Author: Ian

Posted in Musicals Not-London Royal Exchange Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review UK

Review: Gypsy, Royal Exchange

Because nothing says Merry Christmas like a stage mum going off the rails….! Gypsy offers a different…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Arthur Miller Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Bridge Theatre Curve Theatre Dolly Parton Donmar Warehouse Duncan Macmillan Florian Zeller Harold Pinter Hope Mill Theatre Jamie Lloyd Kiln Theatre Musicals Noël Coward Not-London Old Vic Open Air Theatre Pasek + Paul Robert Icke Royal Exchange Sara Bareilles Sheffield Theatres Soho Theatre Southwark Playhouse Stephen Sondheim The Other Palace Theatre Theatre awards Turbine Theatre UK West End What's On Stage Awards Young Vic

2020 What’s On Stage Award nominations

The nominations for the 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards have been announced and I have a thought or…

Posted in Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2019

Review: The Boy Friend, Menier Chocolate Factory

As light as a madeleine and as frivolous as a macaron, Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend proves…

Posted in BroadwayWorld UK Awards Musicals Not-London Theatre Theatre awards UK West End

2019 BroadwayWorld UK Awards – Winners’ list

Best Actor in a New Production of a Musical Andy Nyman, Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate…

Posted in British Independent Film Awards Film Film & TV awards

2019 British Independent Film Awards

Best British Independent Film WINNER – For Sama Bait The Personal History of David Copperfield The Souvenir…

Posted in Jack Thorne Theatre Theatre review West End

Re-review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre

Just the three years between visits to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre…

Posted in Christmas Musicals Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: White Christmas 2019, Dominion Theatre

The reliable charms of White Christmas reappear at the Dominion Theatre “When what’s left of you gets…

Posted in Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Trafalgar Studios

A strongly cast production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg proves a fitting tribute…

Posted in Mark Ravenhill Musicals Not-London RSC Theatre Theatre review UK

Review: The Boy in the Dress, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Some seriously big names – David Walliams and Robbie Williams – can’t save the RSC’s new musical…