REVIEW: ‘A Perfect Christmas (a festive musical revue)’ at the Cockpit Theatre
‘A Perfect Christmas (a festive musical revue)’ is playing at the Cockpit Theatre this Christmas and if you want to get in the mood for the big day this is a show you do not want to miss. Performed in the round, centre stage sits a Christmas tree, surrounded by presents. The four performers (Tim […]
REVIEW: ‘Pricked – Sleeping Beauty Got Woke’ at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern
2020 sees another filthy adult pantomime at the world famous Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London. This year it’s ‘Pricked – Sleeping Beauty Got Woke‘ which takes the classic panto story and gives it a twist. All of the cast in this production are great and fun to watch. Grant Cartwright takes on the lead role of […]
REVIEW: ‘GHBoy’ at the Charing Cross Theatre
Paul Harvard’s debut play GHBoy comes to the Charing Cross Theatre, telling the tale of the East London gay party scene where a mysterious killer is targeting victims through Chemsex. Robert is a gay man struggling to accept the death of his father and whether he would have been proud of him. He has an addiction to […]
REVIEW: ‘Cinderella: The Socially Distanced Ball’ at the Turbine Theatre
‘Cinderella: The Socially Distanced Ball‘ comes to Battersea’s Turbine Theatre this Christmas, written by Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst. It’s a classic story with a 2020 twist and a very political point about ‘viability within the Arts’. Brilliantly written, directed and performed with a beautifully designed set that serves as a reminder that no matter what […]
REVIEW: ‘Potted Panto’ at the Garrick Theatre ★★★
A Christmas production of ‘Potted Panto‘ comes to the West End this Christmas for a bit of silly fun at the Garrick Theatre. The concept; seven pantomimes told in just seventy minutes. From Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, to Cinderella and Dick Whittington, some of the UK’s most loved festive shows are brought to life. […]
The Theatre Channel launch new web series showcasing talents of the West End
The Theatre Channel is a brand-new web series showcasing well-known musical theatre classics – a unique hybrid of stage and screen. Performed by the cream of British and international musical theatre talent, each episode is staged and filmed with high production values on location at The Theatre Café in the heart of the West End, […]
Sleepless: A Musical Romance (Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre)
Five months since my last live review and theatre is starting to make a comeback after the Coronavirus pandemic. Sleepless In Seattle was a 1993 film starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. One of a string of romance films in the 90’s alongside Ghost, You’ve Got Mail, The Bodyguard, Notting Hill and Forever Young, Sleepless […]
REVIEW: “Virtual Lockdown Production” of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World
Last week, a “virtual lockdown production” of Jason Robert Brown’s musical Songs For A New World – filmed entirely in isolation, was broadcast online by Lambert Jackson Productions in association with The Other Palace. Starring Rachel John (Hamilton/The Bodyguard/Memphis) as Woman 1, Rachel Tucker (Come From Away/Wicked) as Woman 2, Cedric Neal (Back to the […]
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 […]