REVIEW: MAYFLY (Orange Tree Theatre) ★★★★
Whilst back in London last week, I went along to the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond (a lovely theatre I’d not been to before) to check out West End Wilma Award Winner Evelyn Hoskins in a new play by Joe White, Mayfly. It’s a tale we can all relate to, grief. I spent the majority […]
REVIEW: MATILDA (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★★
Fresh from the award winning and sell out run in the West End, Tim Minchin’s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s tale is a wonderful family treat guaranteed to leave everyone wishing they too were 5 again. Produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company, the story about a little girl’s discovery of her super powers and the […]
REVIEW: Nightfall (Bridge Theatre) ★★★
Nightfall, a new play by Barney Norris, is the latest production at The Bridge, a 900-seat theatre space near Tower Bridge. Founded by Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr after leaving the National Theatre; The Bridge aims to focus on commissioning and producing new shows. Nightfall tells the tale of four characters over four evenings in […]
REVIEW: Murder at the Library – a murder mystery supper club (The Library) ★★★★
I love a good murder mystery and so when I found out about Murder At The Library, my interest was instantly peaked. Then when I found out it involved a five course meal of fine dining with wine pairings, well, anyone who knows me will know they had me at ‘wine pairings’. Held at the […]
REVIEW: AN EVENING OF MEAT (Vaults) ★★
An Evening of Meat at The Vaults is an intriguing premise: a ‘dinner installation’ where choreography, performance art and food collide for an evening of quite literal dinner theatre! Guests arrive at The Vaults and after being ‘checked in’ by the hostess in her red velvet suit, are directed down a black corridor lined with […]
REVIEW: BUILDING THE WALL (Park Theatre) ★★★★
Robert Schenkkan’s Building the Wall brought the stars out for press night, with Bryan Cranston and Juliet Stevenson among its esteemed audience. It’s little surprise. Schenkkan’s latest play is a nice little coup for the Park Theatre – an 80 minute gallop through a near-dystopian (but still bleakly Trumpian) future, which has already found favour […]
REVIEW: The Fall (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★★
The Fall by James Fritz explores the gargantuan gap between young and old and how those on the brink of adulthood contemplate the rate at which it closes. Fritz touches upon the disorientating consideration of mortality, how difficult it is for young people to get onto the property ladder and the ‘fall’ into ominous lack […]
REVIEW: THE TAP PACK (Peacock Theatre) ★★★★
Inspired by the legendary “Rat Pack” which included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr, The Tap Pack is a high energy tap comedy show. Dressed in sharp suits, bursting with wit and charm, Australia’s most handsome male Tap show brings it’s entertaining mix of swing music, witty banter and tap dancing to The […]
REVIEW: FOX HUNTING (Courtyard Theatre) ★★★★
Fox Hunting, created by David Alade and produced by Elah Productions (a company supporting new talent to tell stories in a refreshing and artistic way) comes to the Courtyard Theatre in Hoxton for a three week run. 21 year old Alade was raised in Peckham and wanted to tell the stories behind knife crime in […]
REVIEW: West End Eurovision 2018 (Shaftesbury Theatre)
April 22nd saw the relaunch of ‘West End Eurovision’ at the Shaftesbury Theatre, by Theatre MAD (Make A Difference Trust) who also put on shows such as ‘West End Bares’, raising money for HIV & AIDS awareness. In true MAD style, the production value was fantastic. LED lighting strips framed the stage with the live band dead […]