‘Dynamic pricing’ sees Cock ticket costs fluctuate wildly for the production’s final performances in the West End
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. It does so by bringing bring to the stage a most wonderful selection of songs; it does so in a stark and dynamic version […]
Cinderella will end in June at London’s Gillian Lynne theatre
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 staged at the Royal Court in 2009, Jez Butterworth’s seismic play about national identity has returned […]
Awards for Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley among musical’s wins, with Life of Pi also recognised in several categories at the Olivier Awards 2022
The new head of CONTACT says she wants to open up the doors and is calling on young communities to shape the company’s future.
Rebecca Frecknall’s dazzling Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club up for 11 prizes 2022 Awards
January 2022 As we await the known unknowns of Omicron, one’s sanity becomes an object of speculation among one’s acquaintances. I am fed up. Jaded. Exhausted. None of this is normal. Normal has walked the plank. I tell you this not as aimless revelation but because I want you to know, as you read this, precisely who […]
2021. The year that tried to one-up 2020. Truly. (I think being a neurotic, worrisome person slightly prepared me for it) An extraordinary year for British theatre. Anyway, for my final blog of the last rollercoaster 12 months, I present my Top 5 shows of the year: 1) Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club- Playhouse, London Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club made […]
December 2021. A Covid tidal wave is crashing into us. Theatres are faced once again with critical and tough restrictions despite robust measures in place to keep their staff and audiences safe. The situation is dire and deteriorating. The number of Covid cases reported on Wednesday was the highest yet during the pandemic. You read that […]
