Category: Theatre

Posted in Menier Chocolate Factory Terence Rattigan Theatre Theatre review West End

Re-review: Love in Idleness, Apollo Theatre

“I hate her being the mistress of a rich, old voluptuary” I wasn’t intending to revisit Love…

Posted in Comedy Soho Theatre

Comedy Review: Adam Kay – Fingering A Minor On The Piano, Soho Theatre

“I’m like a medical Anne Frank” The title of Fingering A Minor On The Piano apparently stems…

Posted in Andrew Lippa Musicals Theatre Theatre review Touring

Review: The Addams Family, New Wimbledon

“Hold your decaying Hear what we’re saying” Sad to say, what I’m saying is that I was…

Posted in Duncan Sheik Musicals The Other Palace Theatre Theatre review

Review: Whisper House, The Other Palace

“That doesn’t look good,  it doesn’t bode well, kid” The reinvention of the St James Theatre into…

Posted in Europe Henrik Ibsen Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Simon Stone Theatre Theatre review

Review: Ibsen Huis, Stadsschouwberg Amsterdam

“Hollanders bouwen altijd in baksteen” Simon Stone’s track-record with Ibsen is strong – his adaptation of The…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Not-London Royal Exchange Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017 UK

Review: Twelfth Night, Royal Exchange

“When that I was a little boy” Even with the best of intentions, it can be a…

Posted in Not-London Octagon Theatre Theatre Theatre review Timberlake Wertenbaker UK

Review: Winter Hill, Octagon Theatre

“Heroism is danger and risk, and frankly, until now, it’s been male” Plays set in places I…

Posted in BAFTA Television Awards Film & TV awards Phoebe Waller-Bridge TV

2017 British Academy Television Awards winners

Best Actor Adeel Akhtar – Murdered by My Father as Shahzad (BBC Three) Babou Ceesay – Damilola,…

Posted in Christopher Hampton Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studios

“I’d much prefer to have honest criticism than your, if you don’t mind me saying so, negative…