REVIEW: The Weir at the Harold Pinter Theatre ★★★★★
Playwright Conor McPherson achieved theatrical fame in 2017 with the Bob Dylan musical Girl from the North Country, which premiered at The Old Vic in London before transferring into the West End’s Noël Coward Theatre for a 12-week run. However, nearly thirty years ago, in 1997, Connor wrote The Weir and the first draft he […]
REVIEW: The Land Of The Living at the National Theatre ★★★★★
The Land of the Living a new play by David Lan at the National Theatre asks ‘was what I did “wrong”?’ Set in Germany, 1945, thousands of children, stolen by the Nazis from Eastern Europe during WWII are under the care of UN relief worker Ruth, working to try to reunite them with their families. […]
REVIEW: The Code at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Hollywood, 1950. A fading star. A rising one. An agent with an agenda. And a legend who’s seen it all. THE CODE, written beautifully by Michael McKeever, tells a sad story, showing us that in 75 years, the world really hasn’t progressed very far. Hollywood actors are forced to hide their sexuality and choose between […]
REVIEW: The Producers at Garrick Theatre – September 2025
A major London revival of Mel Brooks’ musical adaptation of THE PRODUCERS is now playing at the Garrick Theatre The Producers last played in London’s West End at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane from 2004 – 2007, starring Nathan Lane, reprising his Broadway role of Max. He wasn’t supposed to be playing the role but four days before previews began, Richard Dreyfuss was let go […]
REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Southwark Playhouse
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a magical comedy of love, mischief and donkeys which delights the mind and stuns with the quality of acting from these young performers. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s most magical comedy is currently playing at Southwark Playhouse Borough and is claimed to be for anyone aged 8 – 88 and […]
REVIEW: Ambika Mod in Every Brilliant Thing @sohoplace
Duncan Macmillan’s play Every Brilliant Thing has been performed in 80 countries around the world and now makes its West End premiere @sohoplace. With a cast of rotating actors including Lenny Henry, Sue Perkins and Minnie Driver, you’ll see a different take on the play depending on who you see. Last night was the turn […]
REVIEW: Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
I went to see Starlight Express when it first opened in 2024, at a purpose built venue in Wembley Park. But I left at the interval. Not because I wasn’t enjoying it but because I was mentally overstimulated from sitting so close to the action. I had the best time and didn’t care that I […]
BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL at the Adelphi Theatre ★★★★
Great scott! The legendary Brian Conley has joined the London cast of Back To The Future the Musical and I had to go and check it out! Between 1985 and 1990, three films were released in the Back To The Future franchise, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Now, after several years of trying […]
REVIEW: The Pitchfork Disney at London’s King’s Head Theatre
Darkly comic and deeply unsettling, Philip Ridley’s debut 1991 play The Pitchfork Disney is now playing at London’s Kings Head Theatre. Ten years ago something terrible happened to Presley and Haley. Since then they’ve lived alone in their dead parents’ house, doors bolted against the terrors of the world. But, one night, Presley sees a […]
REVIEW: Born With Teeth at Wyndham’s Theatre – September 2025
Liz Duffy Adams examines the relationship between two literary greats – William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe in Born With Teeth. Starring Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel, Born With Teeth is now playing at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre and I went along to check it out. In the late fifteen hundreds, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare were […]