Theatre, Ballet and Cabaret – our pick of what’s on in London for Christmas 2019. Still looking for some entertainment for the festive season this year? Here are a few of the shows we’ve seen and rate. From ballet to musicals – and a few options for those of you who really don’t want to […]
Noises Off at the Garrick, London West End
Michael Frayn’s unbeatable comedy at the Garrick Theatre Bursting back on to West End stage with all the fizz of a Barrett’s sherbet fountain the Lyric Hammersmith’s sellout revival of Noises Off, Michael Frayn’s classic farce, is the perfect antidote to political gloom and damp autumn evenings. First premiering at the Lyric in 1982, Jeremy […]
Werther at The Royal Opera House – Review
Sturm und Drang at the Royal Opera House with Werther. Goethe’s novel of letters ‘Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers’ (The Sorrows of Young Werther) is a classic example of the German ‘Sturm und Drang’ (storm and drive) movement that foregrounded a character’s turbulent emotional inner life and their often violent subsequent actions driven by feeling […]
Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera House
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 […]
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Apollo Theatre
Here’s why Everybody’s Talking about Jamie. Jamie’s been on my radar for some time now, so I was delighted to finally get along and see for myself what Everybody’s Been Talking About! I took my daughter as I thought it might be rather up her street (she is completely consumed with watching Netflix’s ‘RuPaul’s Drag […]
WAITRESS at the Aldephi Theatre – Review
Broadway musical WAITRESS hits London’s West End: On the eve of International Women’s Day, it was refreshing to see WAITRESS, a musical with such a strong all-female-led creative team light up the West End stage. Along with the writer, director, composer, musical director and choreographer, the show also boasts three women in its lead roles. […]
Burger and Lobster Leicester Square – Review
Burger and Lobster: Hailing from the same group as the Goodman steak Restaurants and Zelman Meats, Burger and Lobster feels as if has been around forever. I remember the excitement surrounding the opening of the original Mayfair branch of Burger and Lobster a few years ago. It was the place to be seen and we are all […]
Review – Arthur Miller The Price, Wyndham’s Theatre
The Price by Arthur Miller – London West End Arthur Miller’s 1968 play The Price is the story of two estranged brothers and how their underlying conflicts play out as they try to sell off their late father’s chattels 16 years after his death. Miller mines his own experience as the son of a businessman who lost […]
Caroline, or Change at London’s Playhouse Theatre
Caroline, or Change comes to London’s West End… Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s 2003 musical has been on my must-see list for some time. Michael Longhurst’s production started life at Hampstead Theatre, moving to Chichester and now making a very welcome transfer to the Playhouse in London’s West End. This wonderfully original and quirky production takes […]
Champagne Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Afternoon Tea Review – One Aldwych, London
Oh So Scrumdiddlyumptious – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tea: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has long been one of my favourite childhood books, and I brought my children up on a firm diet of Roald Dahl stories with Charlie always coming out tops. Johnny Depp’s quirky interpretation of Willy Wonka in the 2005 movie has […]