Reputation at The Other Palace
Reputation is a new musical with music and lyrics by Alick Glass and original story by Alick and Suzanne Glass. It tells of a young aspiring writer Michelle Grant who is at deportment school in Paris. Her classmates spot an advert in Variety magazine asking for stories to be submitted for consideration to be turned […]
Death of A Salesman At Piccadilly Theatre
Death of A Salesman is one of those plays that I feel that I really ought to have seen by now, especially when the rave reviews came out from this productions earlier iteration at the Old Vic. Death of A Salesman focuses on the Loman family, Willy and Linda Loman and their 2 sons, Biff […]
High Fidelity at The Turbine Theatre
High Fidelity the musical has hit the UK for the first time. The show is based on the novel by Nick Horby and a recent film starring Jack Black. The film shifted the action to the USA and the original musical followed suit. The creatives behind this show however took o the task of rewriting […]
Soho Cinders at Charing Cross Theatre
Soho Cinders is a modern fairy by Stiles and Drewe. Robbie (Luke Bayer) finds himself in love with mayoral candidate James Prince (Lewis Asquith) however Prince is engaged with Marilyn Platt. To add to the complication Robbie has also agreed to attend a fundraising dinner hosted by Lord Bellingham as his date. It all goes […]
Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Musical by Masquerade Theatre Company
Celebrating its 30th year of existence, Masquerade Theatre Company is a new group for this reviewer, as is the Miskin Theatre venue (not the easiest to access given the circuitous route to its entrance, direction provided by previously experienced audience members). Only the programme and website acknowledgement of their Kent Drama Awards 2019 give a […]
The Wizard of Oz by WLOS
The Wizard of Oz is a firm family favourite and it was lovely to see all ages in the audience at New Wimbledon Theatre. Luckily adults and children alike were in for a treat with Wimbledon Light Operatic’s production of it. The show is full of fun, lavish costumes and bright sets. The Emerald City […]
Graceland at 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
A Celebration of Paul Simon’s Graceland live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. In 1984 Paul Simon became so fascinated by a bootleg cassette of South African township music that he travelled to Johannesburg and spent two weeks recording with South African musicians. This recording session formed the basis of his seventh and most commercially successful […]
Dangerous Liaisons by Sedos
As a long-time fan of SEDOS, I was excited to be able to attend the first night of their first full dance production and intrigued to see how Dangerous Liaisons could possibly be adapted for this medium. Rest assured, my expectations were exceeded on both counts as the evening unfolded into a masterclass of dramatic […]
The Girl on The Train
If you took a holiday in 2015, it’s very likely that your poolside reading included Paula Hawkins’ best-selling thriller. Main character Rachel Watson takes the train into London every day – looking out of the window at the affluent street she lived on before her divorce and wondering about the lives of a young couple […]
Grease at The Churchill Theatre
The nostalgic and much loved musical ‘Grease’, touring the UK, visits the ChurchIll theatre, Bromley. Sweet girl next door, Sandy and the super cool dude, Danny share an unexpected yet intense holiday romance, heart broken to be parted. Fate plays an unexpectedly part as they are reunited in the final terms of Ryder High. But […]