On Stage at Wyndham’s Theatre – Life of Pi by Yann Martel It’s always a challenge to see a book you have loved taken on stage or translated to film. And, Life of Pi is a book I read from cover to cover without a break with a story that gripped me. After a cargo […]
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Review
The Showstoppers are on Shaftsbury Avenue for a five-month residency, five shows you can’t miss! If you’re not familiar, The Showstoppers are a group of Olivier Award-winning improv specialists that produce ‘one-night-only musical extravaganzas’. They’ve been an Edinburgh Festival must-see for over 12 years and with more than 1000 performances to their name, The Showstoppers […]
&Juliet – Review
Beyond Shakespeare – & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre & Juliet is celebrating its second anniversary in the West End. It has been wowing audiences since it first opened in November 2019, going on to receive nine nominations for the Laurence Oliver Awards. This fresh and joyous musical directed by Luke Sheppard is a witty […]
Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle -Theatre of Sound – Review
Theatre of Sound radically retells Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle Theatre of Sound is a new opera company that aims to place audiences at the heart of unique and immersive 360 opera experiences. It launched on November 4th with a brand new and intimate production of Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartók presented in partnership with arts organisation […]
The Shark is Broken – Ambassadors Theatre – Review
The Play about The Film – The Shark is Broken *stop press – run now extended – The Shark is Broken is now booking through to 13 February 2022 – stop press* Based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel, Jaws is one of those films that is embedded in our collective consciousness. Trips to the seaside […]
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical – review
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical opens in the West End Bob Marley is both a pop culture icon and an embodiment of the spirit of Jamaica. The dreadlocked global superstar was not only famous for his unique sound and for trailblazing the reggae genre, in which he fused ska and rocksteady, but […]
Tried and Tested Christmas Shows for 2019
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 […]