REVIEW: ADAM KAY: FINGERING A MINOR ON THE PIANO (Soho Theatre) ★★★★★
The was a huge buzz around Adam Kay last year at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. When you have hundreds of shows competing for an audience, your show’s title has to stand out for you to be noticed. ‘Fingering A Minor On The Piano‘ certainly stood out to me but unfortunately I wasn’t the only […]
Siubhan Harrison & Liam Tamne have Tea With Wilma
WORKING is the extraordinary genre-defining musical from Grammy and Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell) based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with the American workforce: Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. The show has been adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, […]
CHARLOTTE WAKEFIELD joins the cast of CRAZY FOR YOU
It has been announced today that Charlotte Wakefield will play ‘Polly’ in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of “CRAZY FOR YOU”. Charlotte joins the previously announced Tom Chambers as ‘Bobby’ and Caroline Flack as ‘Irene’. ”CRAZY FOR YOU” opens at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth on 17 August 2017. Charlotte Wakefield made […]
REVIEW: LOVE IN IDLENESS (Apollo Theatre) ★★★
After the Olivier Award winning success of Travesties, the Menier Chocolate Factory has extended its residence at the Apollo Theatre with their production of Terrence Rattigan’s Love in Idleness, originally titled Less Than Kind. Some may choose to comment this as a period play, but its clashing political attitudes between characters adds a modernity and […]
REVIEW: Samantha Barks Live In Concert (Mayflower, Southampton) ★★★★★
After first grabbing the public’s attention as one of the final three contestants on the BBC talent show I’d do Anything, Samantha Barks has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame. Her critically acclaimed performance as the waif Eponine in the film adaptation of Les Misérables further cemented the singer as a member of musical theatre […]
REVIEW: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Curve Leicester) ★★★★
This week audiences at Curve Leicester have been treated to A Clockwork Orange, staged by students from De Montfort University. A Clockwork Orange, originally penned by Anthony Burgess, is a dystopian masterpiece set at a time when extreme violence and hatred among the youth subculture is rife and a totalitarian, repressive super-state presides. The story […]
REVIEW: OTHELLO (Wilton’s Music Hall) ★★★★
Previously presented by “Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory”(STF) and the “English Touring Theatre” (ETT) to critical acclaim, this is a modern dress, retelling of Shakespeare’s, dreadfully sad, tragedy. It was written almost exactly a thousand years after the death of Mohammed and the formation of the Muslim religion, but it is even more relevant today, […]
West End Live Lounge returns with ICONS AND LEGENDS
On Sunday 11th June, West End Live Lounge returns with ‘Icons and Legends’– an evening celebrating work from some of the the most Iconic and influential names in the world of music. After a sell out show in March, L&M productions are back with an unmissable line up including Liisi LaFontaine, Ian Mcintosh, Liam Doyle, […]
REVIEW: 110 IN THE SHADE (Ye Olde Rose & Crown) ★★★
What better way to spend an evening following a muggy day in London, than a little saunter to Walthamstow to see the humid 110 in The Shade, produced by All Star Productions, who are the theatre company-in-residence at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Pub Theatre. Their mission is to champion unusual and rarely-performed works, which […]
REVIEW: JUDY! (Arts Theatre) ★★★★★
The words ‘legend’ and ‘icon’ are often banded around when we refer to celebrities. Few would deny their application when referring to Hollywood Star Judy Garland however, whose undeniable resilience in the world of show business gave her an enduring appeal. As such, we have long been regaled with stories about the actress, including her […]