Having been brought up on Paul Daniels and David Copperfield, I eagerly awaited my first live magic experience. Taken on an incredulous journey 'now I'm a believer'! A line up of magicians from every genre gather on the same stage, introduce themselves in a cheesy 'Vegas' style, teasing what all their individual talents entail. Using the premise of showing a young boy what magic is really about the collective take turns to show us their skills. Danger, excitement, humour … [Read more...]
Review of House Of Burlesque Straight Up at Wonderground Spiegeltent
Having seen and thoroughly enjoyed the House of Burlesque’s 2014 show, I was very keen to see what they had to offer us for 2015 and I was not disappointed. London’s Wonderground is a perfect setting. The staff are not only helpful and courteous but fully engaged and in character for the cabaret, giving an almost circus like animalistic and carnal feel to the proceedings in the ‘Big Top’ style Spiegeltent. You can smell the pheromones in the air as the audience wait to be teased … [Read more...]
Powerfully performed I And The Village at Theatre 503
The dramatic opening of lights out/pitch black, certainly grabs the attention. There is silence as we sit and wait in the darkness, a heightened awareness that there is danger ahead. When the lights go up, a simple area of performance space is before us, a blank canvas that indeed the girl before us is using as such. As she spray paints her artwork, the chorus arrive dressed in white, mirroring the clean and unused walls of the set. It is upon these blank walls and personas that the story is … [Read more...]
Review of Pond Wife at New Wimbledon Studio Theatre
Question. How much fun can be had with two people and a bath tub with 'Blue Peter' style costumes and effects? Answer. Loads!!! Pond Wife is a very short and very sweet piece of entertainment, the perfect hors d'oeuvre to a night out that is guaranteed to put you in a good mood. Holly Norrington and Teddy Lamb are infectious funsters. A performance collaborative that owe as much to art as they do to acting, the result of which is a unique style of making theatre. Armed with only said bath … [Read more...]
Review of The Feast at Solhaug at Barons Court Theatre
Deep in the bowels of the 'Curtains Up' pub, lays a little cellar theatre that lends a unique sense of authenticity to this tale from the 1800s. The very dark and candlelit space seems almost carved from the walls, and the rickety chairs and cushions only enhance the ambience and create a re-imagining of watching the local travelling players perform. Knowing that this is a very special adaptation, being staged for the first time in English from its native Norwegian, it is amazing how … [Read more...]