Don Giovanni – a Classic Revisited OK, perhaps you’ve seen Amadeus? You know at least SOME of the music in Don Giovanni then; for instance the scene when the seducer Don Giovanni is invited to dinner by the man he’d killed earlier in the show and a statue comes to life on stage. I’ve always […]
A Doll’s House – Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
A Doll’s House – Ibsen’s protofeminist classic As a resident West Londoner, the Lyric Hammersmith has long been on my radar, I even worked there as a barmaid whilst studying at drama school! New artistic director Rachel O’Riordan has given the theatre a new lease of life, opening her first season with an assured and […]
Birmingham Royal Ballet – in London, Birmingham and Beyond
Classical and Contemporary Ballet from the UK’s leading Touring Ballet Company: We’re looking forward to what the BRB themselves are describing as a ‘Bridge Season’. In January 2020, Carlos Acosta, widely regarded as the greatest male dancer of his generation and, in many people’s eyes, one of the greatest dancers of all time, takes up […]
Hats Heels and Horses at The London Cabaret Club – Review
The London Cabaret Club If you’re in the mood for a proper old-school night out, then it’s time to get your glad rags on and head down to The Bloomsbury Ballroom, a beautiful art deco venue in Holborn that is home to The London Cabaret Club. We went along to see Hats Heels and Horses, […]
Hansard at the National’s Lyttelton Theatre – Review
When politics becomes personal Just over 30 years ago Margaret Thatcher’s government introduced the homophobic law Section 28, which stipulated that local authorities must not ‘promote homosexuality’ or promote ‘the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’. In the 1980s schools were not often places of comfort in which to explore and understand who […]
THE SECRET RIVER at the Olivier Theatre – Review
Kate Grenville’s ‘The Secret River’ opens at The National Theatre. The Sydney Theatre Company multi-award-winning production of Kate Grenville’s The Secret River has just opened at the National’s Olivier Theatre. It’s a drama that exposes the tensions between the original convict settlers in Australia and the indigenous First Nations population. Just before the play began director Neil Armfield came to the […]
The National Theatre Autumn/Winter 2019 Season Preview
Southbank London – What’s on at the National Theatre Here at London Unattached, we love the National Theatre and the contribution it makes to London being acknowledged as the global centre for performing arts. This year for its autumn/winter season the NT has announced a hugely diverse and exciting programme of 15 productions of new […]
Tree at the Young Vic
Tree – a moving tale of South Africa today. Tree, recently opened at the Young Vic in London, is a 90-minute journey into South Africa’s violent past told through a family story of heartbreak and loss. Through the medium of acting, dance and music, it is a pulsating, joyous production yet lays bare the gaping […]
Barber Shop Chronicles – Review
The Roundhouse, Camden – Barber Shop Chronicles: A night out at London’s Roundhouse is always out of the ordinary. With a history as a music and theatre venue, the performances I have attended in the past have all been memorable. Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles premiered at the National Theatre in 2017, after which it […]
The National Theatre’s Peter Pan opens at Troubadour White City Theatre
Peter Pan at Troubadour White City. The face of White City has changed over the past few years. The latest addition to this exciting new development is Troubadour White City Theatre, which opens in White City Place, in the former BBC Media Village in West London this summer. Troubadour Theatres specialises in the creation of […]