London Theatre Reviews - West End & Off West End

Can one ever choose where the heart leads one? That is the problem for the protagonist in Tim Fraser’s Candy at the King’s Head theatre. Will (Michael Waller) is an ordinary northern lad. He’s young, OK looking and reasonably well educated. He lives at home with his mum and Great Aunt, has a pretty good job that he is good at and enjoys nights out with the lads. … [Read more...]

There are people out there who find love at a young age, and it’s so deep and meaningful that it lasts for a lifetime - with a series of milestone wedding anniversaries to look back on in old age. For others, though, their relationships run their course well before the Grim Reaper comes along, for various reasons. Julie (Debbie Bird) is, well, available, but having … [Read more...]

People go to university for many reasons. For the majority, the main one is to get a degree and, following that, a good job. However, along with the educational aspects, university is also a place to make life-long friendships and maybe even meet your one true love. But what happens afterwards? A question that is addressed in Jake Brunger’s Four Play at the Above the … [Read more...]

COPS is the second play by budding New York born playwright Tony Tortora. It tries to explore the world of Chicago policing in 1957: “a pressure cooker police precinct office in which four cops of different ages, classes and races struggle to work as a team”(director’s programme notes). The production is blessed with an excellent team of five actors who try to … [Read more...]

It was one of those press nights where a couple of minor hiccups (so negligible, in the grand scheme of things, that they are really not worth providing too many details about) resulted in an audience being all the more supportive of the production and its actors. It’s rather pleasant when things turn out like that. In this trilogy of Samuel Beckett’s (1906-1989) … [Read more...]

With its quintessential Gothic setting of a remote cottage in the woods, Ali Hunter’s heavily misted lighting and unexplained things that go bump in the afternoon, Julie Tsang’s Fix is more Twilight Zone than kitchen-sink drama - despite its promise of emotional intensity and frustration in the pursuit of functioning white goods. Although we initially encounter … [Read more...]

What would you give up for love? I know people that have given up their job, the family and their friends, even moving to another country all in the name of love. But few people would give up everything they have worked and been trained for since birth. However, in the early part of the twentieth century, one man did, and his story forms the backbone of Ron Elisha’s … [Read more...]