I had the pleasure of seeing the recent production of 1.17am, Or Until the Words Run Out staged at the Finborough Theatre Thursday night. Zoe Hunter Gordon’s text, directed astutely by Sarah Stacey – tackles the relationship of two not quite yet estranged friends Katie (Catherine Ashdown) and Roni (Eileen Duffy) when the latter confronts her grieving friend in Katie’s
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There are some shows that come along out of nowhere and capture my heart and/or imagination and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is one of these shows. I haven’t read the book, nor seen the film nor even saw much about it during its run at Chichester Festival Theatre so I went into this show knowing nothing about it
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American Psycho as a musical first hit English shores in 2013 as Rupert Goold’s first outing at the Almeida as artistic director and as Goold is set to depart we revisit the musical The show is based on the 1991 novel which went onto inspire the 2000’s film of the same name. It tells of Patrick Bateman who is an
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Cable Street makes its return to London, again. after 2 successful runs at Southwark Playhouse. Having missed the previous iterations I was determined not to miss it this time. The show is set in East London in 1936 in the lead up to the Battle for Cable Street. For those, like myself, unfamiliar with this piece of East London history
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When I mention Little Women and musical in the same sentence most people would immediately jump to Sutton Foster belting out ‘Astonishing’ but last night saw something very different and a new production of Jo The Little Women Musical. This new musical focuses on the story of Little Women and tells the adventures of the 4 March sisters, Jo, Meg,
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My Neighbour Totoro has been on my list for a long time, and I finally found myself with a spare evening and took the plunge. The show originally opened at the Barbican Centre in October 2022, running until January 2023, breaking records for the Barbican’s one-day ticket sales even before it opened. Due to popular demand, it returned to the
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Back in 2020 I wrote an article about how amateur theatre is racist! You can read the original article here (noting that some language has moved on since I wrote the original article) and I would encourage you to read it to understand just why diversity is important to amateur theatre. 5 and a bit years later I wanted to
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A visit to Richmond Theatre for Cinderella feels like stepping straight into a world of sparkle, laughter, and festive magic. This classic story follows a kind young girl who dreams hopefully of a better life, despite being treated poorly by her dreadful stepfamily. With the help of a bright and glamorous Fairy Godmother and her loyal friend Buttons, she finds
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2025 has been a great year for theatre and the perfect place to reflect on it is in my 2025 stagey round up. At the end of 2024, whilst I’m a musical theatre girl at heart, I decided that my aim in 2025 was to see more plays and this year I succeeded increasing my percentage of plays seen from
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On Sunday my 6 year old and I went to see Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas at the Garrick Theatre. Maddie, best known for her appearances on Cbeebies, Youtube and Maddie’s Do You Know, is well known for making STEM fun engaging and accessible for all ages and her live show did not disappoint. Maddie who is on work experience
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