Tag: West End

Dear Lupin

    Dear Lupin is a hilarious, yet touching collection of letters that racing journalist Roger Mortimer wrote to his son, Charlie, over the space of 25 years, up until his final letter before he died in 1991. Rogers letters are hilarious. Complaining constantly about his nagging wife, the boring dinner parties he has had […]

Richard Bean’s ‘The Mentalists’ to play at the Wyndhams Theatre

BAFTA Award-winning writer, comedian and actor Stephen Merchant will make his West End debut in a new production of Richard Bean’s comic two hander The Mentalists. Steffan Rhodri will join Merchant in a return to the West End when the production, Directed by Abbey Wright, runs for a strictly limited season at the Wyndham’s Theatre […]

Di and Viv and Rose – Vaudeville Theatre

Di and Viv and Rose tells the story of friendship between three women who meet at university and grow up together. Following a successful run at the Hampstead Theatre, the show is now in the West End for a limited time, playing at the Vaudeville on the Strand. Act One is set over the first […]

Bad behaviour at the theatre, or just the way of the world today?

When you go to see a show that appeals to children, you expect to have to grin and bear the talking and kicking the back of your chair occasionally. But what you don’t expect to have to deal with is being surrounded by adults who don’t know how to behave at the theatre. What is […]

How fair is fair when reviewing a show?

I have always prided myself on being 100% honest in my reviews. Love it or hate it, I won’t sugar coat it. And from the feedback I have received from people, they value my opinion because they know if I give a good review, it really is because I liked the show/performance. Sadly, this is […]

My Night With Reg – Apollo Theatre

My Night With Reg is a comedy play about a group of gay men in the 1980’s who struggle with the death of their friends to the HIV virus. It premiered in 1994 at the Royal Court Theatre and most recently played a sold out run at the Donmar Warehouse. It is now playing a […]

Soften the Grey – Hope Theatre

My first impressions of 6 Foot Stories’ production of Soften the Grey is that I may have accidentally stumbled upon the final of the ‘London Hipster Beard Wars 2015’. Both actors are sporting such impressive facial fuzz that for the first minute and a half I am completely startled and am just waiting for the […]

Truth, Lies, Diana – Charing Cross Theatre

Everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news that Princess Diana had died back in August 1997, just as they do with JFK or the Twin Towers; it’s a key moment in history. Highly publicised in the press, we’ve all read about the speculations and conspiracy theories surrounding the tragic accident… or was […]