The moment Company opened younger audiences who had never seen it before similarly lamented that it could ever have been done with a man. 'But it's a woman's story'. And for 2018 it is. It c…
If Isley Lynn's Skin A Cat teaches us anything it's to be bold in talking about everything about sex, especially for women.
Eugenius! manages that perfect balance of pop music and musical theatre- storytelling through song but with an infectious and catchy side.
Allan Neve's play is an exploration of a father-daughter life over the decades. Starting when daughter Lucy (Georgia Theodoulou) comes home to look after her father Charlie (Keiron Self), a …
This reading of The Destiny of Me was a rare (especially for a Brit) opportunity to see this rarely performed play. The fact Kramer has done re-writes gives me hope there will be a productio…
I like to spend time unpacking a play and in particular the writing a little more. So here is my not-review of Brad Birch's new play Tremor at the Sherman Theatre.
What the discussion about Julius Caesar led me to conclude was that in fact, the best thing about this production was that it offered you a choice. A means to experience this semi-immersive …
I was the first one to declare how much I hated the idea of using existing pop music for a 'new' musical. I was certain that Mamma Mia! would not last long and I'd pick up some deeply discou…
Here it is a list of the 10 shows that for various reasons made a mark in 2017.
This was my last theatre outing of the year, and what a way to end a year. Everyone should be talking about Jamie if they aren't already.
The Bridge Theatre is a lovely new toy for theatreland. Firstly, its location is spectacular - the views of London are glorious and next summer it will make for many a delightful pre-theatre…
The idea of music existing "between the notes" seems to be the best description of Heisenberg. A bit like the principle from which it takes its name, that you cannot view a thing and observe…
It's a rare play that gets both into your head and under your skin. Watching The Busy World is Hushed sends both a mind reeling trying to keep up with the ideas and questions posed by the ch…
It's all exciting, and has the potential, we already know, to produce exciting work. A company that is starting with a new Simon Stephens play starring Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham is…
It seems everyone has a first memory of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Mine, in typical style is mildly embarrassing and reveals me to be the uncultured swine I so often am. It was my third yea…
Almost a week ago now, Prior Walter bid the Lyttleton theatre 'More Life' one last time. Twenty-four years earlier it had opened next door in the Cottesloe. And some 14 or so years earlier t…
I love a bells and whistles musical as much as the next person. But the true magic of musical theatre is in the musical storytelling magic that sometimes if we're really lucky, happens. As m…
There's some arguments that come around and you think 'really? we're still talking about this?' but also you're not really surprised.So when it was annoucned Tom Hiddleston…
First a note, I know it's been wall to wall Angels here and for those who follow me on social media/know me in real life. But I've loved this play for 14 years.
I'm happy to report there were no 'Apes in America' this time around, and aside from momentary sound glitches there were no technical issues until the very end...where for about 20 seconds s…
I really enjoyed the NT Live screening of Angels in America. I particularly liked the way they did the CGI Apes, and the jungle was really realistic and I'm not one for CGI usually.Confused?…
I spoke about Rent fans, and how they were a trailblazing 'fandom' for the newer models of fandom we see in theatre today (Subtitle: sorry Hamilton you didn't invent it) but also about the o…
The thing that swung this production, aside from the fantastic writer that is Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, and a great cast including Colin Morgan, was the news that the Hampstead had sealed bits…
Richard Tunley has directed an energetic production that walks the line between tribute and mimicry well for the iconic roles. The influences of the original Python roles are all there, but …
"History is about the crack wide open" warns the Angels to Prior Walter. And history, of Reagan, 80s America and AIDS is certainly on show for all to see in the revival of Angels in America.…