Orson’s Shadow | Southwark Playhouse | Review

Southwark Playhouse | until July 25th 2015. Austin Pendleton’s play Orson’s Shadow is a fictional account of when theatre critic Kenneth Tynan suggests that his friend Orson Welles revitalise his failing career by directing Laurence Olivier and his mistress Joan Read More …

The Dreamers | St James Theatre | Review

The Dreamers

Running at the lovely St James’ Theatre in London until July 11th is a new musical set at the beginning of World War I called ‘The Dreamers’. It is the story of ordinary men, woman and children and how their Read More …

Hairspray | Tour | Cast Details

HAIRSPRAY is set to open at  the Curve Theatre Leicester on 9th September before embarking on a 40 week nationwide tour. It’s Baltimore 1962, where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a Read More …

Flare Path | Tour

National Tour Terence Rattigan’s Epic wartime romance Flare Path directed by Justin Audibert   Set in 1942 against a backdrop of heartache and quiet bravery, FLARE PATH tells the story of former actress Patricia, the wife of RAF pilot Teddy, Read More …

Bend It Like Beckham | Phoenix Theatre | Review

I saw Bend it like Beckham at the Phoenix theatre early in it’s previews therefore I have been sitting on this review for a while, partly because it is bad form to publish a review before press night also because Read More …

Table Manners | Tour | Review

Last night I took another visit to The Capitol Horsham to see Table Manners which is the first in a trilogy of plays by Alan Ayckbourn set over a tense family weekend in the country. Each of the plays depicts Read More …

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Booking until 4th June 2016 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory   Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has quickly become one of the West End’s most popular and successful stage musicals. It won two Read More …

News: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory starts 3rd Golden Year.

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THIRD CAST MARKS START OF THIRD GOLDEN YEAR IN THE WEST END The award-winning West End production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Mendes, will mark its second anniversary tonight Read More …