REVIEW: TESTAMENT (Hope Theatre) ★★★
It is timely that this brave concept piece about a young man’s struggle with grief, that leads to his attempted suicide, staged in association and raising money for CALM – the suicide prevention charity – is presented at the Hope Theatre, Islington during mental health awareness week. Suicide is sadly the biggest killer of young […]
REVIEW: Operation Mincemeat (New Diorama Theatre) ★★★★★
My review might make you assume that I know people in this production, or am in some way associated with the company but I can assure you I am not, but as a jobbing actress, I wish I was. Watching Splitlip’s “Operation Mincemeat” a musical comedy interpretation of a factual, yet improbable, wartime event that […]
REVIEW: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson (Park Theatre) ★★★★★
It is worth noting that “The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson” was co-funded by Arts50, a scheme commissioned by Sky Arts to explore the notion of what it means to be British in the wake of Brexit. Of almost 1,000 entries, this was one of a shortlist of only 50 to receive funding. With achingly […]
REVIEW: CLASS (Bush Theatre) ★★★★
The title of this extremely clever and thought provoking, one act play, is doubly apt; while it is set in a school classroom and covers both after school reading classes with two pupils in need of extra tuition and a fraught parent-teacher meeting after school, it is also a thought provoking and empathetic look at […]
REVIEW: INK Festival – A FEAST FROM THE EAST (Tristan Bates Theatre) ★★★★★
INK discovers, nurtures and develops short new plays by writers with a strong physical and/or historical connection with East Anglia. The nine shorts produced here are a short listed and sometimes award wining selection from 350 submissions this year; eclectic in style and extremely refreshing to behold with a decent mix of pathos, human frailty […]
REVIEW: Bernie Dieter’s Little Death Club (Underbelly) ★★★★★
“The Little Death” or “La Petite Mort” is a colloquial term for the post-coital feeling of bliss; how apt then the title of this high-octane, thrilling and unique hour of cabaret, with it’s orgasmic smorgasbord of spectacular spectaculars. At just the right length and with no weak link, we are welcomed to the seasonal pop […]
REVIEW: FULL MONTY (Wimbledon New Theatre) ★★★★
Attending the press night of Simon Beaufoy‘s award winning play (based on his own screenplay), the well loved multi Bafta award winning 1997 film was an hilarious event, not least for the reactions and heckling of the mostly 50 something hormonal women baying for the talented cast’s inevitable striptease..egged on good naturedly by TV heartthrob […]
REVIEW: WEST END EUROVISION 2019 (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★★
Staged for the first time in the rather lovely Adelphi Theatre, West End Eurovision has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for MAD Trust and its ninth year event did not disappoint. The Make A Difference Trust works tirelessly to support HIV and AIDS related projects in both the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa; as the Chair of […]
REVIEW: STREAM (Drayton Arms Theatre) ★★★
It is hard to collectively review these plays as they were so different in both content and style; however as they are presented as a double act I will attempt to do so. SALMON by Constance Eldon McCaig and Eva Lily is set in a small non-descript Scottish town and follows the disturbing and tragic […]
REVIEW: QUEERETERIA TV (Above The Stag) ★★
Perhaps it was because I was unfamiliar with the first two parts of the Torsten trilogy that I found this strange collaborative work hard to follow; or perhaps it was the generously spiked complimentary iced tea we were given on arrival. Possibly a combination of both. As a concept it is certainly interesting. Andy Bell […]