REVIEW: Flew the Coop (New Diorama Theatre) ★★★
This playful and humorous show is presented by Lost Watch appearing as the RGASC (Rauchbach Greasley Association Society Club), a club that has been set up to ensure that two very special heroes of World War II are not forgotten – Horace Greasley and Rosa Rauchbach. The club consists of only five members who meet […]
REVIEW: LA RONDE (Bunker Theatre) ★★★
London, 2017. Gender and sexuality are fluid and free. It is possible to reinvent yourself with every new sexual encounter. Whatever you’re into, someone out there will be into you. Max Gill’s reworking of La Ronde (Arthur Schnitzler’s 1897 classic which for the first 20 years of its life was deemed too explicit for a […]
REVIEW: TRAVESTIES (Apollo Theatre) ★★★
A play set in Zurich 1917 involving James Joyce, Tristan Tzara and Lenin surely sounds like a comedy waiting to be told?! Tom Stoppard’s Travesties finds a sense of joy in the most intellectual of conversation. Taking the role of narrator, Tom Hollander plays Henry Carr, a minor British diplomat in Zurich 1917 as he […]
REVIEW: THE WEDDING SINGER (Curve Leicester) ★★★★
The year is 1985. Think crimped hair, UV lights and bad wedding dresses. The Wedding Singer received a warm welcome from Curve Leicester last night as it prepares to embark on its nationwide tour. It promises to be a “hilarious musical based on the hit film”, and it certainly is just that. Having never seen […]
Miranda Hart to play Miss Hannigan in the West End revival of ANNIE
Multi award-winning comedy writer, actor and author Miranda Hart, will make her West End Theatre debut as Miss Hannigan in Annie opening in the West End in May 2017. Previews at the Piccadilly Theatre will begin on 23 May 2017 with opening night on 5 June 2017. Miranda Hart said: “Miss Hannigan is a dream […]
Ben Forster extends run in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA to September 2017
Ben Forster will extend his run as ‘The Phantom’ until Saturday 2 September in the smash hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”. Now in its 31st year at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End, the show also stars Celinde Schoenmaker as ‘Christine Daae’ and Nadim Naaman as ‘Raoul’. They are […]
REVIEW: Don Quixote in Algiers (White Bear Theatre) ★★
In Algiers between 1578 and 1580, Miguel de Cervantes (later the author of Don Quixote de La Mancha) was in custody. He had been a soldier who was captured by Barbary pirates and was being held captive in the city of Algiers until a ransom could be raised. Cervantes was not held in a prison […]
INTERVIEW: London’s new Eponine HOLLIE O’DONOGHUE chats all things LES MIS
Originally from Limerick in Ireland, Hollie first trained at Centre Stage Theatre school before moving to London to train at The London School Of Musical Theatre (2010-2011). Prior to her training, Hollie reached RTE’s televised finals of Fame The Musical (Shinawil Productions). Theatre credits include onstage swing, u/s 1st Imelda in The Commitments (West End), […]
Mel Brooks’ musical comedy YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN to open at the Garrick Theatre
Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein – the new comedy musical based on the Oscar-nominated smash hit movie – will open in the West End on Thursday 28 September at the Garrick Theatre (Press Night: Tuesday 10 October). Tickets go on-sale tomorrow, Friday 10 February. The production will open for a pre West End season at the […]
KINKY BOOTS – Understudy Paul Ayres takes on the role of Charlie Price
2017 is the year that I plan to do my best to bring understudies to the forefront of theatre. If I can get to see a show when an understudy is performing, then I intend to write about it because it can be a thankless task, for a performer to take on a leading role […]