Month: February 2024

This is a very special piece of theatre, performed by an extremely talented cast with passion and vigour. Writer and performer, Chloe Wade with support from her mentor Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Emilia, The Wasp) has created a multi-media theatrical play that is the moment. Tackling the subject of misogyny, sexism, sexual assault, body shaming and the… Continue reading As SHE Likes It at Greenwich Theatre | Review

Paul Bogaev is a big man with a big personality. He’s an arranger, musical director, conductor, and composer and is also the winner of an Emmy and a Grammy and he’s been nominated for a Tony. He’s worked with everyone from Elton John to Barbra Streisand and lots more in between. Currently, he’s the Musical… Continue reading No Surrender – Upstairs at The Gatehouse – Review

When there are jukebox shows like Mamma Mia! and Jersey Boys setting the standard, combining a decent storyline and some equally decent songs, it’s more than a tad disappointing to come across something with a plot that is frankly bizarre. The story fits around the musical numbers, with the show seemingly revelling in how convoluted and contrived it is.… Continue reading I Should Be So Lucky at New Wimbledon Theatre | Review

As the longest January on record is at last ending and the days seem to be finally getting longer, it’s time to head into the West End for something rather different for me. Instead of my usual, nicely placed seat in front of a stage, I set my sights on Trafalgar Square and the wonderful… Continue reading Life: A spectacular sound and light experience at St Martin-in-the-Fields

I suppose it’s not surprising that anyone who would be happy for their Instagram posts to be displayed in front of an audience is a) unlikely to have anything beyond ridiculous or incriminating on there, and b) also happy to answer questions from the cast about the context of their online content, with some contributors… Continue reading Instaprov at the Hen and Chickens Theatre | Review

The King and I was first performed on Broadway in March 1951 and has been playing somewhere ever since. It’s based on what for years was thought to be the true story of an English widow, Anna Leonowens, who goes to Siam (now Thailand) to be the governess to the many children of King Mongkut. However… Continue reading The King and I at the Dominion Theatre | Review

There are various problems with families. First, they know each other too well, and second, on the whole, they can never get away from each other. Any resentments or feuds can go on for years, often simmering under the surface until someone lights the blue touchpaper – usually at a family function – and then… Continue reading Till the Stars Come Down at the Dorfman Theatre

A day can be a long time in politics these days, let alone a week, let alone the amount of time it took for this show to get from first draft to full production, a point acknowledged by the production team, which keeps in at least one quip about a former Cabinet minister. As it… Continue reading A Proper Working-Class Sausage Roll at The Bread & Roses Theatre

Past present and future come together to warn us of our impending doom in a remarkably funny piece about climate, feminism and intimacy. This new play by Flora Wilson Brown might not leave you hopeful by the end, but is a nicely told piece of theatre. Split across three different periods, from pre-civil war New… Continue reading The Beautiful Future Is Coming at Jermyn Street Theatre | Review

It’s set in America. It naturally follows there are guns: it’s their right to bear arms, y’see. The Bronco Billy of the show’s title (Tarinn Callender) heads up a troupe (his choice of word) that bears his own name and is themed around the Wild West, but – spoiler alert – none of them could… Continue reading Bronco Billy The Musical at Charing Cross Theatre