London Theatre Reviews - West End & Off West End

An Evening of the Absurd: Are We All Still Waiting For Godot? was a pleasant revisit of one of the most theatrical forms. I went into the show expecting to not be able to expect anything, if that makes sense. Part of The Camden Fringe 2013, this two-part show by Closing the Gap Theatre is an intriguing take on the value of time, self-awareness and communication. Breakfast with Chamberlain, was a cyclic representation of a family’s journey set in 1939, Britain. It was a short play that … [Read more...]

With the perpetually revived Sound of Music playing to packed houses in Regents Park, it would be easy to miss the appearance of one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s least known musicals down in Southwark. It would also be a mistake; not only is this Pipe Dream’s first London production, it is also a resoundingly good one, full of vigour, poignancy and resourcefulness. If you were making a musical about a musical, you would need to look no further than this for your subject matter, for Pipe Dream … [Read more...]

When the cast arrive on stage using the same entrance as the audience you know it’s going to be an intimate production, a thought seconded when it’s a cast of one.  This was my first time in Jermyn Street theatre, and as doors were shut, gates closed and toilets no longer available because it meant joining the actor on stage you wondered just how intense this was going to get. Luckily A Victorian Eye is a not only a lesson in solid acting and tight story telling, but also one in … [Read more...]

The idea behind this short play is intriguing – what would it take for a completely normal person, just like you or me, to become a stalker? You can shake your head, convinced it could never happen to you, however as In Real Life conclusively shows, the mind-boggling range of online communication facilities now available to us means that it is only too easy to become obsessed with someone whilst remaining faceless and anonymous. Most unsettlingly, what it shows us is that privacy is very much a … [Read more...]

When I arrived at the Matcham Room inside The Hippodrome Casino London in Leicester Square I was taken to my table and performing on stage were The Marjorie Belles, a three piece forties vocal harmony girl group. This was a fantastic start to the evening and made the waiting time for the main event fly by and added to the beautiful surroundings of the venue. I must admit that my knowledge and experience of cabaret and drag performance is rather minimal so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. … [Read more...]