Multi award winning La Clique is back in London after ten years of dazzling audiences around the world to set up home at the Spiegeltent in Leicester Square for a limited winter season. Since its inception at The Edinburgh Fringe in 2004 this extraordinary cabaret show has continued to mix humour and burlesque with circus skills and showmanship. It’s a feast of a … [Read more...]
The Girl on the Train at the Churchill Theatre Bromley | Review
Paula Hawkins thriller is a contemporary phenomenon and I was intrigued to see how the story would be adapted for stage, the novel feels so reflective and the film so visual that it was hard to envisage how it could be bought to life. But both the stage adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel is incredibly tightly constructed, and Antony Banks’ direction keeps … [Read more...]
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens at Drayton Arms Theatre
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, is a 60-minute two-hander, based on J.M.Barrie's own prequel to the better-known adventures of Peter and Wendy, and the far more famous Peter Pan. Betwixt-and-Between productions have adapted this little-known story for what they believe is the very first time on stage. It’s evidently a project they have thrown their hearts into and … [Read more...]
Laura Lexx: Trying at Soho Theatre | Review
I loved this show. From the moment Laura Lexx appears on stage all smiles and welcome, to the final tender but funny moments at the end, it’s a joy to be in her company. At one stage she describes her show as 'a woman in her thirties, talking about feelings', but that’s self-deprecating and doesn’t do her justice. This is a show about childhood and nostalgia, about … [Read more...]
Review of Ellie Dubois’ No Show at Soho Theatre
This is an extraordinary show, full of joy and passion and so much energy. It’s part theatre, part circus (mainly circus), with a large splash of comedy. It explores what circus performers go through to put on a show that satisfies an audience. It’s funny, smart, gently political and a complete treat! The premise is that it reveals what lies hidden beneath the … [Read more...]
Review: The End of Eddy at the Unicorn Theatre
Based on the book En Finir Avec Eddy Bellegueule by Edouard Louis and adapted for the stage by Pamela Carter, The End of Eddy is a compelling piece of theatre. Inventive, confident, brutal and brilliantly performed by Alex Austin and Kwaku Mills, this is theatre for young people at its best. The play tells the story of Eddy’s childhood in his northern French … [Read more...]
Daisy Campbell’s Pigspurt’s Daughter at Hampstead Theatre
Daisy Campbell marks the ten year anniversary of her father Ken Campbell’s death with her own cleverly crafted monologue. Ken Campbell was a prolific, prodigiously talented theatre maker and with this self-directed one-woman show she does more than simply pay homage to his life and work. It’s a joy to travel alongside her on her journey, and the audience are more than … [Read more...]
Review of Sh!t Theatre’s DollyWould | Soho Theatre
Sh!t Theatre are performance artists Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit and DollyWould is a show overflowing with love and originality. Following up on their award-winning sell-out show Letters to Windsor House, Sh!t Theatre continues to surprise and entertain audiences with the much more silly, but still thought-provoking DollyWould. The gist is that … [Read more...]
Review of NEST by Katy Warner at VAULT Festival 2018
The Vault Festival is quickly becoming an essential part of London’s fringe theatre scene - there’s excitement in both the unusual locations of the plays (The Vaults run under Waterloo Station), and the disparate range of talent on show in these underground spaces. In ‘Cavern’, a damp ambiently lit space where trains rumble overhead we meet Jade and Liam, two troubled … [Read more...]