Category: Theatre

Posted in Deborah Bruce Orange Tree Theatre Theatre

Re-review: The Distance, Orange Tree Theatre

“I’ve just had a text from Lewisham council” I hadn’t intended to revisit Deborah Bruce’s The Distance…

Posted in Evening Standard Theatre Awards Musicals Stephen Adly Guirgis Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards

Winners of the 2015 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Best Actor WINNER James McAvoy, The Ruling Class, Trafalgar Studios Simon Russell Beale, Temple, Donmar Warehouse Kenneth…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Henrik Ibsen Theatre

Review: Little Eyolf, Almeida Theatre

“Is it just road-making that’s put you in such a good mood?” Richard Eyre’s revelatory take on…

Posted in Caryl Churchill National Theatre Theatre

Review: Here We Go, National Theatre

“Are those the pearly gates?”  Almost like buses, you wait for a new Caryl Churchill play and…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review Waterloo East Theatre

Review: Jest End, Waterloo East Theatre

“Oh God I cannot stand this cow But let’s act happy for now” As with Forbidden Broadway,…

Posted in Arthur Miller BroadwayWorld UK Awards Musicals Not-London Theatre Theatre awards UK West End

2015 BroadwayWorld UK Awards – Winners’ list

Best Choreography in a New Production of a Musical Drew McOnie – Hairspray – Leicester Curve Best…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre

Review: Evening at the Talk House, National Theatre

“You have to want to care what’s going to happen to these characters” There’s a sequence towards…

Posted in Harold Pinter Jamie Lloyd Theatre West End

Review: The Homecoming, Trafalgar Studios

“You wouldn’t understand my works. You wouldn’t have the faintest idea of what they were about. You wouldn’t…

Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Tennessee Williams Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015

Review: Glazen Speelgoed, Stadschouwburg Amsterdam

“Ik vind het beangstigend hoe ze zomaar wat leeft” Marking Sam Gold’s directorial debut outside of his…