Category: Top plays of 2017

Posted in Park Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: The Revlon Girl, Park Theatre

“It was all about money. The cheapest solution. No one gave a shit about us” We often…

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Follies, National Theatre

An utterly majestic production of Sondheim’s Follies is a masterpiece for the National Theatre “All things beautiful…

Posted in Musicals Not-London Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017 UK Watermill Theatre

Review: A Little Night Music, Watermill Theatre

“It’s but a pleasurable means To a measurable end” Sondheim’s reputation as one of our finest living…

Posted in Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾, Menier Chocolate Factory

“You may be 13 but you’re still an adolescent boy” After premiering at the Curve Theatre in…

Posted in Conor McPherson Musicals Old Vic Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Girl From The North Country, Old Vic

“Everything’s a little upside down As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped” I’m no great…

Posted in Charing Cross Theatre LGBTQ+ Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Yank! A WWII Love Story, Charing Cross

“We’re in a battle we never planned” Seeing Yank! A WWII Love Story on the day that…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017 West End

Review: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Wyndham’s Theatre

“Nothing rates above you” Sometimes the hype is entirely justified. Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald has the…

Posted in Bijan Sheibani Inua Ellams National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Barber Shop Chronicles, National Theatre

“Men, sometimes…I don’t know” The hugely convivial pre-show entertainment for Barber Shop Chronicles is such good fun…

Posted in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Orange Tree Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: An Octoroon, Orange Tree Theatre

“I invented matinées bitches, look it up!” You wouldn’t have put money on Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre…