REVIEW: Gwenda’s Garage (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★
Gwenda’s Garage – dismantling the patriarchy one spark plug at a time After The Act was a brilliant piece of theatre (beginning at the Albany before transferring to the Royal Court), examining the Section 28 law that was introduced by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1988. This law banned schools from teaching about same sex relationships […]
REVIEW: Here & Now – The Steps Musical – November 2025 ★★
Two months into its nine-month tour of the UK, Here & Now – The Steps Musical stops off at London’s New Wimbledon Theatre this week for 5, 6, 7, 8 shows only. Steps are the UK’s most successful mixed sex pop group of all time, with 14 top five singles, 4 number one albums, 22 […]
REVIEW: Wendy & Peter Pan (Barbican Theatre) ★★★★★
Wendy & Peter Pan bring a timeless tale into the 21st century with a sprinkling of magic pixie dust J. M. Barrie‘s play Peter Pan, opened at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre in 1904, instantly becoming a huge success. So much so, that there has been a revival in London, just about every year since. […]
Wyld Woman The Legend of Shy Girl (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
Isabel Renner gets the party started in Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl at Southwark Playhouse Walking in to the auditorium I was encouraged to fill out a name badge that declared something I already knew – that I am a legend ;). Set in a New York apartment, we meet ‘shy girl’ and […]
REVIEW: THE UNBELIEVERS (Royal Court Theatre) ★★★
Nick Payne‘s latest play The Unbelievers, tells the story of a missing child and a grieving family. It is a message of hope, of faith and ultimately the human condition. The Unbelievers is now playing at the Royal Court Theatre Recently separated couple Miriam and David’s fifteen year old son, Oscar, has gone missing. Older […]
REVIEW: RAGDOLL (Jermyn Street Theatre) ★★★
After the success of Katherine Moar’s play Farm Hall in 2023 (which subsequently transferred to the West End), Katherine returns to the Jermyn Street Theatre with a new play ‘Ragdoll’. Inspired by the true life events of Patty Hearst, Ragdoll tells the story of a teenage girl from a famous American publishing family, who was […]
REVIEW: FANNY (King’s Head Theatre) ★★★★★
It’s not often I go to see a show and immediately think this could be the next big thing – but ‘Fanny’ – a new riotous comedy by Calum Finlay at the King’s Head Theatre has ‘West End Transfer’ written all over it. Well, not literally – that would be rather presumptuous but all I […]
REVIEW: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club ★★★★★ – October 2025
CABARET recently celebrated 1,500 performances at the Kit Kat Club (aka the Playhouse Theatre), making it the longest running production of Cabaret in West End history. The classic Kander and Ebb musical first came to the stage on Broadway in 1966, before transferring to London in 1968 (starring Judi Dench as Sally Bowles). Now, real […]
REVIEW: Young Frankenstein at the Hope Mill Theatre ★★★★
The regional premiere of Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL, marks the 10th Anniversary year of Hope Mill Theatre, which opened its doors in October 2015. Last seen in London in 2017 at the Garrick Theatre, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN tells the story of the grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, who inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania […]
REVIEW: 13 Going On 30 (Manchester Opera House) ★★★★
David Hunter and Lucie Jones reunite on stage in 13 Going On 30 The Musical Based on the 2004 rom-com classic starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo, 13 Going On 30 The Musical tells the story of Jenna Rink, on her 13th birthday, just wanting to fit in with her peers. But when best friend […]