Tag: West End

★★★★★A Fine Romance

By thepeg on August 22, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Simon Ward reviews Shifters at the Duke of York’s Theatre After a sellout run at the Bush Theatre earlier this year, Congolese-British playwright Benedict Lombe’s second play, Shifters has triumphantly transferred to the West End. As regular readers will know, the Peg seldom finds itself in the rarefied […]

A Transcendent Revival ★★★★★

By thepeg on November 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Simon Ward reviews An Inspector Calls at the Playhouse Theatre When Stephen Daldry blasted himself onto the scene with his reimagining of this JB Priestley warhorse in 1992, I was among the small band of naysayers who found his production alienating and unconvincing. Twenty-four years later, I am […]