City Stories returns to London for two nights only on 20 and 21 October 2016. A suite of short plays set to music, the fully-titled City Stories: Tales of Love and Magic in London is a seque…
When you get an email saying you are invited to attend a Salsa class, speak to the cast and celebrate In The Heights first birthday, it's definitely a case of where do I go and what time do …
The first thing most people would agree on here is that the venue for Floyd Collins is spot on. Wilton's Music Hall is steeped in history, and its ruggedness serves as the perfect backdrop f…
Having been entranced by Andrew Maddock's In/Out (A Feeling), which received an Off-West End award nomination, my hopes were high. This new play is a set of two monologues entitled The We Pl…
Stephen Jeffreys' play tells the true story of John Wilmot, a 17th century gentleman and writer, who wasted his considerable talent on a life of drunken debauchery, before dying at just 33.
I pretty much bullied my way in. I was an unpaid extra for a promo shoot for a film with Jack Silver (director) and was impressed at how quickly he had brought together a great team, with a …
What it's like being on tour? I've done a few tours and I really enjoy them. The different theatres and places you go to and different audiences reaction. I get paid to sing and dance doing …
Theatre and it's purpose are very much objective. Whether you view theatre as a form of pure entertainment or an effective tool for education or maybe even somewhere in the vast space betwee…
We have Abba's back catalogue, a Greek island, a wedding, a mother and daughter and three possible father's so what show do we have? Yes of course it's the smash hit musical Mamma Mia! This …
We laughed, we cried, we left The Hope Theatre with a strange inclination to go home and watch The Poseidon Adventure. It is rare that a show can combine the tongue-in-cheek humour of a drag…
Sometimes when you review something, an instinct kicks in, is it going to be a marmite show? You either love it or hate it. So which side of the fence did I sit on with 27?
We are in what appears to be an attic room " a teenager's haven. Throughout the play it refashioned itself into a stage, a roller rink and a place of dreams and nightmares. This is Mickey's …
I felt very privileged to be invited to spend the day with Chichester University Musical Theatre graduates of 2016. The day took place at the Electric Theatre, Guildford and consisted of an …
The story of this work of art is that of the strength and beauty that lies in the hearts of all female siblings. Women of all backgrounds contribute, their words form the basis of the dialog…
This all-American musical tells the story of three best friends growing up in Dallas at a time when image and style were more important than brains and ambition. With never seen before mater…
Exiled in America for his beliefs and a national disgrace Benjamin Britten must decide which way his conflicted political ideals lie but the constant parties, doomed affairs and John Dunne, …
If Waiting For Godot is the last word in the absurdity of the human condition, this play is its hilarious epilogue. Starring The Fast Show's Simon Day, Dave Hanson's Waiting For Waiting For …
Niamh Cusack as Joan is fantastic. Veering from vitriolic to sardonic, she is a pleasure to watch, especially in her interactions with Tom (Sean Campion), which have a weariness and familiar…
The stage is set beautifully. A gathering of men, singing to the sky, tell of the distant depths they travel to for their work, and their hopes of returning to the surface to see the sun onc…
The performers were accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, whose conductor Richard Balcombe musically directed the evening to perfection, orchestrating some beautiful arran…
We meet the different women that come and go and share their daily concerns. From new-to-town Anelle, who is guarding a troubled past, to outspoken Clairee, all of human life is here. In a s…
So why haven't many Rodgers and Hammerstein aficionados heard about it and why has this never been performed in the UK? Is this forgotten musical best placed as just that or have we been mi…
This summer, Selfridges have joined forces with one of the most exciting emerging young British theatre companies in the UK, The Faction, to celebrate Shakespeare400 with a new staging of Mu…
‘The Go Between’ by Richard Taylor and David Wood Based on a book by L.P. Hartley Apollo Theatre Directed by Roger Haines This was my second visit to this […]
Joining the cast from Monday 5 September are Siôn Lloyd as 'Monsieur Firmin'; Mark Oxtoby as 'Monsieur Andre'; Paul Ettore Tabone as 'Piangi' and Daisy Hulbert as 'Meg'. Also continuing t…