Category: Theatre

Posted in Film Shakespeare Theatre

DVD Review: RSC’s King Lear

“Who is it that can tell me who I am” Transferring stage productions onto film is something…

Posted in Theatre West End

Review: Million Dollar Quartet, Noël Coward Theatre

“What does rock’n’roll mean?” At first glance, there’s little that can be said about Million Dollar Quartet…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Anthony Neilson April De Angelis Barbican Theatre Bridge Project David Lindsay-Abaire Dennis Kelly Donmar Warehouse Eugene O'Neill Hampstead Theatre Jason Robert Brown Jeanine Tesori Lyric Hammersmith Mark Gatiss Menier Chocolate Factory Mike Leigh Morgan Lloyd Malcolm National Theatre Old Vic Open Air Theatre Penelope Skinner Richard Bean Royal Court RSC Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Southwark Playhouse Stiles + Drewe Terence Rattigan Theatre awards Union Theatre Vivienne Franzmann What's On Stage Awards

2012 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi  Benedict…

Posted in Joe Penhall Royal Court Theatre

Review: Haunted Child, Royal Court

“What does the banana do?” Joe Penhall’s first work for the stage since 2007, Haunted Child, makes…

Posted in Film John Logan Musicals Stephen Sondheim

Film Review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

“Eminently practical and yet appropriate as always” I’ve been experimenting with a few DVD reviews over the…

Posted in British Independent Film Awards Film Film & TV awards Kenneth Branagh

2011 British Independent Film Awards

Best British Independent Film WINNER – Tyrannosaur Senna Shame Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy We Need to Talk…

Posted in Musicals Soho Theatre Theatre

Review: Ex, Soho Theatre

“Go now, before someone starts singing” The critical word about the Soho Theatre’s new musical Ex was…

Posted in Christmas Lyric Hammersmith Morgan Lloyd Malcolm Theatre

Review: Aladdin, Lyric Hammersmith

“Well, wasn’t that Christmassy!” The Hackney Empire currently has the reputation of the must-see pantomime in London…

Posted in Southwark Playhouse Theatre

Review: Howl’s Moving Castle, Southwark Playhouse

“I don’t cook! I’m a scary and powerful fire demon!” Though not intended to be, this is…