This was, as both Seth Rudetsky and Lea Salonga separately pointed out, quite a feat, despite the tech gremlins creeping in on occasion. To have done this concert in the pre-Covid era would have meant Salonga flying to New York City, very probably putting up with jetlag, and everything else that goes with intercontinental flying. […]
Primrose Path – A Mannequin Mouth production – Review
Would you point a gun at the head of the one you love? Chriss (Laura Jackson) does so at Damon (Michael Hogg), and Damon’s response, shouty and expletive-ridden as it is, is quite understandable. But, as it turns out, once Damon ‘breaks character’, that this was all part of what this couple call a ‘scenario’, […]
Isaac Saddlesore and the Curse of Nebet – Review
There’s something about the sheer silliness in Isaac Saddlesore and the Curse of Nebet that is rather welcome, 2020 having already turned out to be the year that it has been. There are also a sufficient number of twists in the plot to maintain interest, though at times one wonders if the storyline is subservient […]
The Actors Centre – Declan is a ‘brief but intriguing production’
For regular attenders of shows at The Actors Centre, the immediately recognisable black box Tristan Bates Theatre backdrop is reassuring for people like me who, at the time of writing, haven’t ventured into the West End for some months now. I also rather like how a solitary camera is fixed in this production of Declan, […]
JOAN: a brand new audiodrama – Review
Joan, an ‘audiodrama’, has as its central character a teenager (Stephanie Booth) who has the confidence and assertiveness of someone with ambition and their whole lives still ahead of them – and, thankfully for listeners, is not the kind of Angry Young Thing who can only express themselves using expletives. But she is not without […]