REVIEW: NINA CONTI – IN YOUR FACE (Criterion Theatre)
I’m going to be honest with you. I think I’m the funniest person I have ever met. I always make myself laugh and I don’t care if other people don’t find me amusing because surely, so long as I’m having a good time, it shouldn’t affect anyone else? This is why I love stand up […]
REVIEW: THE FATHER (Duke of York’s Theatre)
Some suggest that time is a precious thing. This couldn’t be suggested more so than in Florian Zeller’s The Father. After successful runs at the Tricycle and Wyndham’s, it returns to the West End for a five-week run at the Duke of York’s. Kenneth Cranham plays Andre, an 80 year father to his daughter Anne […]
REVIEW: ROCKY HORROR SHOW (New Wimbledon Theatre)
Rocky Horror Show – “It’s just a jump to the left. And then a step to the right. Put your hands on your hips, and bend your knees in time…” Everyone knows how to do the Time Warp (again) but how many people could tell you what happens in Act II? It’s strange but although […]
REVIEW: HAPPINESS IS A CUP OF TEA (Vault Festival)
Unlike some of my theatrical colleagues, I have no qualms about one woman plays. Personally, I quite like internal monologues being blown wide open on the stage, however sometimes the stereotypes can ring true. Annie McKenzie’s ‘Happiness is a Cup of Tea’ is one of these shows. Set on top of a cliff, her character […]
REVIEW: ANTIGONE (The Hope Theatre)
In a sinister, dystopic setting, five women (‘The Chorus’) tell each other Sophocles’ story of Antigone. With both parents dead and shamed their entire lives for their incestuous roots, a new tragedy befalls the children of Oedipus. The brothers have slain each other in battle, and Creon, the new King of Thebes, forbids […]
REVIEW: THE PATRIOTIC TRAITOR (The Park Theatre)
The Patriotic Traitor takes on the meaty, complex and tragic story of Charles De Gaulle (Laurence Fox) and Marshal Pétain (Tom Conti); the unstoppable force and the unmovable object. These two legendary men are part of the fabric of French history and their relationship was like that of father and son. Jonathan Lynn’s new play […]
REVIEW: THE RINSE CYCLE (Charing Cross Theatre)
The Rinse Cycle is the latest offering from Unexpected Opera. Artistic Director Lynn Binstock wants to make opera fun and accessible. This this time she’s taking on Wagner, condensing the sixteen hours of The Ring Cycle’s four operas into a two hour show in two acts, “conveying the crucial elements of the story and offering […]
REVIEW: The Mousetrap (St Martins Theatre) ★★★★
The Mousetrap is the worlds longest running theatre production, having been playing for almost sixty-four years in London’s West End. A murder mystery ‘who dunnit’ crime thriller written by the legendary crime novelist Agatha Christie, which premiered in London in 1952. The original terms of the play state that the film rights can not be […]
REVIEW: TRAINSPOTTING (Kings Head Theatre)
A fully immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s shockingly grotesque Trainspotting… sound frighteningly intense? I assure you, the reality of this production is far worse. Following a run at the Kings Head Theatre, and huge success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, this In Your Face Theatre and Kings Head Theatre collaborative production has […]
REVIEW: MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS (Noel Coward Theatre)
Mrs Henderson Presents… one of the most uplifting British musicals to grace London’s West End in recent years. Get tickets here Based on the 2005 Oscar-nominated film, the Noël Coward Theatre is transformed into the Windmill Theatre for this old-fashioned but uplifting ‘revudeville’ about the beginning success of the theatre and its naked female performers. The […]