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
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 not to find a double digit TV channel looping re-runs. A musical, apparently started by the creator of the […]
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 […]
REVIEW: 9 TO 5 (Savoy Theatre) ★★★★
Replacing Dream Girls at the Savoy Theatre, Dolly Parton’s flashy musical 9 to 5 takes over as the new resident in London’s West End. The show is based on the 1980’s movie written by Patricia Resnik and starred the country queen herself. West End stars Bonnie Langford, Natalie McQueen and Caroline Sheen (standing in for an […]
REVIEW: RIP IT UP – THE 60s (Garrick Theatre) ★★
RIP IT UP have embarked on an ambitious plan to build on the success on the TV show Strictly Come Dancing and the recent trend of jukebox music shows. After Rip it up – the fifties, they have brought the sixties music to the West End for a four month stay and are already promising […]
REVIEW: Pinter Seven (Harold Pinter Theatre) ★★★★★
Short of a few rehearsed readings to come, Pinter Seven completes the Jamie Lloyd Company’s 24-week season turning the spotlight on Pinter’s one-act plays: a fascinating critical reappraisal of the late Nobel Prize winning playwright’s lifework a decade after his death. Jamie Lloyd has personally directed the bulk of them with a superb creative command […]
REVIEW: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★★
When discussing the creation of his trail blazing musical The Rocky Horror Show, Richard O’Brien once said “glam rock allowed me to be myself more.” Since it’s initial London production at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) in 1973, The Rocky Horror Show has seen various international productions spanning across six continents, West End and Broadway […]
REVIEW: Everybody’s talking about Jamie (Apollo Theatre) ★★★★
Layton Williams lights up the West End stage, as he steps in to the red high heels of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Based on the story of Jamie Campbell, who was featured in the documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie opened at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in February 2017. The […]