Category: West End

Posted in David Mamet Theatre West End

(Not really a) Review: Speed-The-Plow, Playhouse Theatre

“I think I’m being punished for my wickedness” When did we become a society so keen on…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Evita, Dominion Theatre

“The lady’s got potential” Right, first things first, Marti Pellow’s name is deliberately bigger than Madalena Alberto’s…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Re-review: The Bodyguard, Adelphi Theatre

“I don’t really need to look very much further” As The Bodyguard is soon to close in the West…

Posted in Lee Hall Theatre Tom Stoppard West End

Review: Shakespeare in Love, Noël Coward Theatre

“What kind of man would you be without the theatre” I can’t lie – I had rather…

Posted in Oscar Wilde Theatre West End

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Harold Pinter Theatre

“It wouldn’t be like this at the National” Does the West End really need another straight production…

Posted in Theatre West End

Review: Daytona, Theatre Royal Haymarket

“I’m a joke and you know everything” The arrival of a new play in the West End…

Posted in David Greig Musicals Theatre West End

Re-review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

“Beyond this door, surprises in store” Third time lucky for me and the great glass elevator! The…

Posted in David Hare Theatre West End

Review: Skylight, Wyndham’s Theatre

“I’m not going to share my mourning with someone from Wimbledon council ‘We’re under Merton now’” One…

Posted in Theatre West End

Review: Bakersfield Mist, Duchess Theatre

“You must be drunk ‘I’d better be’” Fortunately the sheer quality of Kathleen Turner’s stage presence means…