The Who’s Tommy to play at Greenwich Theatre
Almost 20 years after its last UK production, The Who’s Tommy will play a limited run at Greenwich Theatre this Summer, marking the 40th Anniversary of the original film and the 50th Anniversary of The Who. Based on the iconic 1969 double-album rock opera, which later became a film of the same title, The Who’s Tommy is an […]
Wilma Combs the Theatre’s Fringe
It’s hard to keep up with everything happening in the world of theatre. People always say to me ‘surely you’ve seen everything if you go to the theatre as often as you do’ but there is so much out there I’ve not even seen half of it! With new shoes opening every day, I thought […]
In The Dead of Night – Landor Theatre
In The Dead of Night is a 1940’s film noir play, currently showing at the Landor Theatre. Its premise is based around the question of what could a production of that era have really been like if it didn’t have the censorship issues of that time? In 1930, a code of conduct was produced (known […]
Shock Treatment – King’s Head Theatre
Welcome to Denton USA, a real okay town where you’ll find happy hearts and smiling faces obsessed with live reality television. The darling couple Brad and Janet – better known from The Rocky Horror Show – takes a shot at tackling their marital problems on air. Assuming that their greatest challenges are (sexual) boredom and […]
Clarion – Arcola Theatre
Set in a London Newspaper office, Clarion has a scarily authentic feel from the start. In a world where the printed word is being taken over by its digital counterparts and newspapers are having to fight tooth and nail for survival, the cut-throat nature of the sensationalist journalism is depicted in this hilarious and extremely […]
Gypsy extends booking to 28 November 2015
Jonathan Kent’s critically acclaimed production of Gypsy starring Imelda Staunton as the indomitable Rose today announces an extension to the run at the Savoy Theatre with booking now to 28 November 2015. Kent’s production originally opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre in October last year with the West End transfer opening last week when the production received a second set of […]
The Curse of Carrie the Musical
Most people will know of the Stephen King horror film Carrie (or the book from which it derives) from one of the three versions that have been release over the years 1976, 2002, 2013. But only musical theatre buffs might be familiar with the disastrous story of the 1988 musical adaptation which opened on Broadway […]
No Milk for the Foxes – Camden People’s Theatre
Viva la revolución! No Milk For the Foxes opens Camden People’s Theatre three-week political festival and sets the bar high. During their night shift guarding washing machine circuit boards, the two befriended security men Mark and Sparx churn topics ranging from work contracts to false media portrayals, unions to acting careers and…protein-deficiency. The two […]
Golem – Trafalgar Studios
When I saw the title ‘Golem’ for the first time, I prayed that it was a story connected with the Lord of the Rings franchise. Sadly, it wasn’t. Transferring from the Young Vic, the company 1927 tells an old-fashioned story but with relation and exploration to the modern world of technology. Robert, a geeky contrived […]
Nicole Kidman to star in Photograph 51 at the Noel Coward Theatre
The Michael Grandage Company today announce the UK première of Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51, with Academy award-winning actress Nicole Kidman as Rosalind Franklin. The production reunites Kidman and Grandage following their recent collaboration on the forthcoming feature film Genius. Photograph 51 opens at the Noel Coward Theatre on 14 September, with previews from 5 September, and runs until 21 November. Photograph 51 also sees […]