Category: West End

Posted in Michael Frayn Old Vic Theatre West End

Re-review: Noises Off, Novello Theatre

“Once it gets in your nostrils, the smell of it never leaves” One of the most unexpected…

Posted in Theatre West End

Review: Stories Before Bedtime – April Fools, Criterion Theatre

“I lay immobile, like a deadly alligator” Although a regular home to The 39 Steps, the Criterion…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre West End

Re-review: Sweeney Todd, Adelphi Theatre

“There’s no place like London” Last year was undoubtedly a great one for Chichester Festival Theatre’s musicals…

Posted in Theatre West End

Review: All New People, Duke of York’s Theatre

“We’re all in pain, Charlie” Zach Braff’s debut play All New People premiered off-Broadway last year with…

Posted in Noël Coward Phoebe Waller-Bridge Theatre West End

Review: Hay Fever, Noël Coward Theatre

“People really do behave in the most extraordinary manner these days” A Noël Coward play in the…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Theatre West End

Review: Absent Friends, Harold Pinter Theatre

“Keep it cheerful”   In some ways, there’s no point in commenting on Alan Ayckbourn as a…

Posted in Terrence McNally Theatre West End

Review: Master Class, Vaudeville Theatre

“Never miss an opportunity to theatricalise” The obvious place to start with this review of Terrence McNally’s…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Ghost the musical, Piccadilly Theatre

“You in danger gurl!” In the story of Ghost the Musical, it is the character Molly who…

Posted in Almeida Theatre August Strindberg Barbican Theatre Federico García Lorca fosterIANs Gilbert and Sullivan Ivor Novello John Webster Martin Crimp Musicals Not-London Old Vic Theatre Union Theatre West End

Shows I am looking forward to in 2012

Though the temptation is strong, and the actuality may well prove so, I don’t think I will…