Tom Foreman’s “Big Boys” is set to play The Lion and Unicorn Theatre next month (6 - 10 July 2021). As a personal play exploring the challenges of growing up, the changing nature of friendships and poor mental health in young men, there’s a lot to cover here, and cover it we do! Here, Foreman... Continue Reading →
Saturday June 5th 2021 - streamed via Jermyn Street Theatre. Somebody Jones is back with a new short play, and as with BLACK WOMEN DATING WHITE MEN, what shines through this piece is its reflective tone and observant writing. In HOW I LEARNED TO SWIM, we have a personal story front and centre, but Jones... Continue Reading →
ChewBoy Productions are back with a new show! “Tethered”, a ‘madcap caper’, is set to play The Lion and Unicorn from 20th - 24th July 2021... live and in person! I caught up with co-founders of the company Georgie Bailey and Hal Darling (also playing both roles in this two-hander) ahead of ChewBoy’s return to... Continue Reading →
Spies Like Us are bringing not one but two pieces to the 2020 Vault Festival. One - Our Man in Havana - is a fully fledged production which has already gained significant recognition and the other - Speed Dial - is a work in progress. With both arriving on the Vault scene between 3-7th March... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 31st December 2019 at The Other Palace, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let me start by admitting that I didn’t see Amélie the movie (I know...but that rock I was living under was cosy). The very best thing about Amélie The Musical however, is the way in which this fantastic cast deliver Michael Fentiman’s gorgeously whimsical staging... Continue Reading →
Finborough Theatre’s Christmas season opener may be a surprise to some but in staging The Wind of Heaven, the Finborough is bringing back this work of Emlyn Williams after a 75 year absence from the London stage. It’s a play certain to find resonance with our troubled times and as it looks at the role... Continue Reading →
Saturday 2nd November 2019 at the National Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Athol Fugard’s Master Harold and the Boys is a pretty excellent creation. It’s fascinating in its approach to plucking the rotten fruit of history and placing it before us while simultaneously providing us with a very recognisable and relatable dynamic. In this instance however, the rather... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 28th August 2019 at the Duke of York’s Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stories without neat and easy conclusions are often the most powerful and such is certainly the case with the Kiln Theatre’s production of Florian Zeller’s The Son. Translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Michael Longhurst, this is an excellent drama but it also... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 28th August 2019 at the Charing Cross Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What happens when a woman goes above and beyond what others do in the same field, outshining the lot of them with an audaciously unwavering self-belief leading to unprecedented success? She doesn’t get what she’d hoped for, naturally! Such is the case in 1901 as... Continue Reading →
Thursday 1st August 2019 at Soho Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rarely do shows make me want to re-live the first five minutes just as soon as they’ve passed by. From the rousing, buoyant opening number to the moving tear-jerker closing moments, The View Upstairs proves itself to be an exceptional contemporary work which is as fun-loving... Continue Reading →
