Back to the ’90s… A snapshot of a groundbreaking era in Britain – and for anyone who grew up at the time, a trip down memory lane – Education Education Education is set during the heady days of May 1997, when the early Blair administration set out with so much promise… Complete with iconic 90’s […]
RSC at the Barbican – Preview
Looking forward to Autumn with the RSC at the Barbican. The summer season of the Royal Shakespeare Company transfers from Stratford-Upon-Avon and opens at the Barbican Theatre on 26 October 2019. The RSC at the Barbican season comprises three of Shakespeare’s plays and features 27 actors each of whom appears across two of the three […]
Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre
‘Welcome to the Rock!’ Come From Away is a life-affirming tale; a true story of generosity, kindness and an indomitable human spirit. On the morning of September 11th 2001, as a bewildered world tried to comprehend what was happening, air-traffic controllers in New York and Washington diverted 38 inbound passenger planes away from the terror, […]
Rosmersholm – a play for our time
Duncan MacMillan’s Adaption of Ibsen’s Rosmersholm. On my way to a performance of Rosmersholm, I stopped off at my local polling station to cast a vote in the European Elections. There could be fewer more appropriate evenings to view this powerful play that wrestles with politics, the role of the press, universal suffrage, ideology, religion […]
The Lehman Trilogy at The Piccadilly Theatre – Review
Sam Mendes’ Production of the Lehman Trilogy. The Lehman Trilogy started life at the National Theatre last summer and has justifiably made its way to the West End’s Piccadilly Theatre – where it is guaranteed to continue its enormous success. It’s not often I can engage in three and a half hours of narrative about […]
Hats Heels & Horses at The London Cabaret Club
A quintessentially British night out at the London Cabaret Club. With British Summertime in full bloom and the party season upon us, why not try something very special indeed… The London Cabaret Club is a unique entertainment concept, the creation of co-founders Evelina Girling and Doni Fierro, brilliantly combining fine dining and innovative live cabaret […]
Anna at the National Theatre
A Tech – Savvy Spy Thriller – Anna by Ella Hickson. The National Theatre has done it again, challenging theatrical expectations and conventions with the intelligent Cold War spy thriller, Anna – an innovative collaboration between writer Ella Hickson and talented sound-designers Ben and Max Ringham, slickly directed by Natalie Abrahami. Vicki Mortimer’s elegant modernist […]
Fanny and Stella – At Above The Stag – Review
A Truly Shocking Tale Fanny & Stella is the latest show to open at Vauxhall’s Above the Stag, an Off-West End theatre on the Albert Embankment which focuses on producing LGBT-themed shows. It’s an intimate venue underneath the arches, with a remarkably capacious theatre, a friendly, comfortable bar and foyer area – and the authentic […]
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 […]
Small Island at the National Theatre – Review
Andrea Levy’s epic story, Small Island, comes to life on the Olivier stage. The Olivier’s sweeping stage is the perfect setting for Rufus Norris’s latest production at the National Theatre. Andrea Levy’s much-loved, award-winning 2004 novel about Jamaica’s Windrush generation has been brilliantly adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson. Tragically Levy died in February […]