REVIEW: PRESSURE (Ambassador’s Theatre) ★★★★
Pressure is David Haig’s critically acclaimed play that finally gets a West End run at the Ambassador’s Theatre following a well-received production at Chichester Festival Theatre, a national tour and a sold out run at Park Theatre in North London. Based on the remarkable true story of two meteorologists tasked with predicting the weather conditions […]
REVIEW: MONOGAMY (Park Theatre) ★★★★
Monogamy at Park Theatre is a sharp, incisive comedy, that smartly combines elements of farce with social commentary to reach a shocking crescendo at its finale, complete with Chekhovian gun (or in this show, Chekhovian knife). It begins with TV chef Caroline Mortimer (Janie Dee) showing a camera crew around her kitchen as she interviews […]
REVIEW: GHOST ABOUT THE HOUSE (Kings Head Theatre) ★★★
Slapstick gets sexy in this time-jumping comedy at the King’s Head Theatre. Writer Matthew Campling has moved from writing witty lines in plays about serious issues like sexual assault and Brexit, to writing a flat-out comedy that occasionally mentions serious issues. This bawdy comedy doubles down on the patio doors of a Whitehall farce by […]
REVIEW: THE UNBUILT CITY (Kings Head) ★★
A battle of the generations to decide the fate of art, comes to the small stage at the King’s Head theatre in Islington. Witty and thoughtful though it is, the play lacks substance and is spoiled by poor execution. New York writer Keith Bunin has taken a break from screenwriting to pen this ode to […]
REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Lyric Theatre) ★★★
A good piece of theatre should have a grounded narrative, such that it doesn’t rely on supplementary information for an explanation. Skilled actors should be able to convey the narrative, and reveal a new story to an audience. Unfortunately, the anticipated Broadway debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child troubled me in this sense. […]
REVIEW: CRAZY FOR YOU (Curve Leicester) ★★
Winding down its lengthy UK tour at Curve this week, Crazy For You is publicised as a “high energy, high kicking and gloriously glamorous” production, but unfortunately it feels like anything but. With music and lyrics penned by the Gershwin brothers, this production stars Tom Chambers as Bobby Child, Claire Sweeney as Irene Roth and […]
REVIEW: MEAN GIRLS (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Based on the 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls has become a modern day cult classic, with fans around the world celebrating ‘Mean Girls Day’ on October 3rd (a famous reference in the film). So when on this day in 2016, it was announced that a Musical adaption of the film was in the […]
REVIEW: The Cabaret Collective – Pizza Express (Live)
This was my first experience of Pizza Express Live in Holborn. The downstairs of the restaurant has been turned into a cabaret venue with about 80 seats, including an eating bar around the small stage. Unfortunately in trying to create a cabaret atmosphere, the lighting is so low it is impossible to read the menu […]
REVIEW: SHREK (New Victoria Theatre) ★★★★
Once upon a time…………. I’m sure most of us have watched the film “Shrek” with Donkey, Princess Fiona and their band of weird and wonderful Fairy Tale Characters, but for those that don’t know the story, it is based around an ‘outcast’ green ogre called Shrek and his ‘noble-steed’ and sidekick ‘Donkey. Reluctant at first […]
REVIEW: INTO THE WOODS (Cockpit Theatre) ★★★
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods is one of the juggernauts of musical theatre. Premiering on Broadway in 1987, it won several Tony Awards including Best Actress in a Musical, Best Score, Best Book and led to Bernadette Peters becoming a household name and musical theatre royalty. Since then the musical has been […]