REVIEW: THE RUBENSTEIN KISS (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
The Rubenstein Kiss is inspired by the true story of Ethel and Julius Rosenburg, a Jewish American couple who were executed in 1953 having been found guilty of espionage, specifically of passing nuclear weapons’ designs to the Soviet Union. Their case became something of a public controversy in America, with many feeling that they were […]
REVIEW: THE LIFE I LEAD (Park Theatre) ★★★★
David Tomlinson’s face is probably very familiar to many people, having been in several Disney films during the 1960’s, most notably Mary Poppins. However, many people are not familiar with his career outside of these films, knowing him mainly as Mr Banks. ‘The Life I Lead’ sees Tomlinson (played by Miles Jupp), take the audience […]
REVIEW: Calendar Girls the Musical (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★
Has celebrating the naked female form ever been as much fun? Following on from the book, the movie, the stageplay (and obviously the calendar) the latest outing for the Knapely WI is now set to the music and lyrics of Gary Barlow and serves up another timely reminder that out of adversity comes strength. Most […]
REVIEW: Liza Pulman sings Streisand (The Lyric Theatre) ★★★
A gentle evening of light entertainment. Liza Pulman, on a break from her usual guise as one third of the brilliant Fascinating Aida, brings us her homage to the legend that is Barbra Streisand. The evening starts with a brief musical overture from the fabulous six-piece band before Pulman takes to the stage and opens […]
REVIEW: DIRTY DANCING (New Victoria Theatre) ★★★★
Did I had the time of my life? Not quite, but watching this touring interpretation of the fan favourite of 80’s movie Dirty Dancing come alive on stage, did not feel like a wasted 90 minutes. Having enjoyed two successful stints in London’s West End, Dirty Dancing has worked its way to Woking’s New Victoria […]
REVIEW: JOHN OWEN-JONES – SPOTLIGHT ★★★★
Renound musical theatre performer John Owen-Jones has made a name for himself by repeatedly playing lead roles in both Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera. In 1998, he became the youngest person ever to play the role of Jean Valjean full-time when he took over in the London production at the age of 26, […]
REVIEW: Betrayal (Pinter at the Pinter) ★★★
Pinter’s forensic study of betrayal is a fitting 90-minute coda to Jamie Lloyd Company’s season Pinter At The Pinter, which looked back over the Nobel Prize winning playwright’s shorter works a decade after his death. The play is strongly autobiographical and based on a seven-year extramarital affair Pinter had with Joan Bakewell from 1962 to […]
REVIEW: DRAG – Live in Soho! (Jack Solomon’s Club) ★★★★
Saturday night I went to see performances from HERR, Ophelia Love, Cheryl Hole, Kitty Scott Claus, Tayce and Ashley Foxx At the ‘Live In Soho’ show at Jack Solomon’s, produced by Tuckshop. I’ve seen these queens perform before, but I felt they had found the next level this time. If you’re looking for a bar […]
REVIEW: Romance Romance (Above the Stag Theatre) ★★★★
Romance Romance is split into two parts, connected only by the common theme of – you guessed it – love. Barry Harman‘s script is an amalgamation of two existing stories that he found whilst browsing in a bookstore. Along with a team of talented creatives, he decided to reimagine the characters as homosexuals and bring […]
REVIEW: Billy Bishop Goes To War (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★★
First produced in 1978, John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson’s Billy Bishop Goes to War is the most widely staged musical play in Canadian theatre. The two-man play dramatizes the life of Billy Bishop who transforms from failing Canadian military college student to the fighter pilot of his generation and a somewhat reluctant war hero. […]