Unfortunate at Southwark Playhouse
Having seen Unfortunate at The Edinburgh Festival 2019 and loving it I was so excited to see how the show had developed in the intervening years and discover what a longer version of the show looked like. As I said in my earlier review Unfortunate does to the Little Mermaid what Wicked did to The […]
You Stupid Darkness at Southwark Playhouse
You Stupid Darkness by Sam Steiner is set in Brightline’s office where Frances, Jon, Anglie and Joey attend each Tuesday night to answer calls from those needing someone to talk to. They emerge into the office from a world that requires gas masks and where bridges are collapsing, although why is never fully revealed to […]
Cops at Southwark Playhouse
COPS is a play about 5 cops of all different races, ages and backgrounds. Promising ‘razor sharp dialogue’ and a character driven blend of comedy and drama, I entered the Southwark Playhouse with high hopes. The opening is fairly lacklustre, and in general the whole play was lacking in content. The hard-hitting moments delivered really […]
Dogfight By British Theatre Academy
Dogfight tells of 3 friends, Birdlace, Boland and Bernstein the night before they are due to ship out to Vietnam. They are holding a ‘dogfight’ a competition where the marine that brings the ugliest woman wins the cash prize. Birdlace needs a date to this dance and meets Rose working in a diner however after […]
My Son Pinocchio Jr
The British Theatre Academy have kicked off their summer season and within it is My Son Pinocchio Jr. This youth production tells of Geppetto’s wish to turn Pinocchio into his son and how sometimes wishes aren’t always what they seem. The show is beautifully produced and directed, aimed at families and it had a real […]
Fiver at Southwark Playhouse
Fiver is the latest new British Musical to hit the Southwark Playhouse. It s a clever concept which follows the journey of a £5 note, from a buskers hat to a newsagents til and from a school boys pocket to a collection pot at a baby shower. The concept itself worked brilliantly, it enabled the […]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Southwark Playhouse.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a new musical based on the book by F Scott Fitzgerald but made famous by the Brad Pitt movie. This adaptation however is miles away from the Hollywood movie, literally, it is set is Cornwall in, as the producer puts it, ‘A world where folklore and reality intertwine […]
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 […]
The Trench by Les Enfants Terribles
The Trench by Les Enfants Terribles at Southwark Playhouse The Trench is a play written and directed by Oliver Lansley. It is inspired by the true story of William Hackett, a miner who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Whilst he was tunnelling towards enemy lines an explosion cut off William Hackett from the rest of […]
Wasted at The Southwark Playhouse
Wasted at Southwark Playhouse From someone who knew the bare minimum about the Brontë sisters, other than they lived, wrote brilliant books, and obviously had incredible genes – I didn’t quite know what to expect of Wasted, a rock musical depicting their lives. And the life of their brother Branwell, of course. Composer Christopher Ash, […]