Category: Reviews

REVIEW: Hats, Heels and Horses (London Cabaret Club) ★★★★

There is something very British about a day out at the races. Champagne, strawberries, a little flutter and enormous hats! So what better theme for a summer cabaret in London? Fancy frivolity, dancing girls and thrilling experiences. As usual, the London Cabaret Club does not disappoint, with fast-paced action from start to finish. Opening with […]

REVIEW: Avenue Q (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★★

After a hugely successful previous runs in the West End and on tour, triple Tony award-winning comedy musical Avenue Q is on tour again, arriving at Sunderland Empire this week Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (co-creator of Book of Mormon and Frozen), the production follows the trials and tribulations of a group of […]

REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Open Air Theatre) ★★★★★

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” An apt line for today’s world, as we weave through a web of Trump, Brexit and foolish decisions. And in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, there is plenty of silliness as people struggle with mistaken identity, unrequited love and disrespectful audiences. One of the reasons that the ‘Dream’ is […]

REVIEW: WEST END PROMS (Greenwich Music Time Festival) ★★★

You could’nt beat the spectacular setting and atmosphere for the inaugural WEST END PROMS event, as a part of the annual Greenwich Music Time festival. Playing host to music industry greats over the years, from Tom Jones to the Jacksons and Alexander O’Neal – this year’s lineup included Cliff Richard and Paul Weller. With the […]

REVIEW: FIVER (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★

FIVER is a new musical is c0-written by Alex James Ellison, who takes the role of busking narrator and Tom Lees who is the musical director. The show opens with Ellison taking to the stage with his guitar. He asks an audience member for £5 in exchange for his business card. The story then unfolds […]

REVIEW: Godspell In Concert (Cadogan Hall) ★★★

Thirty-something years before he gave the Wicked Witch Of The West her anthemic reason to take to the skies in ‘Wicked’, Stephen Schwartz created the musical ‘Godspell’, which tells the story of Jesus through a series of parables based on the Gospel of Matthew, brought together in a book by John-Michael Tebelak. The tales cover […]

REVIEW: THE COLOR PURPLE (Curve Leicester) ★★★★★

The Color Purple officially opened at Curve this week. Co-produced by Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome and directed by Tinuke Craig, this production is essential viewing. Based on the novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple is a story about the power of women and how their relationships with one another can cast light in even […]

REVIEW: NOISES OFF (Lyric Hammersmith) ★★★★

It came as a surprise to me that ‘Noises Off’, currently playing at the Lyric Hammersmith, premiered at that self-same venue some 37 years ago. The play, set in three acts, charts the incident-laden production of a fictitious Farce, ‘Nothing On’; at the Technical Rehearsal, backstage at the Wednesday Matinee performance one month later and […]

REVIEW: ANNIE (Milton Keynes Theatre) ★★★★

“Why any kid would wanna be an orphan is beyond me…” and yet, a part of you does because Annie always manages to raise your spirits. The film and the character are full of energy, optimism and heart-warming pluck. Based on Little Orphan Annie, the stage adaptation of Annie is no less energetic, but it […]