SECRET THEATRE PROJECT bring an immersive masquerade party to London
Secret Theatre Project have returned to London with a new immersive experience, set at Bethnal Green Town Hall (which originally opened in 1910 and is a historical gem with a wealth of preserved features). With much of the building now an elegant hotel, the original council chamber is a central feature to the experience. The […]
DEATH OF ENGLAND at the National Theatre is a ★★★★★ tour de force by Rafe Spall
Death of England, playing at London’s National Theatre is a powerful, funny, distressing play with a tour de force by Rafe Spall. Michael is mourning his father, an old school, set in his ways racist, who he adored and loathed in equal measure. Shocked by his sudden death, Michael is reminiscing and reflecting on events […]
REVIEW: OVER MY DAD’S BODY (Vaults Festival) ★★
Simon David comes to the Vaults Festival following the success of his 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Show ‘Virgin’. His new show ‘Over My Dad’s Body‘ is a mixture of camp musical comedy and a more serious story about his father’s death. The show begins as a summary of Simon’s life so far. He is a […]
REVIEW: Something Awful (Vaults Festival) ★★★
Amongst the hordes of shows taking place as part of the Vaults Festival is ‘Something Awful’ – a short play exploring young women coming of age and blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. Jel and Soph are 13-year-old best friends, who spend their time reading scary stories in an online chat room. New girl […]
REVIEW: Kunene and the King (Ambassador Theatre) ★★★★★
Kunene and the King is a powerful play, dealing with the continuing shockwaves of the apartheid era in South Africa. Set in Johannesburg, it is 25 years since the end of apartheid when the first free elections were held that every South African citizen could vote in. Jack Morris, a white South African, played by […]
REVIEW: WAITRESS (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★
Waitress recently finished a successful, four year run on Broadway. The West End production (which has been running for a year at the Adelphi Theatre) has done well, with several cast changes every few months to keep things different and entice fans of the show back for another trip to the diner. Waitress tells the story […]
REVIEW: UNCLE VANYA (Harold Pinter Theatre) ★★★★★
Anton Chekhov wrote the play Uncle Vanya in 1895 but this glorious new staging and adaption at the Harold Pinter Theatre by Conor McPherson gives it a timeless feel while still rooted in the decaying country house of Imperial Russia, with a household full of ennui. The brilliant and highly theatrical staging by Rae Smith, […]
REVIEW: Happily Ever Poofter (Kings Head Theatre) ★★★★
Disney have never told a gay love story, so Rich Watkins has created one himself. Happily Ever Poofter tells the story of a gay prince trapped in a kingdom faraway, where he is unable to be openly gay. Taking inspiration from all things Disney, his fairy godfather appears and grants his wish to transport him […]
REVIEW: The Welkin (National Theatre, Lyttelton) ★★★
The Welkin is a new play by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by James Macdonald. The world premiere was held at the National Theatre this week and it will be broadcast in cinemas on 21 May with NT Live. Kirkwood has set the play in a rural community on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1759 […]
REVIEW: The Canary and The Crow (Arcola Theatre) ★★★★
The Canary and the Crow, playing at the Arcola Theatre in London, is a play about Daniel Ward‘s experiences as a young schoolboy, earning a scholarship to an exclusive grammar school where he was one of only 2 black pupils in his school year. The play is a multi-layered piece of theatre about the realities of […]