Category: Top plays of 2017

Posted in Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017 West End

Review: Hamilton, Victoria Palace

It’s here! Hamilton finally arrives in the West End and lights up the newly refurbished Victoria Palace Theatre…

Posted in Kooman + Dimond Musicals Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Romantics Anonymous, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

“Prenez vos chocolats…et mangez-les” Like the squares of chocolates handed out for us to magically access automatic…

Posted in Hope Mill Theatre Musicals Not-London Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017 UK

Review: Little Women the Musical, Hope Mill Theatre

“Somethings are meant to be” Finally made my first trip to the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester’s fringe…

Posted in Southwark Playhouse Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Trestle, Southwark Playhouse

“We’re not here forever. You’ve got to take a chance from time to time. Sometimes you’ve got…

Posted in Dan Gillespie Sells LGBTQ+ Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017 West End

Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre

At last – everyone will be talking about Everybody’s Talking About Jamie as it struts in the…

Posted in Ivo van Hove Lee Hall National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Network, National Theatre

“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore”  With Network, Lee Hall’s adaptation…

Posted in David Eldridge National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Beginning, National Theatre

“I feel like my life’s turning on the toss of a coin” There’s something about the sweet…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Not-London Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017 UK

Review: King Lear, Minerva

“He hath always but slightly, known himself” As I wrote when the full cast was first announced,…

Posted in Arrows & Traps Brockley Jack Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Frankenstein, Brockley Jack

“Beginnings…are difficult” You may think you know the story of Frankenstein – in the 200 years since…