lyric Hammersmith ‘promised so much more than it delivered’
Written by Mike Bartlett, Love, Love, Love serves up the lives of Sandra and Kenneth in three acts. We begin in 1967 when they meet as Oxford students, again in 1990 with their teenage children and a disintegrating marriage then finally in 2010 as they settle into retirement. Nicholas Burns and Rachael Stirling play Kenneth […]
Irish Play ON BLUEBERRY HILL opens at Trafalgar Studios exploring forgiveness, survival and love
Sebastian Barry‘s 2017 production of On Blueberry Hill has already been seen by audiences in Ireland, Paris and New York and is now making its London premiere at Trafalgar Studios, where it officially opened last night. With a cast of just two (Irish Times Theatre Award and Olivier Award winner Niall Buggy and West End […]
I went to see PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL – Big Fun. Huge!
I went to see Pretty Woman: The Musical last week at the Piccadilly Theatre and haven’t stopped thinking about it ever since. I went along with low expectations after hearing nothing but bad things about the Broadway production (which I didn’t see) which only ran for a year. But from the second the overture started […]
Winners revealed for the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards
Hosted by Tom Read Wilson and Jodie Prenger, the UK’s thespian community enjoyed a theatrical feast at the Prince of Wales Theatre, for the 20th annual WhatsOnStage Awards. For the first time ever, the awards were broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, hosted by the darling of the stage, Elaine Paige, and Paddy O’Connell, who […]
A confused story, poor performances and mediocre songs – THE PRINCE OF EGYPT is extremely disappointing
Popular films are getting revived, with musical versions for the stage. Often, these tend to divide people, especially if songs from the film aren’t used in the musical version. Some, like Mean Girls, get a bit of a modern overhaul to appeal to younger audiences, while others stick to their roots and don’t change. It’s […]
Which West End stars were behind the masks at the London launch of SECRET STAR?
Inspired by The Masked Singer on ITV, The Curtain Up Show on Resonance FM (a not-for-profit radio station dedicated to creativity, arts and culture) put on a charity night like no other this week, raising money for the community Radio station. Six disguised West End stars sang live, wearing hilarious animal heads and it was down […]
Late night West End cabaret comes to Soho’s newest hotspot The Boulevard Theatre
In the back streets of London’s Soho, tucked away just behind Old Compton Street, is a new 165 seat (accessible) theatre, bar and restaurant – The Boulevard Theatre. As well as producing full-length productions of shows like the London premiere of The Sunset Limited (currently playing until 29 February 2020), The Boulevard Theatre hosts weekly […]
Deeply thought-provoking – FANNY A NEW MUSICHALL brings the beginning of the feminist movement to London
It’s not often that you come out of a show, having known nothing about the subject matter before hand but suddenly being obsessed with immediately googling to find out more. Fanny – A New Musichall at the Vaults Festival does just that. On entering the venue we are handed a song sheet, being told that […]
La Cage aux Folles (Park Theatre)
Too much farce and not enough affection in this staging of the French classic La Cage aux Folles. The original La Cage aux Folles play premiered in Paris in 1973. It was made into a French language film with two sequels then in 1983 into a Broadway Musical followed by a Hollywood film – ‘The […]
The Wolves In The Walls (Little Angel Theatre) ★★★★
Puppeteer extraordinaire Toby Olié has adapted Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel The Wolves In The Walls in this enormously fun production for children at the Little Angel Theatre. Lucy can hear something scratching in the walls of her family home, and she knows it is wolves. Of course, no one else believes her. Mum thinks it […]