Author: Ian

Posted in George Bernard Shaw National Theatre Theatre

Review: Saint Joan, National Theatre

With Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw took the well-known story of Joan of Arc, a young peasant…

Posted in Matt Charman National Theatre Theatre

Review: The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder, National Theatre

The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder is a new play by Matt Charman, playing at the National…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Theatre

Review: The Chalk Garden, Donmar Warehouse

The Chalk Garden is a 1955 play by Enid Bagnold, revived here by Michael Grandage at the…

Posted in Edward Albee Theatre West End

Review: The Lady From Dubuque, Theatre Royal Haymarket

When Edward Albee’s 1980 play The Lady From Dubuque opened on Broadway, it lasted for just 12…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre

Review: A Matter of Life and Death, National Theatre

Based on a well respected (although I’d never heard of it, let alone seen it) film, A…

Posted in Musicals Theatre

Review: On The Town, London Coliseum

I can’t honestly tell you what it was that attracted me by buy tickets for On The…

Posted in Theatre

Review: The Letter, Wyndham’s Theatre

Based on a real life scandal, Somerset Maugham’s The Letter takes place in the house of a…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: The Drowsy Chaperone, Novello

  Direct from Broadway and originally written as a skit for a stag party, The Drowsy Chaperone…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Theatre

Review: Evita, Adelphi

I was adamant that I didn’t want to see this production of Evita for so long and…