…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
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 →
Saturday 25th February, at The Savoy Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Few shows truly deserve the 'whirlwind' title, and Dreamgirls is one of those few - a phenomenally talented cast lead a phenomenal creative team to great heights with this relentlessly fiery production. The impression given is that there is not a single sequin out of place... 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 →
The Prince of Wales Theatre. Saturday, 26th November, 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'The Book of Mormon' proved to be everything we'd heard it would be. It was funny, shocking, fiery and definitely, definitely 'not for the faint-hearted'. The show is the creation of 'South Park' creators Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone - and I've only... Continue Reading →
Vaudeville Theatre, London. Saturday 22nd October, 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 30 Million Minutes was something between a beautifully motivational speech and a seat at French's coffee table, gifted with extended autobiographical narratives; it was Dawn French laying bare some of the key, defining moments of her 30 Million Minutes of life to date, in her characteristically engaging... Continue Reading →
The Savoy Theatre, London. Wednesday 31st August, 2016 (matinee). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let me start by saying that this production of 'Funny Girl' was wonderful in ways which were paradoxically expected and unexpected. I expected great things from Sheridan Smith, and this was readily delivered. I was expecting a grand West End Musical, complete with all the... Continue Reading →
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Audience Audacity? There's a great danger of snobbery when discussing audience conduct at the theatre these days. Theatre should be, and is, for everyone and that is a beautiful thing; many theatres have deals and schemes which allow for cheaper tickets to all kinds of shows and this... Continue Reading →
