Returning to Sadlers Wells after a triumphant short run last year, Beats on Pointe is the ultimate mash-up of classical ballet and modern street dance. The opposing dance worlds collide in this high energy, colourful show. Produced by the Australian dance company, Masters of Choreography which was formed by Jennifer and Milo Masters in 2014, Beats on Pointe has been … [Read more...]
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Vincent River by Philip Ridley at Trafalgar Studios | Review
Looking at Philip Ridley’s script for Vincent River, the first page and a half is dispensed with altogether in this production, plunging the audience directly into the dialogue, at quite a fast pace, which only gets faster before a long monologue by Davey (Thomas Mahy). In this monologue, the events of the show’s off-stage critical incident (which happened some weeks … [Read more...]
True Colours by Paul Stevens at the Hope Theatre | Review
It’s the sort of narrative that is fascinating but nonetheless difficult to please people like me. Things come to an amicable enough resolution moments before the curtain call, thus tying up some loose ends - and in my view, a little too tidily. But then, if it left matters in a more ambiguous state, I might then argue that the play felt incomplete, or needed a second … [Read more...]
Coral Browne: This F***ing Lady! at the King’s Head Theatre
The thing about bringing a show to the London stage about someone who liberally used colourful language is that these days, effing and blinding is hardly shocking. One only has to overhear conversations in any public place, a pub, a theatre - even a pub theatre like the King’s Head - profanities are sprinkled without inhibition, with some seemingly unable to draw … [Read more...]
Summer Street – The Hilarious Aussie Soap Opera Musical!
The axed cast of the Australian "soapy" soap Summer Street prove to the audience why they were taken off air after five years on the screen. By their dreadful acting skills and the lame storylines. Summer Street written by Andrew Norris boasts some awful but extremely catchy songs, iconic surfing shirts and some big, bold wigs. The cast has all the ingredients … [Read more...]
Review of Handbagged at Hampton Hill Theatre
Having fairly recently seen a play about Tony Benn, it was interesting to observe this play about Margaret Thatcher - the other side, as it were, politically speaking. The pre-show for Handbagged had started when I was still in the conveniences, when the Toys R Us Christmas 1989 advert could be heard throughout the theatre’s speakers: “There’s a magical place, we’re … [Read more...]
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens at the Union Theatre
To Southwark’s Union Theatre for a new production of a very unusual show with one of the most intriguing titles I’ve seen for quite a while, Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens. This is not a play, nor is it a conventional musical, instead Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens is a song cycle with music by Janet Hood and lyrics and additional text … [Read more...]
Operation Mincemeat at the New Diorama Theatre | Review
This show is a belter! You will be taken from giggles to goose-bumps and back again and feel all the better for it. Witty, toe-tapping and thoroughly mesmerising, the only time your mind will drift is when you start fantasy-shuffling the original cast recording for your trip home and realise it’s not yet available - dammit! At which point you will then want immediate … [Read more...]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Southwark Playhouse
Forty-four characters and five actors. But The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is not as confusing as I’ve just made it sound. It’s possible to read the short story by F Scott Fitzgerald (from which this two-and-a-half-hour musical and an even longer ‘fantasy romantic drama film’ are based on) in a single sitting. Given the controversy surrounding the use of puppetry … [Read more...]