…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
In Part II of the interview with Jon Tozzie and Nathan Coenen, founders and Co-Artistic Directors of new company Paper Creatures Theatre, the pair answer a quick fire round of questions on all things theatre (including hot topics etiquette and celebrity casting)... Okay, Quick fire! (Okay, okay, this kind of turned out to be quick-ish... Continue Reading →
Paper Creatures Theatre are a new company on the London fringe scene; focusing on new writing, millennials and 'simple, compelling, bold stories', they are making their debut with the comedy drama 'Flood', by Tom Hartwell. The production will run at the Tristan Bates Theatre from July 31- August 5 as part of the Camden Fringe... Continue Reading →
National Theatre Live, from The Harold Pinter Theatre. 18th May 2017. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Knock out. Star. Superstar. Electrifying. Scrap the cliches guys; Imelda Staunton's performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is of stratospheric brilliance. Edward Albee's play is superbly written and James Macdonald has brought about one hell of an intense and explosive piece of... Continue Reading →
Saturday 13th May, 2017 at The Duke of York's Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Lee Hall's adaptation of Alan Warner's novel The Sopranos, is a raging success of a new comedy - and that success lands almost entirely at the feet of the fantastic cast. Yes, the writing is good, and it... Continue Reading →
Saturday 25th March, 2017 at Brasserie Zedel (The Crazy Coqs) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Blazing onto the scene with a rendition of Bette Midler's 'Miss Otis Regrets' before weaving her way through an impressively diverse set list, Rachel Tucker proved herself, once again, to be an incredibly versatile songstress. Aside from that undeniably superb voice and brilliantly judicious... Continue Reading →
I recently wrote a piece on my ineptitude with Stage Doors- namely never convincing myself to actually stay. Well, dear readers, on Saturday 21st January, 2017, I waited outside a stage door for the first time - and met Rachel Tucker on her way to get greenified for Wicked... We were actually a little cheeky... Continue Reading →
Saturday 21st January, 2017. St James' Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The reputation and history of this show are well documented, so I won't repeat too much of it here, but suffice to say that this is a musical in a class of its own. Set in the not-so-dreamy side of dreamy New York at the height... Continue Reading →
A friend of mine asked me recently 'Do you ever write bad reviews? You seem to like most of what you see?' It's a valid question; scanning my back-catalogue (on OnStage and AlwaysTimeForTheatre.Wordpress.com) shows far more praise than criticism, but there are of course very good reasons for this. Reason 1: Appreciation of the Hardworking... Continue Reading →
