…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
According to the immensely popular theatre site, 'westendwilma.com is the mother/son blogging venture that has been taking over London’s theatre scene for the last five years' - the team cover news, reviews, interviews, awards, competitions, tickets and merchandise - proving that an impressive amount of ground can be covered in just five years. Ed Baker,... Continue Reading →
Sunday 20th August 2017 at Etcetera Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ M.I.M.E.S (Most Imbecilic Mime Ensemble Show), is the UK debut show of Mauro Groppo, Paolo Scaglia and Samuel Toye, and it's a refreshingly different treat. MIMES is made up of a number of mini sketches, some following on from one another, and some seeming to stand... Continue Reading →
Sunday 20th August 2017 at Etcetera Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Skin and Bone Theatre's Filth is an aptly named, rank firecracker of a show. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh and adapted by Harry Gibson, there's no getting away from the fact that this play is tough to watch yet thoroughly captivating. Jake Francis' performance... Continue Reading →
Sunday 20th August 2017, at The Lion and Unicorn, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ At just shy of twenty minutes long, Sophie manages to pack an emotional punch before our nameless protagonist promptly leaves the stage, without return. The piece is written and performed by Julia Pagett in association with mental health charity MIND in the City, Hackney... Continue Reading →
Why should every musical theatre fan visit The Theatre Cafe in the West End? New York has Ellen's Stardust Diner, which boasts up and coming New York actors singing their hearts out while serving - I visited it in 2013 and enjoyed it with wide-eyed joy. As far as I'm aware, the closest thing we... Continue Reading →
Thursday 3rd August 2017 at the Wyndham's Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, written by Lanie Robertson and directed by Lonny Price, is inspired by a boyfriend of Robertson's experience of seeing Holiday perform in a tiny, run down venue to a tiny audience in 1959, four months before her death.... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 2nd August 2017 at the Noël Coward Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This new version of Half A Sixpence (based on the novel Kipps by H G Wells) is a delight. Presented by Cameron Mackintosh and the Chichester Festival Theatre Productions and adapted by Julian Fellowes, it's a perfect example of why productions of classic period... Continue Reading →
Thursday 3rd August 2017 at Etcetera Theatre in Camden, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Falling Pennies Theatre Company's Doomed Resistance is a new play and a farce set in Belgium in 1914. Directed by Rebecca Blake, this three hander delivers a manic, comic take on war and its tendency to make people do strange things....like pretending to be... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 2nd August 2017 at The Cockpit Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Circus Abyssinia's Ethiopian Dreams is bursting at the seams with acrobatic talent and impressive visual spectacle. The company deliver juggling, cloth spinning, contortionist and acrobatic acts which are all underscored with joyous, atmospheric music. Moments in which I found myself watching through my fingers are... Continue Reading →
