‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Hampstead Theatre – Review
So what the hell did I just see? A musical about someone dying with a terminal illness. And I don’t mean using woad while on life support. Although actually, if it had been, I’d’ve watched it too with this cast! This show is bloody marvellous. There. I’ve said it. The talent on stage is frankly […]
‘Orphans’ Jermyn Street Theatre – Review
Ok. I’m not a fan of English actors doing American accents. It’s usually kinda weird sounding. Who knows, one day it may be as unacceptable as me doing a Chinese one. Not for PC reasons of course, more because we’re usually crap at America. Anyway, these chaps do the American thing. And you know? Just […]
‘The Rover’ The Old Red Lion – Review
Reading Restoration comedy can be fun. It can also be a bit not fun. Think Centlivre and Pix. There, I said it. So I never got around to Aphra Behn, deciding instead to wait for a performance. You can wait a while for these damn buses! Anyway, The Old Red Lion Theatre has teamed up […]
‘Farm Hall’ Theatre Royal Haymarket – Review
Ok. Let’s start with the points. Five stars. Here’s why. This is a transfer of a debut script by Katherine Moar from our smallest West End theatre to one of the most majestic main houses in Town, namely Theatre Royal, Haymarket. How often does that happen? Jermyn Street Theatre is literally punching so far above […]
‘Dorian: The Musical’ Southwark Playhouse – Review
There was a time, way back, when being gay was positively dangerous. Trust me, I’m old enough to remember. Today, being gay is yesterday’s news; today danger lies instead in seizing the wrong pronoun. Progress. So a gender fluid musical has gotta go some to be noticed in a world where compassion and humanity take […]
‘Laughing Boy’ Jermyn Street Theatre – Review
Outstanding, put simply. Book. Go, see it. Five stars. Or you can read the rest of this, and a few other reviews, linked below. And find it’s sold out. Up to you. Stella Powell-Jones and David Doyle continue to raise the bar, already set high for Jermyn Street Theatre by Tom Littler (late of this […]
‘Makeshifts & Realities’ Finborough Theatre – Review
I know, right? Another four star threesome. At my age! Funny to think that way back in the 1900’s, the drudgery of everyday spinsterism was made bearable by fantasies of escape at the rough hand of rogues and spivs! Who knew then that people even today would seek diversion from the dull hand they have […]
‘Jules & Jim’ and ‘The Retreat’ – a couple of threesomes.
Two threesomes in one week. I guess I’ve still got it. I’m talking about Jules & Jim at The Jermyn Street Theatre and The Retreat at The Finborough. Jules & Jim is based on Henri-Pierre Roché’s eponymous book behind the Truffaut film of the same name. This take is written by the UK’s very own […]
‘But I’m a Cheerleader!’ Turbine Theatre – Review
Funny couple of days. Went to the Harrow Choir concert the other night. New choir master Sam Evans squeezed magic from voices for an audience of rather old people. And I mean old! Yep – even older than me. And I’m old. (In the old days I wasn’t, but I guess they caught up). And […]
The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Rose Theatre (Upcoming)
FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR The Caucasian Chalk Circle AT ROSE THEATRE OPENING THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER 2022 Somethin’ says this should be good! CAST Carrie Hope Fletcher Carrie Hope Fletcher is an actress, author and vlogger. Theatre includes: Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (Gillian Lynne); Fantine in Les Misérables: The Concert (Gielgud); Veronica in Heathers […]