REVIEW: Man of La Mancha (London Coliseum) ★★★★
Man of La Mancha, currently playing at the London Coliseum (until 8 June 2019), has not been staged in the West End since 1968. The source text has a long history ranging from televised plays to films over to different revivals of this musical on Broadway. Dale Wasserman sets the well-known story of the novel Don Quixote […]
REVIEW: Vincent River (Trafalgar Studios 2) ★★
Trafalgar Studios 2 is a fabulous theatre – a small 100 seat space that can be relied on for interesting, intimate and intriguing theatre. The venue does not have a stage in the truest sense but makes great use of the small floor space for performances. During a previous visit to see Le Grand Mort, […]
REVIEW: LA VOIX: LIVE LOUD & FABULOUS (Underbelly) ★★★
La Voix (Chris Dennis) is a classy act; a female impersonator in the mould of Danny La Rue, who uses her good singing voice and well-observed witty impressions to delight cabaret audiences. Her current show, “Live, Loud and Fabulous” is on the South Bank in the Spiegeltent and provides a fast paced, entertaining hour of […]
REVIEW: THE SLIGHTLY ANNOYING ELEPHANT (Little Angel Theatre) ★★★★
I took my five year old niece to see Little Angel Theatre’s latest puppet recreation of a well loved children’s story book and we weren’t disappointed. The theatre itself was relatively easy to find, though off the beaten track, through a park behind Islington’s Upper Street – a fairly nice walk on a mostly summery […]
REVIEW: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS – A FEAST ON THE FARM ★★★★
I am a big fan of this sort of dinner theatre entertainment; I enjoy supper being an “event” and have attended many such evenings, from an adaption of “Beauty and the Beast” complete with bacchanalian style revelling to one of the award winning Gingerline’s events where you feel like you are on a TV show […]
REVIEW: ALADDIN (Prince Edward Theatre) 🧞♂️ ★★
As for most of us growing up with Disney; Aladdin was a running favorite featuring animal sidekicks, huge catchy songs, lovable characters and, well, the voice of Robin Williams. Sadly, most of this magic is lost in the stage production, and replaced with cheap-effect pyros and modern day, gimmick-like references; there really is no place […]
REVIEW: TESTAMENT (Hope Theatre) ★★★
It is timely that this brave concept piece about a young man’s struggle with grief, that leads to his attempted suicide, staged in association and raising money for CALM – the suicide prevention charity – is presented at the Hope Theatre, Islington during mental health awareness week. Suicide is sadly the biggest killer of young […]
REVIEW: Operation Mincemeat (New Diorama Theatre) ★★★★★
My review might make you assume that I know people in this production, or am in some way associated with the company but I can assure you I am not, but as a jobbing actress, I wish I was. Watching Splitlip’s “Operation Mincemeat” a musical comedy interpretation of a factual, yet improbable, wartime event that […]
REVIEW: Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Union Theatre) ★★★★★
Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a song cycle with music by Janet Hood and lyrics and book by Bill Russell. Featuring songs and monologues inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology, the piece was developed in San Francisco in 1985 and was originally titled […]
REVIEW: SUMMER STREET (Waterloo East Theatre) ★★★★
Summer Street, the Aussie Soap Opera Musical, comes to Waterloo East Theatre for three weeks, following a short run at Brighton Fringe. With book, music and lyrics by Andrew Norris, this show offers exactly what it says on the tin. Last year saw the 30th anniversaries of Neighbours and Home and Away; Norris looks back […]