REVIEW: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Young Vic) ★★★
Stephen Adly Guirgis’ 2000 play, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train follows Angel Cruz and God-lover Lucius Jenkins, as they navigate life in a prison on Rikers Island in New York. Puetro-Rican, Angel, played with refined commitment by Ukweli Roach, shot a religious cult leader in the behind, landing him with potential murder charges. Packed densely […]
REVIEW: THE CLOCKMAKER’S DAUGHTER (Studio Recording) ★★★★★
Back in 2015, I went to see a new musical, The Clockmaker’s Daughter, at the much missed Landor Theatre in London. In my review, I called the show “one of the best off-west end productions around” and so to hear that a studio recording of the show, featuring incredible talents like Ramin Karimloo, Hannah Waddingham, […]
REVIEW: Fame The Musical (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★
Fame is nothing short of a global phenomenon. First appearing as a major motion picture in 1980, it has had continued success as a six-season television series, a musical and a 2009 film remake. Conceived from the unforgettable Academy Award-winning film and subsequent Emmy Award-winning television series, Fame The Musical was significantly rewritten from the […]
REVIEW: THE BAND (New Victoria Theatre) ★★★
Not having been a fan of “Take That” I was unsure what to expect with the new “Take That” Musical “The Band” currently running at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking. For me, the main issue throughout the show was the plot or to be more precise the lack of plot. Briefly, five girls bunk […]
REVIEW: HOTEL PARADISO (Jackson Lane) ★★★
Jackson Lane describes itself as the North London Creative Space and circus troupe Lost in Translation Circus regard it as a spiritual home for their narrative driven circus act show. Following the success of their show “Hogwallops”, “Hotel Paradiso” tells loosely of the efforts of the hotel owner and her staff to save the business […]
REVIEW: Agnes Colander: An Attempt At Life (Jermyn Street Theatre) ★★
Harley Granville Barker was a director, designer and producer around the time of George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Henrik Ibsen, as well as an author and wrote Agnes Colander: An attempt at life in 1900. It was revived as a lost masterpiece at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath in spring 2018, under the […]
Only Fools and Horses the Musical at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES Playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 29 April 2023 The popularity of Only Fools and Horses stretches far further than even the iconic Trotters Robin Reliant can get to. The hit 80/90s British Comedy has die hard fans all over the world and its hard […]
REVIEW: [title of show] (Above the Stag Theatre) ★★★
Have you ever looked at a finished piece of creative work and wondered how much time was spent in creating it, from seedling stage to unveiling? In [title of show] four of New York’s finest undiscovered talents come together to do just that: bring a brand new play to the infamous streets of Broadway. Playwright […]
REVIEW: ALL ABOUT EVE (Noel Coward Theatre) ★★★
The West End transfer of All About Eve, Ivo van Hove’s stylish adaption of the 1949 film, has opened on the expansive Noel Coward Theatre stage – and we’ve never seen so much of it. The innards of the theatre are revealed, complete with racks of costumes and the star’s dressing room mirror framed by […]
REVIEW: COME FROM AWAY (Phoenix Theatre) ★★★★
We are living in a world of uncertainty and in any walk of life we are all in need of a sense of community to get us through these troublesome times. Come From Away encompasses this in the most powerful of senses by forcing upon audiences a truly challenging time period to digest though yet […]