Black Is The Color Of My Voice (Duchess Theatre) ★★★
A love letter to one of the great performers of their time, Nina Simone. Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, and featuring many of her most iconic songs performed live, Apphia Campbell’s acclaimed play ‘Black Is The Color Of My Voice‘ follows the life of the singer and civil rights activist as she seeks […]
REVIEW: WICKED (Apollo Victoria Theatre) ★★★★★ -January 2026
2026 will celebrate 20 years of Wicked The Musical in London and it is more wicked and darker than ever before Since the release of the major motion picture films Wicked (Parts 1 & 2), starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey, the stage adaption has had a new lease of life brought to […]
REVIEW: WOMAN IN MIND (Duke Of York’s Theatre) ★★
Alan Ayckbourn’s play Woman In Mind, which premiered in 1985, returns to the London stage, starring Sheridan Smith. The Story Woman in Mind centres on Susan, a vicar’s wife living in an English country garden who suffers a mental breakdown following a blow to the head. As the play unfolds, Susan retreats into a rich […]
New Christmas Musical Workshop ‘DASHING’ Shows Real Promise
An exclusive full length workshop concert of DASHING – A New Christmas Musical was presented at London’s Underbelly Boulevard this festive season. The new West End theatrical home, Underbelly Boulevard, has started how it intends to go on – hard and fast. Earlier this year they welcomed musical comedy duo Flo & Joan to the stage […]
REVIEW: DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CATFORD CAT ★★★
Broadway Theatre Catford‘s annual pantomime – a joyous coming together of community I always try to catch my local pantomime at South East London’s Broadway Theatre Catford. It is always a joyous coming together, community vibe and this year’s Dick Whittington and his Catford Cat does not disappoint. Written by panto legend Susie McKenna, this […]
REVIEW: INTO THE WOODS (Bridge Theatre) ★★★
The highly anticipated 2025 revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods (the first major London staging since 2010) promises a magical West End experience. But does this fairy-tale journey still casts its spell? First staged in 1986, Into the Woods masterfully intertwines four Brothers Grimm fairy tales, following a Baker and his wife, a Witch, […]
REVIEW: “OH, MARY!” (Trafalgar Theatre) ★★★★ – December 2025
Does a very American story about Abraham Lincoln and his erratic wife, translate for British audiences? I went along to “Oh, Mary!” to find out. Smash hit comedy “OH MARY!” premiered off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in January 2024, before a Broadway transfer to the Lyceum Theatre in July 2024, where it broke box […]
REVIEW: SNOW WHITE (all-drag panto) at Emerald Theatre ★★★★★
Snow White (the all-drag panto) – so camp it should come with tent pegs! 2025 marks the fifth anniversary of TuckShop’s all-drag pantomimes. Designed to provide a platform for drag performers to be noticed outside of gay bars and on the big stage by Christopher D. Clegg. This year’s show has been beautifully written by […]
REVIEW: Beauty and the Beast – A Horny Love Story ★★★★★
Beauty and the Beast – A Horny Love Story that really hits the spot! Adult pantomimes always walk a delicate line. Push the jokes too far and the magic disappears. The sweet spot sits somewhere between cheeky, outrageous and full of rude gags, and crude humour that feels more grim than gleeful. A good rule […]
REVIEW: TOP HAT at London’s Southbank Centre ★★★★★
Top Hat is certainly up there with the best of the golden age of movie musicals and the latest stage production doesn’t disappoint. Based on the 1935 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the stage adaptation of Top Hat made its UK Premiere in 2011 on tour before transferring into the Aldwych Theatre in […]