A show largely set in the 1980s, with 1980s tunes galore, but without even mentioning Reagan, Thatcher or Gorbachev: how Eighties is this show? Well, very, if one was a high school student in the United States. Glitter Theatrical, presenting A Little Bit of Life, describe themselves as an ‘emerging … [Read more...]
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol
Last December, I wondered if A Christmas Carol The Musical in Concert at the Lyceum Theatre could become something that happens every year, as regular as the performances of The Snowman at the nearby Peacock Theatre each winter. Now in its third year, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s annual … [Read more...]
KnitMas: A Winter Yarn at Greenwich Theatre | Review
Such has been the number of delays and cancellations on the railways in 2018 that knitting has had a small increase in popularity: it’s something to do whilst waiting to get to where one is going. I would imagine that not every piece of clothing knitted by hand ends up perfect, or the right size for … [Read more...]
Munson & Bond’s Winter Wonderland at Mirth, Marvel and Maud | Review
I wonder if there is a place for the likes of Timothy Bond. It’s not that he doesn’t like Christmas, but that it’s rolled around again too soon, and time spent away from his family means he isn’t going to enjoy it anyway, so he may as well not bother this year. Could Christmas be like the … [Read more...]
Nine Night by Natasha Gordon at Trafalgar Studios | Review
The whole show is set in the kitchen of a London home, although some scene changes still take a little time, as there are props that need shifting. Audiences at Nine Night do not see the funeral of Lorraine’s (Natasha Gordon) mother Gloria: just as well, as someone with Caribbean roots said to me … [Read more...]
Jailbirds at the Etcetera Theatre | Review
It is impossible to get too spooked by anything that happens in Jailbirds: time and again, the momentary (and deliberate) on-stage presence of director Luke Culloty, guiding and realigning, is a reminder that this is stagecraft. As tends to be the case with futuristic shows, not everything quite … [Read more...]
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas at The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Even getting to ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas was a bit of an adventure in itself, beyond the usual (now tired) joke about Hornchurch being a few stops beyond Barking. The ‘young audiences’ whom this production was aimed at seemed to take the entry and exit to and from the performance space in … [Read more...]