The Girl on the Train | Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

The Girl on the Train Chichester Festival Theatre Tuesday 25 February – Saturday 1 March 2025 Director: Loveday Ingram Adapted for stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel It seems almost unbelievable that it’s 10 years since Paula Hawkins’ unique Read More …

Dracula | Blackeyed Theatre Company | National Tour | Review

DraculaBlackeyed Theatre CompanyConnaught Theatre, Worthing Directed by Nick Lane Original novel by Bram Stoker, written and adapted for the stage by Nick Lane ‘There are such beings as vampires’ This is the opening line from the brand new adaptation of Read More …

The Tempest | Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Review

The Tempest Theatre Royal Drury Lane The Jamie Lloyd Company For many years the stunning Theatre Royal Drury Lane has been the home of extravagant flashy musicals and so it is wonderful that after over 60 years, director Jamie Lloyd Read More …

1984 | National Tour | Review

1984 Theatre Royal, Brighton Until Sat 2nd November (then continues on tour) 1984 is a dystopian novel and the final book completed in the lifetime of George Orwell. It centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repression of Read More …

Why Am I So Single? | Garrick Theatre | Review

Why Am I So Single? Garrick Theatre, London After just over SIX years since the world premiere of their first hit musical at the Edinburgh Fringe, comes Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ highly anticipated new production ‘Why Am I So Single?’, premiering Read More …

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | National Tour | Review

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Hawth, Crawley 20th – 25th August 2024 Directed by Thom Southerland Many beloved family films are now being adapted into musicals for the stage. The latest reincarnation is the 1968 MGM film Chitty Chitty Bang Read More …

Coram Boy | Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

Coram Boy Chichester Festival Theatre Following on from the Tudor period, Chichester Festival Theatre’s 2024 Festival has now reached the Eighteenth century with Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning novel Coram Boy.  Anna Ledwich returns to Chichester to direct Read More …

2:22 A Ghost Story | Tour | Review

2:22 A Ghost Story Theatre Royal Brighton Whatever your view on the existence of ghosts, things that go bump in the night have proved lucrative for writer/broadcaster Danny Robins of late: a successful podcast that’s now been adapted for television, Read More …

Rock Follies | Minerva Theatre, Chichester | Review

Rock Follies Minerva Theatre, Chichester August 2023 During the 1970s, an era when the nation’s TV viewing was split between a mere three channels, a show spanning only 12 episodes over the period of two years became a television classic. Read More …