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Tag Archives: drama
Moulin Rouge! Leads January’s Top 10 New London Shows
From a spectacular jukebox musical to a Caryl Churchill revival and Florence Nightingale-inspired ballet. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged ballet, book tickets, broadwayworld, dance, dancing, drama, hamlet, hex, january, london, moulin rouge, musical, national theatre, play, review, theatre, top 10, west end
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Best of Enemies, Young Vic
Could any political play top the current seething drama in Westminster? Perhaps not, but James Graham’s latest is another fascinating slice of history that feels all too pertinent. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abc, america, debate, democrat, drama, gore vidal, headlong, history, james baldwin, james graham, jeremy herrin, london, london theatre, play, political, politics, republican, review, theatre, tv, william f buckley, young vic
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Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre
A teenage boy adrift at sea for 227 days with only a Royal Bengal tiger for company? Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning philosophical novel Life of Pi is the ultimate adaptation challenge. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged drama, life of pi, london, play, puppets, review, theatre, tiger, west end, wyndhams theatre, yann martel
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Four Quartets, Harold Pinter Theatre
TS Eliot’s dense, sprawling, four-poem cycle exploring time, faith, mortality, history, love, and everything in between doesn’t exactly scream commercial theatre. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged drama, harold pinter theatre, london, london theatre, play, poem, poetry, ralph fiennes, review, theatre, ts eliot, west end
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A Christmas Carol, Old Vic
Matthew Warchus’s Dickensian charmer is back at the Old Vic for a fifth year. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a christmas carol, christmas, dickens, drama, jack thorne, london, old vic, play, review, scrooge, stephen mangan, telegraph, theatre
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Manor, National Theatre
Moira Buffini’s state-of-the-nation play is pegged to that irresistible trope: the dark and stormy night, with a group of strangers forced to seek shelter in a spooky manor house. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged drama, london, london theatre, manor, moira buffini, national theatre, play, review, shaun evans, theatre
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‘Rose Ayling-Ellis is showing you can be deaf and still be happy’: Deaf performers hail the Strictly effect
The actress’ silent break on last week’s show was the TV moment of the year – and it’s changing perceptions around deaf performers and British Sign Language, too. Read my full The i Paper article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged bbc, bsl, candoco, couples choice, dance, dancing, deaf, deaf men dancing, deafinitely theatre, deafness, drama, giovanni pernice, inews, interview, london, mark smith, musical, paula garfield, rose ayling ellis, rose ayling-ellis, sign language, southwark playhouse, strictly, strictly come dancing, the i paper, the rhythmics, theatre, tv
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The Wife of Willesden, Kiln Theatre
Zadie Smith’s playwriting debut is a love letter to her north-west London home. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged brent, canterbury tales, chaucer, drama, kilburn, kiln theatre, london, london theatre, north london, north west london, play, review, the wife of willesden, theatre, wife of bath, zadie smith
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Why on earth write a history of British musicals and sideline Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Ethan Mordden is weirdly dismissive of his topic in his book Pick a Pocket or Two. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, book, drama, ethan mordden, history, london, musical, musical theatre, pick a pocket or two, review, telegraph, theatre, west end
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How Curious Incident went from beloved book to theatrical phenomenon
The show is returning for a 10th anniversary tour. Read my full London Theatre article here
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