My, My, Mamma Mia! ABBA rule London: The Musical, The Party & Voyage
“Without a song or a dance, what are we?” The answer to this profound rhetorical question is, of course, nothing. I used to be a theatre snob. So convinced that jukebox musicals had little to no redeeming qualities. It wasn’t that I had anything particularly...
Tyrant Alex Belfield: Guilty of Stalking
Conspiracy theorist Alex Belfield has got his comeuppance, but this kind of poison has dripped into our politics and lives for years
Here’s Your Definitive Guide to Edinburgh Fringe 2022 (you’re welcome)
What to see at the Edinburgh fringe – my Fringe festival tips
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My, My, Mamma Mia! ABBA rule London: The Musical, The Party & Voyage
“Without a song or a dance, what are we?” The answer to this profound rhetorical question is, of course, nothing. I used to be a theatre snob. So convinced that jukebox musicals had little to no redeeming qualities. It wasn’t that I had anything particularly...
Tyrant Alex Belfield: Guilty of Stalking
Conspiracy theorist Alex Belfield has got his comeuppance, but this kind of poison has dripped into our politics and lives for years
Here’s Your Definitive Guide to Edinburgh Fringe 2022 (you’re welcome)
What to see at the Edinburgh fringe – my Fringe festival tips
Suzie Miller: “Don’t give up. If you feel passionate, just keep doing it. There will be knocks and hardships and it is easy to give up along the road. But keep going, you will see it all come together.”
In Suzie Miller’s play, Jodie Comer stars as Tessa, a barrister who defends men of rape and is assaulted herself.
Look Ahead
Jerusalem returns
If life does indeed come down to just a single moment, mine probably arrived last week on Easter Monday when I witnessed Mark Rylance on stage as Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron in Jerusalem. His combination of theatricality and verbal vivacity is extraordinary. First...
Olivier Awards nominations 2022: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club leads the pack
Rebecca Frecknall’s dazzling Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club up for 11 prizes 2022 Awards
National Youth Theatre and Contact, Manchester: Putting young people centre stage
With National Youth Theatre Chair Dawn Airey and Artistic Director Paul Roseby In this age of extremes, I often find myself at the sharp end of funding squeezes, local authority cuts, and am continually alarmed by the devastating demise of arts in our state schools....
Manchester International Festival 2021 programme announced
Manchester International Festival (MIF), returns from 1-18 July with a vibrant programme of original new work from across the spectrum of visual and performing arts and music by artists from over 20 countries. The reasonably amazing lineup includes Angélique Kidjo,...
Spotlight
£400 tickets for West End Cock? No thanks.
‘Dynamic pricing’ sees Cock ticket costs fluctuate wildly for the production’s final performances in the West End
Review: Oklahoma! — beguiling, brave & occasionally contentious
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 musical is no cinch to sell to a modern audience. So fair play to Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein’s stirring Tony-winning production for shooting for something new. Oklahoma! Photo credit: Marc Brenner It does so by bringing bring to the...
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella: Not So Happy Ever After
Cinderella will end in June at London’s Gillian Lynne theatre
First Look: Prima Facie starring Jodie Comer at Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Photo credit: Helen Murray Prima Facie is at the Harold Pinter theatre, London, until 18 June and will stream in cinemas via NT Live on July...
Reviews
Mesmerising Sweeney Todd got me by the throat
Lots to love about Nick Bagnall’s stripped-back Sweeney Todd in Liverpool, including the cast, acting, and absorbing scenes between Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett and the decision to set it in a time of Brexhaustion. Everything seems fresh minted. Bagnall’s wickedly...
Standing at The Sky’s Edge
Standing At The Sky’s Edge’s portrayal of high-rise communities in the iconic concrete housing estate could hardly be bettered. It’s an evocative setting. Park Hill was built in the 1950’s as a solution to the city’s social housing. This new musical is all about that...
Young Frankenstein: do we all make our own monsters?
The gender roles in Young Frankenstein raise huge questions around our own collusion as audiences and Mel Brooks’ musical comedy starring Ross Noble, Hadley Fraser, Summer Strallen and Lesley Joseph is ruffling feathers. The background is that, in Natasha...
First new build West End theatre in 50 years opens this AutumnJuly 21, 2022 - 10:57 am- Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse announces the first season by Suba DasJuly 21, 2022 - 10:41 am
- The Royal Theatrical Support Trust and Nottingham Playhouse – Winners of RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award 2022July 21, 2022 - 10:04 am
- The Gate Theatre announces move to Camden, new chair Shami Chakrabarti and first production in new venueJuly 19, 2022 - 10:31 am
- “Into the woods” will have a new Broadway cast recordingJuly 19, 2022 - 10:16 am
- CABARET at the Kit Kat Club Announces Booking Extension and Christmas Performance ScheduleJuly 18, 2022 - 10:51 am
- “MJ” releases new block of tickets through April 9, 2023July 18, 2022 - 10:44 am
- The Lehman Trilogy will play at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 24 January 2023July 13, 2022 - 10:12 am
- Royal Shakespeare Company’s Richard III to screen in UK Cinemas from 28 SeptemberJuly 13, 2022 - 10:04 am
- Complicité to present the World Premiere of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the DeadJuly 13, 2022 - 10:01 am
