It Happened in Key West has some deeply moving moments which are snatched away all too quickly and replaced by witty lines, thereby losing its potency. It promises to be a good production, b…
Sensitively directed by Sarah Meadows, Alkaline at the Park Theatre offers a balanced look at different attitudes towards faith and religion.
Do you need to be a fan of Abba to enjoy the twists, turns and laugh out loud comedy of this gleeful show? No! Even if you're not a fan of Abba's music, I wager that a trip to see Mamma Mia!…
Another dark delight from the world of Jim Mannering that might make you think twice before you venture into another greasy spoon " there are many memorable moments from a talented cast.
If you're in the Charing Cross area, want a bit of a laugh and want to see a wild story on stage, I would suggest It Happened in Key West.
Next week marks a new chapter for Arrows & Traps, as they present The White Rose, the first original play written by Arrows founder and artistic director Ross McGregor.
Me and My Girl's politics may be of the dark ages " but its ability to put grins on faces and set toes tapping is the mark of a modern show that knows how to please its audience.
This week we have stories, advice and information from Bat Out of Hell's three leading ladies of the Steinman musical: Sharon Sexton, Christina Bennington and Danielle Steers...
Overall, this is a lovely summer treat at the Open Air Theatre, working well in the context of its surroundings of Regent's Park. Hilarious, touching and well worth a visit.
The Lehman Trilogy is a substantial achievement, a beautifully balanced depiction of the role of one family in a much wider history of America.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Heart-warming and bursting with pop songs, The Band perfectly captures teenage fandom as Take That's songs shine in this brand new musical.
If I have learned anything in my six years with Mountview, and four years of that conceiving, championing and teaching the MA in Creative Producing, it is that the title "creative producer" …
Jonathan Bailey will play Jamie (originally written as the female character, Amy) and Alex Gaumond will play his devoted fiancée Paul in Marianne Elliott's new production of George Furth an…
The creators of It Happened in Key West musicalise, romanticise and excuse the central character's behaviour with the sentiment, 'it's ok because he was in love with her'.
So if this period of American history doesn't potentially have a wide appeal, in the first instance, and the context is a major British loss… Why is Hamilton so popular and so relevant to …
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Rebecca Truman's book. Part confession, part auto-narration, not unlike Nell Stroud's Josser, it gives a very personal insight into our aerial profession " the g…
The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast for the UK premiere of Clare Barron's new play Dance Nation, directed by Bijan Sheibani (running from 27 August to 6 October, with a press nig…
We're counting down to the long-overdue West End premiere of William Gibson's 1958 Broadway hit Two for the Seesaw, which starts performances at Trafalgar Studios 2 care of Buckland Theatre …
This really is a delightful revival of classic show Me and My Girl " next stop the West End? I think or rather I believe it so.
Blue Tights is funny, with well-observed comments, but its greatest strength is its emotional honesty and its overall message regarding how much latitude we give other people to affect how w…
If It Happened in Key West had been treated more like a gothic musical (which quite a few of the songs hinted at) about grief, love and loss it would have been stronger. But as it is by addi…
Notwithstanding high expectations, together with The King & I's difficult issues that are made even more complex in a modern world of evolving values, this transfer of the 2015 Broadway…
While Knights of the Rose show is definitely entertaining and boasts a fantastic cast and band, it needs to take a breath and lighten up so as to embrace the cheesiness that it so obviously …
It was the midnight of the 20th century, the day in 1942 when 15 Nazi bureaucrats met in the Wannsee suburb of Berlin to coordinate the "Final Solution to the Jewish Problem" " murder on an …