Writer Maureen Lennon (Guts! The Musical) has joined forces with singer-songwriter Billy Nomates (aka Tor Maries) to create Mary and the Hyenas, riotous musical drama celebrating Wollstonecraft’s life and untimely death.
The Habits – Jack Bradfield – Hampstead Theatre
What happens when your fantasy self and your real self merge? Can fantasy protect us from painful realities that we are having to face? Can fantasy be used as a mechanism for processing loss? These are but some of the questions raised in a powerful and very entertaining new play, The Habits, written by playwright, Jack Bradfield, and having its premier at Hampstead Downstairs.
The Magic Flute – Wilton’s Music Hall
This Magic Flute is a production well worth seeking out—breathing exhilarating new life into a cherished classic with wit, invention, and undeniable theatrical flair.
East is South at Hampstead Theatre
A thoughtful questions about humanity’s place in a world changed by AI, but lacking the drama of classic sci-fi.
Animal Farm, Snouts in the Trough, Stratford East
Every aspect of this production of Animal Farm, from acting, sets, costumes, lights, sound etc etc was excellent. It’s a shame it’s only on at Stratford East for three more weeks, but the show will move on to Leeds and Nottingham Playhouses in the rest of March and April. Animal Farm is intelligent and packs an emotional punch from beginning to end. A stampede for tickets is in order!
Piaf Revisited, Christine Bovill
The iconic French singer, Edith Piaf, never performed in the United Kingdom. However, if she had, Wilton’s Music Hall would have been a fitting venue. Within these peeling walls, Scottish singer Christine Bovill channels the ego of The Little Sparrow to great effect.
The Maids, Jermyn Street Theatre
In its restrictive space, where even the toilet entrance is eccentrically on the stage itself, Jermyn Street Theatre is a highly suitable space to put on Jean Genet’s The Maids.
Bette and Joan, Park Theatre, Finsbury Park
To paraphrase Sunset Boulevard’s Norma Desmond, “I am big. It’s the pictures that got smaller,” Bette and Joan could do with a bigger stage so more people can enjoy this wonderful show.