REVIEW: SUMMER AND SMOKE (Duke of York’s Theatre) ★★★★
Rebecca Frecknall had previously taken on Tennessee Williams’ Summer And Smoke as a student whilst at Goldsmiths, followed by her Southwark Playhouse production in 2012. Now third time lucky, Frecknall has struck gold transferring her production at the Almeida Theatre from earlier this year to St Martin’s Lane. Even though it is set more than […]
REVIEW: BRIEFS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS (Leicester Square Spiegeltent) ★★★★★
In the heart of Leicester square, the Briefs boys have landed the mother ship of circus, drag and ‘boylesque’ with their futuristic show “Briefs: Close Encounters” – and boy do they want you to know about it! The Briefs boys whisk you away to a safe zone of outrageous, breathtaking acts and sexual awakening whilst […]
REVIEW: Michael Grandage’s production of RED screened to cinemas in UK and USA ★★★★
I’m extremely late to the party here and the critically acclaimed production of John Logan’s Red with Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch was actually screened in cinemas across the UK and North America last week on 7 November 2018. I was lucky enough to have access to view this production ahead of time but due […]
REVIEW: The Simon and Garfunkel Story (Vaudeville Theatre) ★★★
The music of Simon and Garfunkel was played a lot when I was growing up, however, I realised as I was heading off to this show that I actually know next to nothing about Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Unfortunately when I left the theatre at the end of this show, I was really none […]
REVIEW: HADESTOWN (National Theatre) ★★★★
Greek myth meets Southern Blues in Anaïs Mtichell’s thoroughly entertaining musical take on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Hadestown has been on a lengthy journey from a touring concert to concept album to workshop theatre but it has now hit the big time, with director Rachel Chavkin bringing a show that has style, charisma and a heart worn […]
REVIEW: THE KING AND I (upcoming cinema release) ★★★★★
Barlett Sher’s revival of Rogers & Hammerstein’s The King and I has played at the Lincoln Centre, opened on Broadway in 2015, and wowed UK audiences this year at the Palladium. Though the curtain has come down on the London Palladium’s acclaimed production, those who missed out on London’s hottest ticket still have a chance […]
REVIEW: Pinter Three / Pinter Four (Harold Pinter Theatre) ★★★
Disconnection is the connecting theme of the third and fourth instalments of the Jamie Lloyd Company’s continuing presentation of all of Pinter’s one act plays. Pinter Three and Four gives us an insight into the late Nobel Prize-winning writer’s influences and characteristic tropes, as well as his most irritating tics. These selections are not his […]
REVIEW: The Pit and the Pendulum (Omnibus Theatre) ★★★
This innovative take on the Edgar Allen Poe classic transfers the action to contemporary Tehran as an Iranian political dissident tries to come to terms with the sensory deprivation of her solitary confinement. Afsaneh Dehrouyeh plays the unnamed woman who has been imprisoned for removing her hijab in a public place as part of a […]
REVIEW: A Pupil (Park Theatre) ★★★★
Park Theatre hosts the world premiere of A Pupil, a new play by Evening Standard Award nominated writer Jesse Briton, exploring music, success and friendship through the unlikely connection of a young aspiring musician and a once world famous violinist. The action is set in a run down bedsit where Ye is preparing to end […]
REVIEW: Drowned or Saved? (Tristian Bates Theatre) ★★★★
Drowned or Saved is a new play by first time playwright Geoffrey Williams playing at Tristan Bates Theatre. Williams has taken on the challenge of presenting the work of holocaust survivor and revolutionary thinker, Primo Levi, in an attempt to share Levi’s message of humanity, compassion and perseverance. Primo Levi has become recognised around the […]