Terry Eastham's reviews for London Theatre 1

In western society, teenagers and sex go together like ham and eggs. Hundreds of plays and films revolve around that moment when a high school student has their first sexual encounter. If you’re an American there seems to be an unwritten rule that if you haven’t had sex by ‘prom’ then that is where … [Read more...]

Normally I start my reviews with a bit of a preamble, leading to the title of the production. But not today. When a show has got everything right, there is no need to whet the appetite of the reader. So, let’s talk about Little Shop of Horrors at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. The story is pure … [Read more...]

American high schools are so different from those in the UK. This is especially true of the hierarchical elements of student life. In the UK, although we pretend it doesn’t happen, the school hierarchy is often determined by streaming according to perceived intelligence levels. Whereas in the US, it … [Read more...]

Sometimes a show is enhanced by a character that is missing. Think of ‘Er Indoors from Minder, Mrs Mainwaring from ‘Dad’s Army’ or Mrs Wolowitz in ‘The Big Bang Theory’ All of these were often talked about but never seen. This idea of a missing central character has been taken to a new level by … [Read more...]

I do like this time of year. Lots of acts decided to try out their show before heading up north to the Edinburgh Festival. So I get to see productions without having to spend seven hours on a train and live for a month in a B&B which was probably 50% cheaper the week before. So it was last night … [Read more...]

Imagine your worst nightmare. For many of us, it would be the thought of being abducted off the street and then locked away from the world with no idea where, why or what the future holds. This is the central theme of Heather Simpkin’s new play Locked Up which is playing in Soho’s Tristan Bates … [Read more...]

There are some - the current incumbent of the White House for example - who believe that climate change doesn’t exist. There are many many others who not only accept the fact it exists but actually believe the planet is doomed environmentally. The surprising thing is that whilst many of those that … [Read more...]