This is Not Culturally Significant - The Bunker Theatre
Photo credit: Besell McNamee Better late than never, and mostly because no producer wants press in to review their show on a public...
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Hello and welcome. This is the third version of my personal site - the first two just developed technical problems which I couldn't resolve so I had to start over. Basically it's mostly about theatre as that's where I often find myself outside of work. I'm still not technologically minded so this one might well fail too at some point.
Over the next few weeks and months I'll be working on restoring the blog posts from the previous website. Thanks for stopping by!
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- May 29, 2017
- 4 min
Caroline, or Change - Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Charlie Gallacher as Noah Gellman, and Sharon D Clarke as Caroline Thibodeaux, in 'Caroline, Or Change'. Photo credit: Marc Brenner. The...
- May 29, 2017
- 5 min
Giggin4Good Presents Songs4Soi - St Paul's, Covent Garden
“I know there was a sound issue, it’s not his [the sound engineer’s] fault, it’s the Church,” quipped either Jordan Langford or Nathan...
- May 26, 2017
- 3 min
Jam - Finborough Theatre
I wonder whether Bella Soroush (Jasmine Hyde) should have toughened up a little. Did nobody tell her when she was doing teacher training...
- May 22, 2017
- 3 min
The Addams Family - New Wimbledon Theatre
I came, I saw, I rather enjoyed it. It appears to me that the naysayers who didn’t care much for The Addams Family stage musical...
- May 21, 2017
- 3 min
tick, tick... BOOM! - Park Theatre (Park 90)
Photo credit: Claire Bilyard Been there, seen it, and worn the proverbial T-shirt. Or so I thought, having seen a production of Jonathan...
- May 14, 2017
- 4 min
Two enchanted evenings - 'The Sound of Musicals' and 'Just Me and A Piano'
Photo credits: Raymond Gubbay Ltd and Live at Zédel /The Crazy Coqs I stepped away from the reviewing circuit this weekend to enjoy...
- May 11, 2017
- 4 min
The Braille Legacy - Charing Cross Theatre
There were quips, mostly infantile, swirling around in my head about seeing a musical called The Braille Legacy that were more than...
- May 9, 2017
- 3 min
Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Road - Trafalgar Studio 2
There are certain viewpoints that (some) city people, like me, have of people from the country. Some of these views are, frankly,...
- May 5, 2017
- 3 min
Magic at the Musicals 2017 - Royal Albert Hall
It may no longer be acceptable for a male presenter of an event like Magic at the Musicals to be sexually suggestive, making comments,...
- Apr 29, 2017
- 3 min
Forty Years On - Chichester Festival Theatre
The elephant in the room in this production of Alan Bennett’s Forty Years On is this. The role of the Headmaster is played by Richard...
- Apr 24, 2017
- 3 min
Honk! - Union Theatre
This is one of those reviews I never intended to write, but am doing so purely for my own personal benefit as a matter of historical...
- Apr 17, 2017
- 2 min
Their Finest - the sort of film that's been done before...
Yes, we all know the tools and special effects available to filmmakers these days are superior to the ones available one generation ago,...
- Apr 16, 2017
- 2 min
Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? - Theatre Royal Haymarket
An office discussion in the day job led me to see this show in the first place, partly because someone is a fan of Damian Lewis, who...
- Mar 13, 2017
- 4 min
Honeymoon in Vegas the Musical in Concert - London Palladium
I’m not sure, having seen a concert version staged by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra, why Honeymoon in Vegas The Musical lasted...
- Mar 13, 2017
- 2 min
Travesties - Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue
“Dada! Dada!” So yells Tristan Tzara (Freddie Fox) in Travesties, one of those Tom Stoppard plays that generous amounts of culture...
- Mar 13, 2017
- 3 min
Overture - Hippodrome Casino
I wasn’t originally going to say anything about this event, just go along and enjoy it for what it is. But then I wasn’t expecting this...
- Mar 7, 2017
- 3 min
Russell Howard: Round the World - Royal Albert Hall
At a time of perceived unprecedented uncertainty, for good for or ill, particularly in the corridors of political power in both London...
- Feb 26, 2017
- 2 min
The Glass Menagerie - Duke of York's Theatre
A fellow theatregoer called out what he believed was a false accent on the part of Cherry Jones as Amanda, the matriarch in The Glass...
- Feb 24, 2017
- 3 min
The Girls - Phoenix Theatre
It may be funny for those who can stomach isolated punchlines delivered out of character, with sudden verve and confidence from women who...
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