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
The Worst Witch ★★★★★ Last Sunday I went with a friend and her 11-year old daughter Primrose to see ‘The Worst Witch’ at London’s Vaudeville Theatre and I was blown away. I seriously did not expect to enjoy what is, … Continue reading The Worst Witch – Review
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 …
Windows @ The Finborough Theatre ★★★★★ Tuesday 22 August to Saturday 9 September “It’s ‘ardly worth while to do these winders. You clean’em, and they’re dirty again in no time. It’s like life. And people talk o’ progress. What a sooperstition!” … Continue reading Windows @ The Finborough Theatre
Just To Get Married @ The Finborough Theatre ★★★★✩ In Just to Get Married Cicely Hamilton, playwright, feminist and renowned suffragist, tells the story of Georgiana Vicary, taken in as an orphan by her aunt, Lady Catherine Grayle and family, … Continue reading Just To Get Married @ The Finborough Theatre
Footprints on the Moon ★★★★★ Twenty-nine years after its premiere in Winnipeg and being nominated for the Governor General Award and later winning the Labatt Award for Best Canadian Play in 1995, Footprints on the Moon has its European premiere. … Continue reading Footprints on the Moon
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