Once again, the team at Theatre South East have had the privilege of reviewing many shows during 2024! If you have invited us along to your production, thank you very much! We are sorry that we couldn’t attend everything but we have done our best to attend a wide variety of productions.
Our reviewers have recently been asked about their favourite production of 2024 and these are their choices. At Theatre South East we remember that theatre is subjective and what one person may love another may not. We hope to give a flavour of the productions we see.
Another great year of theatre!
Why am I so Single?
Garrick Theatre, London
A refreshing take on the age-old question of love and companionship.
Read the review by Asalie Balasuriya and Sophie Rose
Read more of Asalie and Sophie’s Reviews
Viola’s Room
Woolwich East London
Viola’s Room had a mesmerizingly poetic beauty to it, which sucked you in with no hesitation and threw you in every wild direction like a puppet master
Read the review by Charlie O’Neill
Read more of Charlie’s Reviews
The Promise
Minerva Theatre Chichester
This play is a towering production, so very timely and relevant, never releasing you from its grasp at any point.
The Caretaker
Chichester Festival Theatre
The Caretaker brings to life a trio of ordinary characters, all of whom are somewhat damaged and isolated failures.
Blue Beard
Battersea Arts Centre
Bluebeard is a French folktale which tells the story of a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of the present one to avoid the fate of her predecessors.
Read the review by Patric Kearnes
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101 Dalmatians
Theatre Royal Brighton
101 Dalmatians was a brilliant blend of wholesome storytelling, big musical numbers, stunning puppetry and scintillatingly devilish costumes.
Read the review by Stephen Sheldrake
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Oliver
Chichester Festival Theatre
This production stays true to the original in many ways, but gives it a new life and energy that is refreshing and exciting. It demonstrates why Oliver! continues to be one of the best musicals of all time,
Editor’s Choice
Hello Dolly
The London Palladium
Absolutely everything about this production is classy, it is bright and glitzy, beautifully traditional, and a joy to watch.
Read the review by Sammi O’Neill
Read more of Sammi’s Reviews
Other 5 star productions this year included:
The Circle – Chichester Festival Theatre
Peak Stuff – Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Brief Encounter – Brighton Open Air Theatre
The Last Laugh – The Eric Morecambe Centre – Harpenden
The Woman in White – Barn Theatre Southwick
Sleeping Beauty – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
And Slava’s Snowshow – Theatre Royal Brighton
If you would like to become one of our 2025 reviewers please don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing [email protected] to find out what is involved. If you can submit a review you have already written about a show you have seen recently even better!!!
Would you like your show reviewed? please email [email protected] and we shall do our best.