The Light Princess has all the ingredients of a classic fairy tale: a prince and princess, villains, monsters, magic, and a journey that will leave you on the edge of your seat before reaching its exciting conclusion. But believe me, this is like no fairy tale you will have ever seen before! In two neighbouring kingdoms, a young prince and princess, Digby (Nick Hendrix) and Althea (Rosalie Craig) deal very differently with the deaths of their mothers. Digby, after shedding great tears for his … [Read more...]
Review of Thriller Live at the Lyric Theatre
The music of Michael Jackson is very recognisable. No matter what your age you will have come across some of the greatest pop music ever written or a current artist that has been directly influenced by the "King of Pop". Thriller Live - currently rocking the house at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue celebrates this fact by taking its audiences on a journey through all of Jackson's classic tracks. From the earliest hits of the Jackson 5 (complete with a young MJ), to the phenomenon of … [Read more...]
Review of Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios
As an English teacher by trade, when you buy tickets to go and see a Shakespeare play - especially in London, you think you know what to expect. However, over the past few years, a number of more modern Shakespeare productions have begun to change people's perceptions about what was once seen by some as a very "dated" genre. When I bought tickets to see Jamie Lloyd's production of Macbeth at the Trafalgar Studios - I didn't know what to expect. My only previous Shakespeare experience (in … [Read more...]