The Girl Who Fell @ Trafalgar Studios ★★★★★ A poignant and darkly funny play about loss, guilt and snapchat 15-year old teenager Sam’s dead. After some social media foolishness. And everyone says it’s her mum’s fault. Thea, a prison chaplain, … Continue reading The Girl Who Fell @ Trafalgar Studios
Love can tell a million stories Opening on August 30th for its UK premier, Falsettos, the Tony Award winning musical by William Finn (Music, Lyrics & Book) and James Lapine (Book) will have a strictly limited run until November 23rd. Falsettos, compromising March of … Continue reading Falsettos @ The Other Palace
Go, Lovely Rose ★★★★✩ We recently had the opportunity to see ‘Go, Lovely Rose’ a play by Mary Manning, directed by Gavin McAlinden and starring Siobhan Gallagher, at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith in a one-off performance. Mary Manning … Continue reading Go, Lovely Rose
A Christmas Carol ★★★★★ The Charles Dickens Classic Directed by Tom Cairns Starring Simon Callow The Arts Theatre 8 Dec 2018 – 12 Jan 2019 My apologies for writing this review almost 2 weeks after I went to the press … Continue reading A Christmas Carol
Jeannie ★★★★★ “If I never get anything else out of life, I can say I’ve lived. That’s what everyone needs – to be able to say they’ve lived.” We first meet Jeannie McLean when she doesn’t have much of a … Continue reading Jeannie
A Flea in her Ear by Georges Feydeau Shown as part of the Camden Festival de l’Humour at the Theatro Technis until 24th of November 2018 Directed by Gavin McAlinden A Flea in Her Ear is a splendid example of the … Continue reading A Flea in her Ear by Georges Feydeau
……. to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City ★★★★★ A European premiere from acclaimed American playwright Halley Feiffer. “I can make cancer jokes. Because I have cancer” – Marcie This play might … Continue reading A Funny Thing Happened on the Way …
Carmen La Cubana ★★★★★ I was not sure what to expect when I first heard about Carmen La Cubana. What was it? An opera? A musical? Musical theatre? A Latin dance extravaganza? As it turns out, it is all four … Continue reading Carmen La Cubana
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