LondonTheatre1

London Theatre: Tickets Reviews | News | West End | Off-West End | UK Touring Productions

View All Shows Booking Now
  • Home
  • Top Selling Shows
    • Musicals
    • Plays
      • A Christmas Carol
      • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
      • The Mousetrap
      • The Woman in Black
      • Witness for the Prosecution
    • & Juliet
    • Back To The Future
    • Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
    • Come From Away
    • Dirty Dancing
    • Frozen The Musical
    • Heathers
    • Jersey Boys
    • Les Misérables
    • Mamma Mia
    • Matilda the Musical
    • My Fair Lady
    • Moulin Rouge
    • Only Fools and Horses
    • Pretty Woman the Musical
    • The Book of Mormon
    • The Drifters Girl
    • The Lion King
    • The Phantom of the Opera
    • Tina the Musical
    • Wicked
    • London Theatres
      • Seating Plans
      • Adelphi Theatre
      • Ambassadors Theatre
      • Apollo Theatre
      • Duke of York’s Theatre
      • Fortune Theatre
      • Gillian Lynne Theatre
      • Harold Pinter Theatre
      • Lyceum Theatre
      • New Wimbledon Theatre
      • New Wimbledon Theatre Studio
      • Piccadilly Theatre
      • Richmond Theatre
      • Savoy Theatre
      • Trafalgar Theatre
  • News
    • Interviews
  • Reviews
  • UK Shows
    • Alexandra Theatre
    • Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
    • Brighton Theatre Royal
    • Bristol Hippodrome
      • Bristol Theatre Seating Plan
    • Edinburgh Playhouse
    • Glasgow Theatre Royal
    • Grand Opera House York
    • King’s Theatre Glasgow
    • Kit Kat Club London
    • Leas Cliff Hall
    • Liverpool Empire
    • Manchester Opera House
    • Manchester Palace Theatre
    • Milton Keynes Theatre
    • New Theatre Oxford
    • New Victoria Theatre Woking
    • New Wimbledon Theatre
    • New Wimbledon Theatre Studio
    • Princess Theatre Torquay
    • Regent Theatre Stoke
    • Rhoda McGaw Theatre
    • Richmond Theatre
    • Stockton Globe
    • Sunderland Empire
    • Swansea Arena
    • Victoria Hall Hanley Stoke
  • Dancewear
  • Newsletter

London theatre reviews written by Joanna Forest

London theatre reviews written by Joanna Forest. Reviews include London West End and Off West End.

Review of THE TEMPEST at Waterloo East Theatre

October 11, 2014 Last updated: December 27, 2016 2:03 pm By Joanna Forest

The Tempest

Sarah Redmond’s production of Shakespeare's The Tempest is no ordinary adaptation. Transporting us forward to 2080, we find ourselves not only in the future but in post-apocalyptic London. Creative, surprising and imaginative, Redmond pulls together a talented and committed cast who tell us the story...... her way. The cast work as a team, whose versatility brings out plenty of darker undertones to the piece, as well as light-hearted comedy moments throughout the evening. We are watched as … [Read more...]

Viva Forever! Review Piccadilly Theatre London

April 30, 2013 Last updated: May 6, 2019 10:50 pm By Joanna Forest

Viva Forever!

Viva Forever! is a bright, colourful and fun backdrop to an evening re-living the Spice Girls’ greatest hits. The iconic Spice Girls are the product of one of the most successful marketing engines ever making £800million between 1996 and 1998. With a huge impact on culture, politics and their ‘Girl Power’ mission for the empowerment of women, they have always been more than just a pop group. Jennifer Saunders has linked these award winning songs together by creating characters and a story … [Read more...]

Tagged With: PiccadillyTheatre

Review of Curtains at Landor Theatre

August 15, 2012 Last updated: July 12, 2015 11:35 pm By Joanna Forest

Curtains

The Landor Theatre's production of  Curtains written by the music and lyrics team Kander and Ebb, is an absolute delight. It is a hilarious pastiche, but this cast keep the truth shining through at every moment. The Landor is one of the earliest fringe theatres, starting life in 1994. Its focus is primarily on producing or housing musical theatre productions in an intimate environment. Curtains had its world premiere in 2006 in Los Angeles, transferring to Broadway later in 2007. A show … [Read more...]

Review of Saint Joan at The Rose Bankside

May 15, 2012 Last updated: July 5, 2017 1:16 am By Joanna Forest

Joan of Arc

Constanza Hola has created with ingenious direction a production where St Joan lives out her dramatic tale in the 21st Century. With a modern soundtrack, an appearance of an ipad, and Joan entering chewing gum dressed as a gothic rock chick listening to her iPod, we know this will be no ordinary revival. The Rose Theatre, Bankside, steeped in history is the perfect setting for Saint Joan. Bernard Shaw wrote St Joan soon after Joan of Arc's canonisation by the Roman Catholic Church. We … [Read more...]

Review of Broken Glass: Vaudeville Theatre

September 18, 2011 Last updated: May 7, 2019 10:58 pm By Joanna Forest

Broken Glass

Broken Glass for me tonight was an exceptional piece of theatre. An evening I will remember for a long time to come. Set in New York in 1938 and written in 1994, Arthur Miller’s play takes us on the journey of Mr and Mrs Gellburg’s 25 year long marriage in meltdown. Sylvia Gellburg unexplainably has become paralyzed, unable to walk and medical tests are inconclusive, all those close to her are baffled by this sudden illness. Dr Harry Hyman is convinced it’s a ‘hysterical paralysis’ and is … [Read more...]

Tagged With: VaudevilleTheatre

Search for Tickets

Latest News & Reviews

Charlie and Stan at Wilton’s Music Hall

January 25, 2023 By Alan Fitter Leave a Comment

It seems very apt that the story of two English music hall performers, Charlie Chaplin and Stan … [Read More...]

Othello: A Frantic Assembly production, co-produced with Curve

January 25, 2023 By Louis Mazzini Leave a Comment

Like The Merchant of Venice, with its profound antisemitism, and the misogynistic Taming of the … [Read More...]

West End transfer of Rose, starring Maureen Lipman

January 25, 2023 By Admin Leave a Comment

After sell-out runs at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and The Park Theatre, London, in 2022, Maureen … [Read More...]

London Theatre 1 and London Theatre One are Registered Trademarks Copyright 2023 www.LondonTheatre1.com
By using our website you’re confirming that you’re happy to accept our use of cookies.
Privacy Policy & Cookies - Advertising - About Us - Newsletter - Contact Us

As an Amazon Associate our website receives a commission from qualifying purchases from Amazon.