Grief is the Thing With Feathers at the Barbican
“I won’t leave until you don’t need me anymore.” Max Porter’s prize-winning, bestselling debut novel is brought vividly to life by Enda Walsh’s visionary adaptation of a portrait of a man’s struggle with grief in the aftermath of his wife’s sudden death. When Dad (Cillian Murphy, Inception and Peaky Blinders) loses his wife in a sudden […]
Abigail’s Party at the Orchard Theatre
Abigail’s Party is a play very firmly set in the 1970’s with cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks served up, talk of house prices being £21,000 and numerous references to the musical choices of the day it is very much of it’s era. The play unfolds in Beverly and Laurence’s living room as new neighbours […]
Sh*t-Faced Showtime-Oliver With A Twist
Sh*t-Faced Showtime – Oliver With A Twist has a simple premise. They put on the well known show, Oliver (although with other musical theatre numbers thrown in for good measure), while a member of the cast performs drunk! The cast member is rotated and they drink for 4 hours prior to the show. At our […]
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho.
With a cast of three, Jon Brittain and Matt Tedford’s outrageous cross dressing romp takes aim at the political domination of the 1980s by Margaret Thatcher. Matt Tedford reprises his acclaimed take on Margaret Thatcher, leading the audience through the main premiership events but with a particular focus on the introduction by Jill Knight (and […]
Jinx Monsoon and Major Scales in Ginger Snapped
As I entered the Leicester Square Theatre ready to embark on the Jinkx Monsoon journey, I was immediately struck with how fabulous the setting was. Intimate, stylish and the perfect space to house this cabaret style showcase of Miss Monsoon and long-time friend Major Scales’ new album The Ginger Snapped (available on iTunes & Spotify). […]
Stages – Lorna Dallas at The Crazy Coqs Live at Zedel
Just two days after her birthday (it would be less than good manners to mention which one) Crazy Coqs welcomed back the formidably talented and remarkably youthful Lorna Dallas to perform no less than 20 songs to a room at Zedels packed with many clearly devoted followers. Her programme, entitled “Stages” reflected a long career […]
Calendar Girls at the Orchard Theatre
Calendar Girls The Musical was inspired by the true story of a group of ladies, who decide to appear naked in a Women’s Institute calendar in order to raise funds to buy a much-needed new settee for the local hospital’s relatives’ room, in memory of one of their husbands John Clarke. This musical comedy, which […]
Next Thing You Know by Sedos
Next Thing You Know was not only a musical I had never seen before but a show that wasn’t even on my radar. It is by Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham. It tells of 4 young people in New York who are trying to figure out life, with everything from relationships and work thrown into […]
Bad Girls on at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Bad Girls – the Musical is based on the ITV Drama of the same name. It follows the story of 8 female prison inmates and their journey for freedom, justice and fair treatment in the prison. It is a fun filled show with serious themes running through it. This revival of the show is by […]
Company at the Gielgud Theatre
Bobbie, a professionally successful, serially single New Yorker is turning 35. As her closest, married friends gather at her apartment for a party, she begins to question whether she really does have it all. Company is back in the West End. Only this time, it’s back with a twist. Nearly 50 years after its Broadway debut, […]