REVIEW: THE OTHER HALF (White Bear Theatre) ★★★
This short, one-act play, explores how family history still affects us all, as understanding our childhood experiences helps us know who we are and why we do the things we do. Writer and director Francessca Charlemagne has devised the play in collaboration with the cast, Lauren Leppard and Shannon Assaf. Leppard plays older sister Iris […]
REVIEW: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson (Park Theatre) ★★★★★
It is worth noting that “The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson” was co-funded by Arts50, a scheme commissioned by Sky Arts to explore the notion of what it means to be British in the wake of Brexit. Of almost 1,000 entries, this was one of a shortlist of only 50 to receive funding. With achingly […]
REVIEW: CLASS (Bush Theatre) ★★★★
The title of this extremely clever and thought provoking, one act play, is doubly apt; while it is set in a school classroom and covers both after school reading classes with two pupils in need of extra tuition and a fraught parent-teacher meeting after school, it is also a thought provoking and empathetic look at […]
REVIEW: AMERICAN IDIOT (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★
American Idiot premiered in 2009 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre before moving to Broadway’s St James Theatre in 2010. Since then, the sung-through rock musical based on Green Day’s 2004 concept album of the same name has seen great success winning two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for the Original Broadway Cast Album. On […]
REVIEW: COURTNEY ACT: UNDER THE COVERS (Underbelly Festival) ★★★★★
Drag Race, Big Brother UK, Dancing with the Stars and now her one woman show! Courtney Act is no stranger to the UK having won Big Brother and what a welcome she got when she opened her show back in the pop up venue at udderbelly! Under The Covers is a 1 hour show of […]
REVIEW: The Jewel of the Empire (immersive theatre dining experience) ★★
The Jewel of the Empire, is an immersive theatre dining experience, set on board a train carriage of the specially constructed station. The year is 1937, the height of the British Empire, and Britain’s most famous archeologist, Dr. Errol Earhart, has unearthed the world’s most valuable diamond, the Jewel of the Empire, which is being […]
REVIEW: GEORGE (Hammersmith Eventim Apollo) ★★★★★
The term ‘tribute act’ can come with little respect and a whole lot of cheese but George, was anything but cheesy! The amazing Rob Lamberti, a scarily spitting image of George Michael, took that stage and utterly owned it, just as George would have done. This 2 hour concert of George Michael’s greatest hits saw […]
REVIEW: INK Festival – A FEAST FROM THE EAST (Tristan Bates Theatre) ★★★★★
INK discovers, nurtures and develops short new plays by writers with a strong physical and/or historical connection with East Anglia. The nine shorts produced here are a short listed and sometimes award wining selection from 350 submissions this year; eclectic in style and extremely refreshing to behold with a decent mix of pathos, human frailty […]
REVIEW: Hair the Musical (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★★
After a triumphant start in Wimbledon, Hair the Musical arrives in Sunderland as part of its 50th Anniversary tour. Over the years, Hair has caused controversy, intrigue and shock and this revival ticks all those boxes in a spectacular way. Set in late 1960’s America, Hair is a culmination of rebellion against the Vietnam War, […]
REVIEW: BOOM BANG-A-BANG (Above The Stag) ★★★★
Get ready for a gushy review. Tonight I had the pleasure of attending the press-night of Jonathan Harvey’s play ‘Boom Bang-A-Bang‘, directed by Andrew Beckett. It’s honestly rare that a play with an interval has me looking forward to the second act, but this production smashed the gradual build of act one. The play is […]