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 […]
REVIEW: CHESS (London Coliseum) ★★★★
Fans of musicals often have shows that they feel they need to cross off the list. And Chess is one legendary mega-musical, which formed part of the soundtrack to many people’s musical theatre education. But it’s been a long time since a production’s been in the West End and so although many more mature theatregoers […]
REVIEW: REARED (Theatre 503) ★★★★
We’ve all looked around at our families before and debated its level of dysfunction in relation to other families we know. What is the ‘right’ amount of conflict? Is it normal to have this many underlying issues? What is ‘normal’? Reared, a play by John Fitzpatrick, confronts the realities of a family working through numerous […]