Dial M for Murder is the play that was made famous by Hitchcock when he released the thriller movie of the same name. Written by Frederick Knott it tells of Tony Wendice who finds out that his wife, Margot is having an affair with crime writer, Max and devises a plot to have her murdered. Things however don’t go quite
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Mischief Comedy and The Play That Goes Wrong have been on my ‘to see’ list for a long time but somehow they had managed to evade me…until last night that is! The Play That Goes Wrong is based on the fact that Cornley Polytechnic is putting on ‘Murder At Haversham Manor.’ Everything that could go wrong with the production does,
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Cruise is a one man show, written and performed by Jack Holden. It tells the story of Michael and his journey through the 80’s including his diagnosis of HIV, his 4 year countdown and surviving that countdown when others did not. Cruise is centred firmly around queer culture in 1980’s with references to music, icons and locations in and around
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Distance Remaining tells the story of 3 individuals who are making a break for freedom in their own small way. We meet an elderly lady who has fallen over inside her home and determined to get up again so she can pick her grandson up on the day he is released from prison, a woman on furlough who has volunteered
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Good Grief is an online play by Lorien Haynes and stars Sian Clifford and Nikesh Patel. It is a play that has been rehearsed on Zoom and filmed with strict Covid protocols in place. Whilst Good Grief is predominatly about grief it is also darkly funny at the same time as being moving. It starts at the end of Liv’s
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Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em is back by popular demand for a 2020 tour. This a comedy farce piece, originally written by Raymond Allen in the 1970’s, and ran for 23 episodes with the acclaimed actor Michael Crawford in the role of Frank Spencer. It is based around the accident-prone Frank Spencer and his, more than understanding wife, Betty. Frank
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La Cage Aux Folles has had many guises but Park Theatre is currently showing the premier of the original French plays’ English language adaptation by Simon Callow. The play focuses on couple Georges and Albin and Georges’ son Laurent. Laurent announces to his father that he is engaged however his fiances parents are coming to stay and her parents are
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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 and Happy. Whist Willy and
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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 she sees on a balcony
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Ghost stories is back in the West End, after a run in 2010, a tour and a film, writers Jeremy Dyson and Andy Newman have decided that Halloween 2019 is the perfect time to scare London afresh. Ghost Stories, as you would suspect, relies on a build up of tension to make the show successful so divulging any information could
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