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Category Archives: Theatre
Aspects of Love, Lyric Theatre
Michael Ball leads an inescapably dated Lloyd Webber revival. Read my full London Theatre review here
Heather Agyepong on finding her dream role in School Girls
The actress in Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play shares how the show celebrates dark-skinned Black women while having universal themes. Read my full London Theatre interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged africa, beauty, beauty standards, book tickets, colourism, comedy, ghana, Heather Agyepong, idris elba, interview, london, london theatre, lyric hammersmith, mean girls, play, race, school girls, school girls or the African Mean Girls Play, the power, theatre
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Michael Ball and more on Aspects of Love
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s bed-hopping musical is back – albeit updated for our times. Does it still have the power to shock? Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, aspects of love, book tickets, broadway, cast, danielle de niese, interview, Jamie Bogyo, jonathan kent, laura pitt-pulford, london, love, love changes everything, lyric theatre, michael ball, musical, nica burns, preview, sex, taboo, telegraph, theatre, west end
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Top theatre to see in London in June
From 42nd Street and The Wizard of Oz to A Strange Loop. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 42nd Street, 42nd streetr, a strange loop, book tickets, crazy for you, drama, grease, june, june shows, june theatre, london, london theatre, musical, play, summer, the crucible, theatre, we will rock you
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Globe
Closer to a hallucinatory nightmare than a romantic romp. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a midsummer nights dream, comedy, drama, globe theatre, london, michelle terry, play, review, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, telegraph, theatre
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Once On This Island, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
This Caribbean trip vacillates between vibrant fairy tale and grim warning. Read my full London Theatre review here
Guide to The Time Traveller’s Wife musical in the West End
Audrey Niffenegger’s hit novel has already been adapted for screen – now, it comes to the stage. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged adaptation, apollo theatre, audry niffenegger, dave stewart, david hunter, eric bana, film, joanna woodward, joss stone, lauren gunderson, london, musical, rachel mcadams, rose leslie, Steven Moffat, the time travelers wife, the time travellers wife, the time travellers wife musical, theatre, theo james, tv, west end
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Meet The Wizard of Oz West End cast
Ashley Banjo, Jason Manford, Gary Wilmot, Dianne Pilkington and more will all go over the rainbow. Read my full London Theatre article
Operation Mincemeat, Fortune Theatre
This gem of a musical is a rip-roaring British success story. Read my full London Theatre review here
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