REVIEW: THE TWILIGHT ZONE (Ambassador’s Theatre) ★★★
“Leave reality at the door.” Fresh from a sell-out run at the Almeida Theatre, The Twilight Zone has now arrived on London’s West End at the Ambassador’s Theatre. Adapted by Anne Washburn and directed by Richard Jones, the production of the cult CBS television series is a show that aims to convey the blurred lines […]
REVIEW: CIRCA (Old Red Lion Theatre) ★★
In 1897 Arthur Schnitzler wrote the controversial play La Ronde about the sexual morals of the different classes of society, in what must have been a provocative play for the time as it was not performed until 1920. The play’s structure is ten interlocking scenes, of two characters, and features ten characters in all. Over […]
REVIEW: THE CALENDAR GIRLS (Orchard Theatre) ★★★★
Back in 2017, Gary Barlow and Tim Firth unveiled their new musical ‘The Girls‘ in London’s West End. The show ran for six months at the Phoenix Theatre and despite positive reviews, didn’t quite make the impact it should have. Now, a revised version of the show (titled The Calendar Girls) is touring the UK […]
REVIEW: WAITRESS (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★
The Adelphi Theatre has closed its shoe making factory and opened-up its American Pie Diner, as the Broadway hit musical Waitress has come to London. But for how long? It was a sad site to see that the box office was still selling tickets 15 mins before their official opening performance. Dianne Paulus, the director, has […]
REVIEW: From Afar (Travelling Through… Bookshop) ★★★★
An amusing and touching portrait of a life spent writing letters, From Afar is set in the quaint and intimate Travelling Through… Bookshop as part of the VAULT Festival 2019. Starring Catherine Millsom with direction and dramaturgy by Ashleigh Packham, David Coverdale’s new play is very humorous whilst focusing on grief and death as a […]
REVIEW: EQUUS (Theatre Royal Stratford East) ★★★★
Peter Shaffer’s 1973 psychological classic is revived by director Ned Bennett in a stripped back and energetic version of Equus, that focuses on the conflict between faith and sex. Gone are the design gimmicks and horse props from previous productions, with the focal point moved firmly onto the narrative and in particular the two lead […]
REVIEW: MATHILDA AND THE ORANGE BALLOON (ArlingtonArtsCentre) ★★★★
Randall de Sève’s book Mathilda and the Orange Ballon has been developed by The DH Ensemble in collaboration with US artist Jess Kaufman into a delightful children’s show for three to eight year olds and their families and is designed to be both interactive and deaf accessible. The result is a charming forty five minutes that […]
REVIEW: A Hundred Words for Snow (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★★
A Hundred Words For Snow is a coming-of-age story about Aurora – Rory for short (Gemma Barnett), whose Geography teacher father was killed in a hit and run, leaving Rory and her mum confused, angry and thinking about everything that could’ve been. Rory stumbles across her dad’s journal, and finds that he’d been planning a […]
REVIEW: ABIGAIL’S PARTY (Royal & Derngate) ★★★
As Brits, we love awkwardness. That is, we hate it. But in a comic situation, we love it. The Office, Extras, any play by David Hare… something about it makes us inwardly cringe when we watch it. And yet this type of comedy is extremely popular. Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh is often credited as […]
REVIEW: THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (Curve) ★★★★
The Girl on the Train visits Curve in Leicester this week, and it’s a thrilling rollercoaster from start to finish. I’ll hold my hand up and admit that I ventured into this performance totally blind, as I must be one of the only people on the planet to have never read the book or watched […]