REVIEW: The Simon & Garfunkel Story (Lyric Theatre) ★★★★★
There are a lot of musicals currently, that create a story using a band’s hits to break up a story about their lives. Sometimes, in the case of Jersey Boys, this succeeds; sometimes it does not. It’s always a risk. However, The Simon & Garfunkel Story (written and directed by Dean Elliott) isn’t trying to […]
REVIEW: Bluebird (The Space) ★★
This revival of an early work from Olivier Award winning playwright Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time), Bluebird captures a single night in the life of troubled minicab driver Jimmy (Jonathan Keane) as he navigates the streets of London in his Nissan Bluebird. The first act sees Jimmy pick up […]
REVIEW: SPAMILTON: AN AMERICAN PARODY (Menier Chocolate Factory) ★★★
For 30 years, Gerard Alessandrini has ripped into Broadway and the West End with his satirical and hilarious Forbidden Broadway musical revues. Having received critical acclaim for his previous runs at the Menier, Alessandri returns to the factory for his new spoof on the little-known fringe favourite Hamilton – now wittingly titled here as Spamilton. […]
REVIEW: FLASHDANCE (Milton Keynes Theatre) ★★★
Another classic 80s film dances onto the stage, this time the turn of Flashdance, directed by Hannah Chissick. It’s another movie I keep meaning to watch, but have never got around to. Girl meets boy… boy and girl have ‘different lives’ but she has a talent and that’s worth more than money. General 80’s spin. […]
REVIEW: WHITE ROSE (Jack Studio Theatre) ★★★★
Can a small group of young people reclaim the country they love from the edge of the abyss and can they find the courage to try when it could cost them everything? Writer and director Ross McGregor’s new play explores this moral dilemma by telling the true story of a brother and sister, Hans and […]
REVIEW: THE JUNGLE (Playhouse Theatre) ★★★★★
This is the place where people suffered and dreamed. Meet the hopeful, resilient residents of the Jungle – just across the Channel, right on our doorstep. The thing I love most about theatre is that for a couple of hours it allows you be transported in to another world, where you can leave your troubles […]
SOUNDS AND SORCERY: CELEBRATING DISNEY FANTASIA (The Vaults) ★★★
Disney’s Fantasia is a monumental film for The Walt Disney Company. It was the third animated feature film that Disney made, it was released during WWII and is one of the top 25 highest-grossing films of all time in the U.S.. Even though it’s a film for all ages, it’s a fantastic platform for classical […]
REVIEW: HONEY (The Cockpit) ★★★
Honey – a production from Reaction Theatre Makers, comes to The Cockpit Theatre for short run. Along with The Slip and Fishead, Honey makes the Earth Mind Trilogy of plays that examine mental well-being and our changing environment. Honey tells the tale of a community in the Welsh mountains, a remote location with connections to the […]
REVIEW: END OF THE PIER (Park Theatre) ★★★★
Park Theatre’s latest starry offering is End of the Pier, a new play by Danny Robins. This dark comedy stars Les Dennis, Nitin Ganatra, Tala Gouveia and Blake Harrison. The play explores the world of comedy from the mostly male stand ups of the 1970s and 80s to the present moment where Twitter gives everyone […]
REVIEW: MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN ★★★★
Ten years on, the juggernaut of commercial success that is Mamma Mia continues to assault our senses with feel good codswallop, schmaltz and cheesy singing for singing’s sake but with an unexpected complexity of emotion that rendered not a dry eye in the house..an exploration of genuine maternal love and familial relationships that many can […]