REVIEW: OKLAHOMA! at Wyndham’s Theatre ★★★
Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s 1943 Broadway musical Oklahoma! was the first fully-integrated musical play and defined the format of musicals that we still see today. After a hugely successful revival on Broadway in 2019, a brand new production transferred to London where it enjoyed a successful run at the Young Vic. Now, the production has transferred […]
LIFE OF PI at the Wyndham’s Theatre ★★★★★
Yann Martel’s Life Of Pi was first published in 2001. Since its debut, the novel has sold over ten million copies worldwide, won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and has been adapted into a major feature film directed by Ang Lee. In 2019, Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaptation premiered […]
REVIEW: CURTAINS (Wyndham’s Theatre) ★★★
With songs written by Kander and Ebb, the duo behind Cabaret and Chicago, one could be forgiven for assuming that Curtains would follow in the success of its predecessors. Sadly, it seems this musical whodunnit, although enjoyable, seems to just miss the mark. The audience are told the story of a musical which has just […]
REVIEW: THE LIFE I LEAD (Wyndham’s Theatre) ★★★
“When I think of an English man I picture you” was Mr Disney’s remark to David Tomlinson’s individual brand of quirky wit and upper class oafishness as the quintessential Edwardian Mr Banks in the beloved family film, marking the career transfer to the silver screen for Dame Julie Andrews in ‘Mary Poppins’. Starring comedian Miles […]
REVIEW: Long Day’s Journey into Night (Wyndham’s Theatre) ★★★
Your expectations are always going to be difficult to meet when a play not only boasts a stellar cast but is also described as ‘one of the finest American plays of the 20th century’. And as the theatrical heavyweights first take to the stage, the acting credentials are immediately obvious. Wonderfully wordy and poetic dialogue […]
REVIEW: THE KITE RUNNER (Wyndham’s Theatre) ★★★★★
When I saw that Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner was preparing to hit the West End this winter, I practically scalded my hand as I was throwing my coffee around so vehemently with excitement. What a feat this would be to do and do well, I thought. This production follows on from Sean Mathias’s version […]
REVIEW: NO MAN’S LAND (Wyndhams Theatre) ★★★
Is there a better duo than Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart? Two of the finest British actors, together on stage in Pinter’s absurdist play. It sounds almost too good to be true and indeed the play starts off with exceptional promise. A chance meeting between two men, Spooner (Ian McKellen) and Hirst (Patrick […]
REVIEW: PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS (Wyndhams Theatre) ★★★★★
People, Places and Things has just transferred into London’s West End after making a serious impression with critics and audiences during its run at the National Theatre. Tackling the very serious issue of addiction, we follow the story of Emma, an actress who quickly down-spirals after the sudden death of her brother and has no […]
A View From The Bridge – Wyndhams Theatre ★★★★★
‘A View From The Bridge’, by Arthur Miller, was written by the playwright during the five years that he was married to Marilyn Monroe: consequentially it’s easy to speculate and draw parallels between the subject matter of the piece and the preoccupations of its author at that time. The play tells the story of Eddie […]