The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Donmar Warehouse 4 June 2018 – 28 July 2018 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Review 2018 marks the 100th year anniversary of the birth of the novelist Muriel Sparks, in David Harrower’s adaptation, the Donmar is transformed into the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, the Scottish private […]
ELIXIR Underbelly Festival until 23rd June Elixir “You can tag us as Head First Acrobats….or Best Show Ever?….” A bold request at the end of a show, but for me, it is certainly a strong contender for such an accolade. Showing at the South Bank’s Underbelly Festival (didn’t it used to be Udderbelly? […]
Legally Blonde Theatre Royal Brighton 12 – 16 June 2018 Legally Blonde Nearing the end of its UK and Ireland Tour, Legally Blonde, opened at Brighton’s Theatre Royal on Monday 11th June 2018 to a nearly sold out audience. The show holds true to the film with the addition of some fantastic songs such as; […]
Killer Joe Trafalgar Studios, Until 18 August Killer Joe Tracy Letts’ 1993 play involves a truly dysfunctional Texan family of father Ansel (Steffan Rhodri), son Chris (Adam Gillen), sister Dottie (Sophie Cookson) and stepmother Sharla (Neve McIntosh). Chris is in danger after clocking up a major drug debt and he and Ansel cook up […]
My name is Lucy Barton Bridge Theatre Booking until 23rd June 2018 God bless the Bridge Theatre. Since its arrival on the scene, it’s been the home of pioneering, groundbreaking exciting work, from the wisecracking Young Marx through to the rule-breaking Julius Caesar – and if My Name is Lucy Barton is anything to go […]
Consent Harold Pinter Theatre Booking until 11 August 2018 CONSENT Following it’s 2017 critically acclaimed sell-out run at the National Theatre, Nina Raine’s hard-hitting and feisty drama Consent has recently opened at The Harold Pinter Theatre. A powerful drama about the difference between rape and consensual sex is even more topical in the wake of the #metoo […]
Crazy for You Theatre Royal Brighton 29th May – 2nd June 2018 Crazy for You The UK tour of Gershwin musical Crazy for You has reached its Brighton leg from 29 May- 2 June 2018. The famous show was written in 1930, being called Girl Crazy, and as with any musical of that era, the expectations […]
Great Expectations Churchill Theatre, Bromley 29th May – 2nd June 2018 Great Expectations Confession time: I have never seen Great Expectations. I have never read Great Expectations. I have seen over 30 performances of a Christmas Carol, and about 5 versions of Oliver, so I know my fair share of popular Dickens, but […]
Into the Woods The Cockpit Wednesday 23 May – Sunday 24 June 2018 Into the Woods is a fantastic musical written by Stephen Sondheim based on fairy-tales we all know and love. Beloved stories such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack & The Beanstalk are fused together to create a new […]
The Exploded Circus Pavilion Theatre Worthing 18 – 20 May 2018 “I haven’t seen this sort of thing in a long time” …my audience-neighbour tells me as the lights go down, and I must confess, I hadn’t seen this sort of thing ever. But if you too have yet to experience the delight of contemporary […]
