Author: Ian

Posted in Comedy Showstopper West End

Review: Showstopper, Lyric Theatre

“You can’t let the pipes play you, you play the pipes” After their residency at the Apollo,…

Posted in Charing Cross Theatre Musicals Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Braille Legacy, Charing Cross Theatre

“Liberté, égalité, fraternité” The uninitiated might take the existence of braille for granted but Sébastien Lancrenon and…

Posted in Philip Ridley Theatre Theatre review

Review: Radieuse Vermine, Leicester Square Theatre

“C’est la réponse à nos prières” Philip Ridley’s 2015 play Radiant Vermin was a vibrant and vivid…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: Carousel, London Coliseum

“The crowd of doubtin’ Thomases Was predictin’ that the summer’d never come” The English National Opera have…

Posted in Escape the Room

Review: Escape the Room, Namco Funscape

Escape-the-room games can become addictive, as one particular circle of my friends have found out to our…

Posted in National Theatre News Theatre Yaël Farber

Round-up of (international) news and treats and other interesting things

  Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller, Tony nominee Joshua Henry, and Grammy-winning opera star Renée Fleming will…

Posted in Bush Theatre Jamie Lloyd Theatre Theatre review

Review: Guards at the Taj, Bush Theatre

“Was it fucked up? Yes, it was. But I don’t have to feel terrible about it” Opening…

Posted in Cyndi Lauper LGBTQ+ Musicals Theatre Theatre review West End

Re-review: Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre

  “I am freedom, I’m constriction A potpourri of contradiction” A cheeky trip back to Kinky Boots…

Posted in Barney Norris Blogged Bridge Theatre Lucinda Coxon Lucy Prebble Nina Raine Richard Bean Sam Holcroft Theatre

Bridge Theatre new season – excited by new writing or disappointed by lack of diversity?

Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr have announced the opening programme for their The Bridge Theatre venture –…