Category: West End

Posted in Jessica Swale Theatre West End

Review: Nell Gwynn, Apollo Theatre

“The girl in this tale isn’t quite half as predictable” Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn took the Globe…

Posted in Theatre West End

Review: Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre

“…now begrimed and black as mine own face” For all the excitement of Kenneth Branagh’s announcement of…

Posted in Blogged Theatre West End

Introducing Tyrone – the truth-telling sock puppet –

Hand To God opens at the Vaudeville Theatre next month, hot from a Tony Award-nominated run on…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Guys and Dolls, Savoy Theatre

“Let’s keep the party polite” In the absence of a long-runner, the Savoy Theatre has becoming something…

Posted in Charles Dickens Christmas Theatre West End

Review: A Christmas Carol, Noël Coward Theatre

“Bah humbug” Thing with resolutions is that it is terribly easy to break them. And having resolved…

Posted in Arcola Theatre Film Jason Robert Brown LGBTQ+ Lyric Hammersmith Musicals Not-London Old Red Lion Royal Court Southwark Playhouse Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre Royal Bath Top moments West End

10 of my top moments in a theatre in 2015

The inevitable end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances will be soon be coming (I just have…

Posted in Film Film & TV awards Screen Actors Guild Awards TV West End

22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees

Film Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Bryan Cranston – Trumbo as Dalton…

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 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…