Honest, first-hand reviews of the shows playing in London. What worked, what did not, who stood out and whether it is worth your evening — so you can book with your eyes open.
Any list of the top 10 most popular and often performed operas around the world would include 3 by Mozart. Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte and The Marriage of Figaro, a trilogy of masterpieces known as the Da Ponte operas…
I really disliked this musical when I reviewed it in its original incarnation at the St James Theatre on the fringe, although it may have been coloured by the…
Lovers are well served by London Theatre over the next few weeks. There’s no more romantic a composer than Puccini, the opera genius behind La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly...
Wow! What a massive disappointment this latest revival of GREAT BRITAIN, a new satire by Richard Bean, directed by Nicholas Hytner, turns out to be; particularly after the pair’s international triumph with the Goldoni…
I’d somehow managed to get through life without ever seeing EVITA prior to the press night of this production, a touring version that’s been enhanced to play a short season at the Dominion Theatre before White Christmas…
If you see one production in the West End this year it probably shouldn’t be this sketch show which pokes fun at musical theatre hits. It’ll mean very little to you.
Before I lay in to this shoddy piece of drivel I think it is only fair to report that the audience all around me seemed to love it.
Shakespeare in Love ignites the hearts and minds of audiences at the Noel Coward Theatre Back in 1998, film director John Madden embarked on bringing Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman’s screenplay Shakespeare in Love to…
This was a very strange evening indeed. My curiosity was piqued when the cast was first announced and it was noticeable that all the actors were too old to be playing this comedy of young lovers clashing with a…
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