Plaid Tidings at Bridge House Theatre
Plaid Tidings at Bridge House Theatre If your Christmas spirit levels are low, or you’re not feeling quite full to the brim of holiday cheer, a trip to see Plaid Tidings is the perfect remedy for you. Bridge House Theatre have a reputation for picking the cream of the Christmas crop, and this show is […]
Hot Gay Time Machine
Hot Gay Time Machine at Trafalgar Studios 2 Where do I even begin in describing Hot Gay Time Machine? We meet Zak Ghazi-Torbati and Toby Marlow who decide to use the time machine that they have discovered to revisit ‘seminal’ moments in their lives. Amongst other scenes we see them coming out to their parents, […]
Seussical at Southwark Playhouse
Seussical The Musical Seussical is a musical aimed at all the family and based on the works of Dr Seuss. It tells of Hornton the Elephant who hears tiny voices coming from a clover. These voices turn out to be JoJo and her family who live on a tiny planet on this clover. Hornton sets […]
Stick Man
Stick Man at The Orchard Theatre On Monday 26th November I had the pleasure of taking my son and my parents to see Stick Man at The Orchard Theatre. Expectations were high as this is a Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler masterpiece and I was interested to see how well this would translate on stage. Scamp […]
An Honourable Man at White Bear Theatre
An Honourable Man If you are a writer of political dramas, you can do one of two things. You can take a broad-brush approach, eschewing detail and making grand points about totalitarianism or dictatorship or whatever, without bothering much about details of parliamentary procedure or campaign finances. The idea is that the terrible things that […]
Urinetown by Sedos
Urinetown by Sedos Urinetown is an bizarre musical by anyone’s standards but by the same stroke incredibly clever and funny in my opinion. It tales the story of a town that is suffering from a water shortage and as a result you have to pay to pee. Failure to comply with this payment results in […]
Dietrich Natural Duty at Wilton’s Music Hall
Dietrich Natural Duty at Wilson’s Music Hall This is a show which is difficult to define but describes itself as a mixture of theatre, cabaret and drag. It focuses on Peter Groom in the role of Marlene Dietrich, the Hollywood ledged that was forced to chose between her country and her beliefs during the second […]
Denim The Reunion Tour…hits London
Denim The Reunion Tour- Soho Theatre Drag has never been more popular! It seems, thanks to shows like Rupaul’s Drag Race, this long established artform is finally breaking into the mainstream! With the Spice Girls reconciliation still fresh in the air, Denim – The Reunion Tour, couldn’t have come at a better time! Although, in […]
Dr Dolittle at The Churchill Theatre
Dr Dolittle at the Churchill Theatre Dr Dolittle opened its national tour at the Churchill Theatre this week. Based on the book and the 1967 film this is very much a retelling of the traditional story for the modern audience. Dr Dolittle tells the story of a man who, with the help of his parrot […]
Once a Coward – a Rehearsed Reading
Once a Coward by Benjamin Stratton at Above the Arts Theatre I was privileged enough to be invited to watch the Rehearsed Reading and world premiere of the new and upcoming play Once A Coward written by Benjamin Stratton. Based on a true story about a man called Thomas Highgate who was shot for desertion […]