Charlotte Pegram reviews A Year From Now at Vaults Festival 2016 wasn’t a particularly great year for most of us, so Red Belly Black Theatre Company have interviewed a host of participants to find out where they see themselves in a year from now, with the intention of […]
Simon Ward reviews Dirty Great Love Story at The Arts Theatre This is a joy from start to finish. From the moment Richard (Felix Scott) and Katie (Ayesha Antoine) amble on before the show to subtly remind us to turn off our mobile phones (or at least airplane […]
Paul Caira reviews Death Takes a Holiday at Charing Cross Theatre There is no reason not to like this show. It is a well-written, well-staged, expertly-performed adaptation of an Italian play by Alberto Casella, turned, with characteristic aplomb, into a musical by Thomas Meehan, who seems to have […]
Sam Lewes reviews Promises Promises at Southwark Playhouse Despite an occasional lack of polish, this adaptation of Billy Wilder’s 1960 film ‘The Apartment’ hits most of the right notes. Gabriel Vick stars as Chuck Baxter, a self proclaimed ambitious and resourceful employee at the bottom of the corporate […]
Simon Ward reviews The Doppel Gang at Tristan Bates Theatre A word about the venue: it is tiny, hiding in plain sight in the heart of Theatreland, around the corner from The Mousetrap and within spitting distance of The Cursed Child. I had certainly never noticed it before. […]
Charlotte Pegram checks out the opening night of The London Jam at Wilton’s Music Hall A week of improvised theatre is happening at the wonderful Wilton’s Music Hall. It’s all roughly planned out in advance though, isn’t it? No. Honestly, it isn’t. From an improvised Ibsen play for […]
Mark Hil reviews BU21 at Trafalgar Studios BU21 follows the survivors of a terrorist attack in London and explores the ways they each cope with the aftermath. The play opens with a caustic account of how the endless misery of the evening news has rendered people disconnected and […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews The Kite Runner at Wyndham’s Theatre A heartrending story of a childhood friendship and a lifetime of trying to make amends. Khalid Hosseini’s best selling novel is adapted for the stage by Matthew Spangler, and the script remains loyal to the original narrative, producing a faithful […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus at Finborough Theatre The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus hasn’t been seen on a UK stage for nearly 30 years, which is both sad and ironic. Written by Tony Harrison as a way of reinstating the satyr play (the comedy which is meant […]
Harriet Bignell reviews O’ Come All Ye Divas at Charing Cross Theatre From golden oldies like Barbra Streisand and Shirley Bassey to more modern divas like Adele and Lily Allen, Christina Bianco takes them all on in her performance of festive classics. Although an American YouTube sensation, Christina Bianco doesn’t […]
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