Otello – Chilling and Convincing Production of Verdi’s penultimate opera. Despite originally being set at the end of the fifteenth century, this production resonates with contemporary themes. Otello, based on Shakespeare’s Othello, is perhaps one of Verdi’s greatest interpretations of the Bard’s, plays. In Verdi’s own words “the great searcher of the human heart”, was the […]
I Wanna Be Yours – Bush Theatre Studio – Review
Love in the present climate. I Wanna Be Yours, the Bush Theatre’s latest production in their studio theatre is a pure delight. This captivating co-production from Tamasha and Paines Plough is a remarkably funny and touching exploration of love in the present climate. Beautifully written by North Londoner Zia Ahmed who is part of the […]
The Wolf of Wall Street – Review
The Wolf of Wall Street Comes to the City. Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street is one of the most iconic movies of the 21st century. The autobiographical tale tells the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort’s rampage through the financial markets in the 1980s and the rise and fall of his firm, Stratton Oakmont. It’s a […]
The Arrival – Bush Theatre – Review
Worlds Apart – The Arrival. The Bush Theatre is on roll with new artistic director Lynette Linton’s inspired new season. Their latest production The Arrival, written and directed by Olivier Award-winning director Bijan Sheibani (Barber Shop Chronicles, The Brothers Size) is a moving portrayal of family, loss, discovery, and belonging. This beautifully staged play tells […]
White Christmas the Musical at the Dominion Theatre
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas comes to London. If you’re a bit of a sucker for Christmas and all things white and fluffy then Nikolai Foster’s production of White Christmas, which has just opened at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End for the festive season, might be just up your street. Irving Berlin’s 1954 classic […]
Cinderella – Lyric Hammersmith
A thoroughly modern Pantomine – Cinderella The Lyric Hammersmith has been keeping up the festive tradition for the past 11 years now, arguably producing one of London’s edgiest pantomimes. Last year’s winning team, director Tinuke Craig and writer Jude Christian return with their bang up to date take on the age-old fairy tale Cinderella that […]
Benjamin Britten’s ‘Death in Venice’ at The Royal Opera – Review
David McVicar’s Triumphant ‘Death in Venice’ at The Royal Opera. Director David McVicar’s take on Britten’s Death in Venice has just opened at the Royal Opera House; it’s the first of two Britten operas performed in the 2019/20 Season as part of The Royal Opera’s ongoing Britten cycle. The story follows widowed writer Gustav von Aschenbach’s descent […]
Measure For Measure – RSC at The Barbican – Review
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is food for thought. Measure For Measure is the third production in the RSC’s 2019 winter season at the Barbican theatre. One of Shakespeare’s comedies, it is a difficult play, known as one of Shakespeare’s three ‘problem plays’ – the other two being Troilus and Cressida and All’s Well That Ends […]
Touching the Void at the Duke Of York Theatre
Touching the Void – Reaching new peaks. The theatre has reached thrilling new heights in Tom Morris’ extraordinary production of Joe Simpson’s 1988 best-selling memoir Touching The Void. David Greig’s stage adaptation of the book has just opened in London’s West End, after first airing at the Bristol Old Vic, and going on to do […]
The Taming Of The Shrew – RSC At The Barbican – Review
The RSC – Taming of the Shrew Autumn 2019. Justin Audibert’s gender-swapping production of The Taming of The Shrew for the RSC has just landed at The Barbican Theatre having recently transferred from Stratford. Audibert flips the gender politics of the original staging the play with a rollicking Elizabethan flourish that brings this ‘difficult to stage’ […]