Tag: Matthew Gent

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals Stephen Schwartz Theatre

Album Review: Rags – The Musical: Original London Cast Recording

The Original London Cast Recording for Rags – The Musical is released by Ghostlight Records, the first…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Arthur Schnitzler Barbican Theatre Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Donmar Warehouse Lucy Prebble Michael John LaChiusa Musicals Old Vic Robert Icke Sara Bareilles Tennessee Williams Theatre West End

August theatre round-up

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

Posted in Curve Theatre Musicals Not-London Theatre UK

Review: The Water Babies, Curve

“If I drop from the sky, nobody may care but will they catch me” Under Paul Kerryson,…

Posted in Musicals Riverside Studios Theatre

Review: Carnival of the Animals, Riverside Studios

“C’est parfait!” Little is it known that Paris actually has 21 districts. And that in the 21e…

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 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…

Posted in Howard Goodall Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: The Hired Man, Landor Theatre

“No greater pleasure than work done well” The Hired Man was Howard Goodall’s first musical, setting Melvyn…

Posted in Musicals Theatre

Review: Bright Lights Big City, Hoxton Hall

“Now this is what you wanted, all the frolics and the frenzy” Tucked away in Shoreditch is…