Food is more than something to sustain, it can be intrinsically linked with stories throughout your life. That is what runs through the centre of Nigel Slater’s Toast. Nigel, played by Giles Cooper, starting as a 9-year-old boy helps his mum, played by Lizzie Muncey, to bake in their kitchen. Fueled by the toast she makes for him, it is after all “impossible to not … [Read more...]
Michael Starring Ben at the London Palladium
I was never lucky enough to see Michael Jackson perform live and to give an opinion of his performance. I enjoy his music and think he was an incredible performer and the “King of Pop” title seems to be well deserved, however I am not a diehard fan who knows all the words to every song or be able to identify every dance routine. Michael Starring Ben is a … [Read more...]
Sh*t-faced Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet | Review
Romeo and Juliet from the Bard himself, just with a twist or two. The tale of Romeo and Juliet is trimmed down to just around the hour with a cast of 6 actors. These actors get in early for a party but only one of them drinks. For the rest, it is to slowly watch their fellow thespian get progressively drunk. Once the show starts, the compere hands out a couple of … [Read more...]
Review of 3Women at Trafalgar Studios London | Starring Anita Dobson
Katy Brand’s first foray into scriptwriting gives us 3Women, a well-written, funny and emotional delight. Across three generations, three women come together on the eve of Suzanne’s (Debbie Chazen) wedding. Suzanne’s mother Eleanor (Anita Dobson) and daughter Laurie (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) join Suzanne in the posh hotel suite that her husband-to-be has laid on so … [Read more...]
Review of Turkey at The Hope Theatre
As you enter the intimate 50 seat theatre you’re greeted with an open set. Madeline - Peyvand Sadeghian, and Toni - Harriet Green are sleeping on the stage. There isn’t much to the staging, just four double boxes in each corner but nothing else was needed. The journey through cheating, happiness, betrayal and manipulation starts immediately with it being revealed … [Read more...]
Review of TRIBE at London Theatre Workshop
It’s the Summer of 2012. Scout Troop 9th Hoddesdon is in training for a competition against hundreds of other troops. The time has come to tighten those woggles and learn some drills! Order quickly deteriorates as the troop’s six scouts drift into playful imaginary escapades, role-playing and games of power during which they discover their true characters. Scouting … [Read more...]
Made in Dagenham: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Inspired by a true story and based on the hit movie, Made in Dagenham is the uplifting, new British musical comedy about friendship, love and the importance of fighting got what is right. Essex 1968. Like millions of other working women, each morning Rita O’Grady (Lucy Elson) is just trying to get her husband Eddie (Elliot Coombe) out of bed, get the kids off to … [Read more...]
Review of Villain at the King’s Head Theatre London
On entering there is an open set containing a single chair and a black and white background. There isn’t much else, but nothing else is required – the performance, writing, lighting and sound do an excellent job of moving you to where you need to be without the need for an actual set change. The movement between different scenes is separated by use of good lighting … [Read more...]
Review of The Adventures of Dick! at Leicester Square Theatre
“Strap yourselves in and brace yourself, as you’ll never be the same again - you have been warned….” This is the 5th year Dick has been at the Leicester Square Theatre. Why does it keep coming back? Well, it gives you exactly what you’d expect from an adult panto! The language is atrocious, the jokes rude and frequently cross over into crude, the acting is … [Read more...]
Review of Ferris and Milnes – Christmas Cracker at the Ambassadors Theatre
Dominic Ferris and Martin Milnes debut in the West End with their production Ferris & Milnes - Christmas Cracker. They bill it as a theatrical extravaganza and I am pleased to say they deliver on this. Milnes has, what can only be described as, a phenomenal vocal range. The high notes he can hit and sustain is beyond impressive. He describes himself as more … [Read more...]
Review of La Soirée at Christmas in Leicester Square
Wow! Just wow! If you don’t want to read the whole review I will cut to the chase and say go and see La Soirée if you can. La Soirée has returned to Leicester Square, its original home in London, from a 3-year spell at The Southbank, bringing its mix of cabaret, acrobatics, and burlesque to the stage in a visual and auditory feast. Fair warning, … [Read more...]
The Sellotape Sisters by Lee Mattinson at Tristan Bates Theatre
“This is no place for incestuous, same sex, canoodling.” The Sellotape Sisters takes us back to 1966, a journey back to an era when soaps were watched by everyone and being homosexual was not only frowned upon but illegal. Which given the three characters are all homosexual sets the undercurrent of the entire play. Ethel Lewis-Lane (Charlotte Weston) and Phyllis Dix … [Read more...]