Category: Noël Coward

Posted in Film Noël Coward

Film Review: Blithe Spirit (2020)

Despite a talented cast including Judi Dench and Dan Stevens, this cinematic version of Noël Coward’s Blithe…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Arthur Miller Henrik Ibsen Jamie Lloyd Jasmine Lee-Jones Katori Hall Lucy Prebble Morgan Lloyd Malcolm Musicals Noël Coward Olivier Awards Pasek + Paul Phoebe Waller-Bridge Robert Icke Sara Bareilles Theatre Theatre awards Tom Stoppard

2020 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Award season kicks into another gear with the arrival of the nominations for the 2020 Olivier Awards…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Arthur Miller Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Bridge Theatre Curve Theatre Dolly Parton Donmar Warehouse Duncan Macmillan Florian Zeller Harold Pinter Hope Mill Theatre Jamie Lloyd Kiln Theatre Musicals Noël Coward Not-London Old Vic Open Air Theatre Pasek + Paul Robert Icke Royal Exchange Sara Bareilles Sheffield Theatres Soho Theatre Southwark Playhouse Stephen Sondheim The Other Palace Theatre Theatre awards Turbine Theatre UK West End What's On Stage Awards Young Vic

2020 What’s On Stage Award nominations

The nominations for the 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards have been announced and I have a thought or…

Posted in Adam Guettel Almeida Theatre Barbican Theatre Cheek By Jowl Chichester Festival Theatre Dance David Greig David Hare Donmar Warehouse Harold Pinter Jamie Lloyd LGBTQ+ Noël Coward Not-London Old Vic Oscar Wilde Terence Rattigan Theatre Theatre Royal Bath UK West End

June theatre round-up

I might have taken a break from reviewing in June, but I didn’t stop going to the…

Posted in Musicals Noël Coward Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: Brief Encounter, Empire Cinema Haymarket

Perfect for the ‘incurably romantic’, Emma Rice’s Brief Encounter is a glorious piece of theatre at the…

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Review: Home Chat, Finborough Theatre

“I’ve got to convince you of my complete innocence and I don’t know how” It’s a mystery…

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Review: Private Lives, Churchill Bromley

“Don’t quibble, Sibyl” Given that this touring production of Private Lives is going on for a couple…

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2015 What’s On Stage Award nominations

Best Actor In A Play Sponsored By Radisson Blu Edwardian David Tennant – Richard II  Mark Strong – A…

Posted in Cabaret Noël Coward The Other Palace Theatre

Review: Laughing Matters with Celia Imrie, St James Studio

  “They’re out of sorts in Sunderland And terribly cross in Kent” There’s something a little curious…