REVIEW: CHRISTINA BIANCO: O COME, ALL YE DIVAS (Charing Cross Theatre) ★★★★★
You may recognise Christina Bianco from various viral videos on social media; such as her version of ‘Let it Go’ or ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’- which lead to television performances on The Queen Latifah Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and more. If you haven’t seen her performances, you should know that Christina is “every […]
Ruth Rendell’s A JUDGEMENT SET IN STONE to tour the UK
Building on the phenomenal decade-long success of The Agatha Christie Theatre Company, which sold over two million tickets and continually played to packed houses around the UK, Bill Kenwright presents a new production adapted from one of the most celebrated works of the writer often hailed as the successor to Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell’s A […]
FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL steps out on tour in 2017 and comes to London’s Peacock Theatre for a limited run
Following a smash-hit 2016 tour which saw over 160,000 people cut loose across the UK, Footloose: The Musical will burst back onto the stage in 2017 when an International Tour launches from New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 21 April. The tour will include a strictly limited West End season at the Peacock Theatre, playing for […]
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE makes its London premiere at The Vaults
In an exhilarating first time collaboration between Pinter Commission winning Brad Birch and BAFTA-nominated Kenneth Emson, This Must Be The Place makes its London premiere at Vault following an acclaimed debut performance at Latitude Festival 2016. The production is staged by Poleroid Theatre – the company behind triple Off West End Award nominated Free Fall […]
New production of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy HENCEFORWARD… heads out on tour
A BRAND NEW production of Alan Ayckbourn’s classic comedy Henceforward… comes to Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre where it will play from Thursday, January 19 to Saturday, January 28. All alone, high up in an isolated, derelict suburban tower block, avant-garde composer Jerome struggles vainly to complete his life’s masterwork about love. With the help of […]
REVIEW: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Lyceum Theatre) ★★★★★
For one night only, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future invaded the Lyceum Theatre – on the exact day that Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was originally published in 1843. The London Musical Theatre Orchestra brought Alan Menken’s and Lynn Ahrens’ musical to the UK for the first time and aligned a stellar cast […]
REVIEW: JOE STILGOE (Lyric Hammersmith) ★★★★
The Chance to see one of the country’s foremost big band leaders performing at one of London’s most prestigious venues was an opportunity I seized upon with gusto and despite a ticket mix up almost scuppering the perfectly Christmassy event, Joe Stilgoe and his band were able to leave me with a feeling of joy, […]
REVIEW: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET (Royal Festival Hall) ★★★★★
In 1956, four legends – Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley – all ended up in the same recording studio together for what became a star-studded impromptu jam session. Talk about a ‘fly on the wall’ type situation… Lucky for us, we are given a glimpse into what this could’ve looked […]
A YEAR FROM NOW comes to the VAULT Festival
14 VOICES. 5 ACTORS. ONE YEAR. This new production from RedBellyBlack Theatre is a fascinating combination of verbatim and physical theatre, using movement and audio narrative, that asks 14 people ‘where do you see yourself a year from now?’. Children, nonagenarians, new parents and trauma survivors talk to the audience about their perspective on the […]
LETTERS TO WINDSOR HOUSE comes to the Soho Theatre
LETTERS TO WINDSOR HOUSE by Sh!t Theatre is set to play at London’s Soho Theatre 31 Jan – 11 Feb 2017 A loophole in the Postal Services Act says you can open other people’s mail under certain circumstances. This is that certain circumstance… The multi award-winning duo, SH!T THEATRE, follow up their smash-hit show Women’s […]
