REVIEW: Superstar (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
Nicola Wren’s one-woman autobiographical show, draws on her life as her family’s mistake – the fifth and final child, conceived by accident and sent on a never-ending quest to gain her older siblings approval. This could easily have been self-indulgent but is in fact clever, sharply observed and a side-splittingly funny. After a successful run […]
REVIEW: The Greatest Play in the History of the World (Trafalgar Studios 2) ★★★★★
You are always guaranteed an interesting evening at Trafalgar Studios 2, the tiny space below the main theatre. I have seen a fair number of one person shows and small plays here. The Greatest Play in the History of the World falls somewhere between the two, not quite a one woman show (even though it […]
REVIEW: The Murdér Express ★★★
All aboard! No murder has yet been committed at the Murdér Express – whereas the food is to die for (well, almost – let me have my pun). Underneath the arch where Pedley Street station used to be is now a portal that transports all who-dare-enter back to the 1920s. A dapper ticket booth operator greets […]
REVIEW: West Side Story (Curve) ★★★★
Nikolai Foster delivers once again with Curve’s Christmas performance of West Side Story. This musical phenomenon, inspired by Shakespeare’s iconic Romeo and Juliet, is now approaching its sapphire anniversary at Curve. Regardless, the theatre’s take on this classic story is as raw and dynamic as it was the first day it opened. Equally fresh are […]
REVIEW: CINDERELLA (The Vaults) ★★★
It’s that time of year, another twelve months nearly over, Christmas coming soon. A time for Pantomime and office parties and what better way to celebrate than a lively Karaoke night at the local pub with your mates. And that is what is being served up in the Vaults at Waterloo. It’s the ‘Bridge Inn’ […]
REVIEW: MY BRILLIANT FRIEND (National Theatre) ★★★
The National Theatre‘s latest epic production is the two part adaption of Elena Ferranti‘s Neapolitan Novels which span 1952 to 2011 and follow the friendship of two very clever women Lenu Greco (played by Niamh Cusack) and Lila Cerullo (Catherine McCormack) fighting to find a path through a male dominated Italian landscape . April De […]
REVIEW: WHITE CHRISTMAS THE MUSICAL (Dominion Theatre) ★★★
Based on the much-loved 1954 festive film, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical premiered in 2000 at the 11,000 capacity amphitheatre The Muny in St Louis. Featuring a book by David Ives and Paul Blake the musical is a celebration of Irving Berlin’s songbook and it’s ear-worm title song White Christmas. Featuring choreography from renowned […]
REVIEW: Penetrator (Lion & Unicorn Theatre) ★★★★★
We meet Max (Luke Willats) sitting on an uncomfortable-looking couch in his living room – littered with takeaway boxes, empty cans of booze, and a clothes horse full of greying undies – entertaining himself with some aggressive porn. Flatmate Alan (Paul Linghorn) interrupts his activities and the pair embark on an evening of drugs, reminiscing […]
REVIEW: 65TH EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS 2019 (London Coliseum)
As the Christmas lights sparkled and twinkled on St Martins Lane, the cream of the British Theatre industry gathered to sparkle and twinkle themselves at the London Coliseum for the 65th Evening Standard awards. Joined by some screen royalty this was a glitzy evening in the capitol. The event was hosted by Evgeny Lebedev, the […]
REVIEW: The Girl on the Train (Winter Gardens, Blackpool) ★★★
The Girl on the Train is a play that centres around Rachel Watson (Samantha Womack); a lonely divorcee and alcoholic. On her train commute to work, she observes the house where her ex-husband, Tom (Adam Jackson Smith) with his new wife Anna (Lowenna Melrose) and their baby live. She notices a couple who live a few […]