Tag: John Hopkins

Posted in Howard Brenton Spooks TV

Lockdown TV Review: Spooks Series 2

Now this is more like it, Series 2 of Spooks settles into the classic feel that works…

Posted in Alanis Morissette Albums Anaïs Mitchell Broadway Cast Recordings Curtain Up Show Album of the Year Music Musicals Not-London Stephen Sondheim Theatre awards

The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2019 nominees

You can now vote for the Best London Cast Recording, Best Broadway Cast Recording and Best Solo…

Posted in Adam Guettel Andrew Lloyd Webber Anton Chekhov Ben Weatherill David Hare Donmar Warehouse Jack Thorne LGBTQ+ Lynn Nottage Musicals National Theatre Not-London Open Air Theatre Peter Shaffer Rona Munro Royal Court Shakespeare Theatre Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Stratford East UK West End

July theatre round-up

I might have taken a break from reviewing for the last couple of months, but I didn’t…

Posted in Cast Recordings Laurence O'Keefe Music Musicals Theatre West End

Album Reviews: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ / Heathers / Calendar Girls 

A trio of quick London cast recordings – The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾,…

Posted in Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾, Menier Chocolate Factory

“You may be 13 but you’re still an adolescent boy” After premiering at the Curve Theatre in…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Mark Gatiss Park Theatre Theatre

Review: The Boys in the Band, Park Theatre

“You show me a happy homosexual, and I’ll show you a gay corpse” It’s been almost 20…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Nicholas Wright Not-London Terence Rattigan Theatre UK

Review: Rattigan’s Nijinsky, Chichester Festival Theatre

“The English vice is that we don’t own up to our emotions…we think they demean us” Rattigan’s…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Not-London Terence Rattigan Theatre UK

Review: The Deep Blue Sea, Chichester Festival Theatre

“Moderation in all things has always been my motto” Whereas productions celebrating Sondheim’s 80th birthday lasted all…