Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Sir David Suchet reflects on his extraordinary career
Sir David Suchet takes us from school days to sleuth days
In the 80s, An Audience With... gave a television studio to an actor who th…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:48AMSaturday, December 18, 2021
★★★★ THE TIGER LILLIES' CHRISTMAS CAROL: A VICTORIAN GUTTER, SOUTHBANK CENTRE Melancholy musical retelling laced with wit and political venom
The Tiger Lillies tell a familiar…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:24PMMonday, November 29, 2021
★★★ THE GOOD LIFE Nostalgic comedy with a surprising resonance 45 years on
Tom, Barbara, Jerry and Margo are back in the '70s, but with a message for today
"Off-grid" wasn't a thing…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:03AMFriday, November 26, 2021
★★★ A Christmas Carol - Immersive Dickens production not quite a Christmas cracker
Stephen Mangan's Scrooge learns his lesson in imbalanced Dickens adaptation
Four years and a Broadw…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:42AMWednesday, November 17, 2021
★★★★ VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Comedy mines Chekhov for laughs and finds some rich seams
Super London debut for Russian-inspired Broadway comedy
Vanya and Sonia and Mas…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:36AMSaturday, November 13, 2021
★★★★★ FOOTFALLS AND ROCKABY, Beckett's ferocious contemplations on the ebbing of life
Double bill finds the Irish master at his most raw
Like all great art, Samuel Beckett's works…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:42AMWednesday, November 10, 2021
★★★★ MILK AND GALL, Baby turns New Yorkers' lives upside down, while Trump has a tantrum or two
No holds barred comedy lays bare the unsentimental side of parenting
Tuesday, 8 No…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:32PMTuesday, November 9, 2021
★★★ THE CHOIR OF MAN, Decent blokes sing old school hits in an old school pub
Lots of songs and lots of sugary sentimentality
Like a previous occupant of this venue, Six, The Choir Of…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:12PMFriday, October 29, 2021
★★★ THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT, ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE A musical about trust and hope, and an unexpected elephant
An elephant awakens an emotionally shattered town
Trigger warnings h…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:42PMTuesday, October 26, 2021
★★ VANARA, HACKNEY EMPIRE Falls well short of its West Side Story inspired ambition
Two tribes feud over fire in a post-apocalyptic world's last surviving forest
Two tribes, both alike…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:32AMTuesday, October 5, 2021
★★★★ WHAT IF IF ONLY Caryl Churchill's short play considers the despair of grief and the optimism of hope
A beautifully staged reflection on the pain of confronting loss and the nece…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:42AMTuesday, September 28, 2021
★★★★ BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, ADELPHI THEATRE A spectacular West End show to delight fans old and new
Whether you've seen the movie ten times or never, this will be a night …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:48AMSaturday, September 25, 2021
★★★★ THE LAST FIVE YEARS, GARRICK THEATRE Jason Robert Brown's semi-autobiographical show gets a West End upgrade
Flaws remain, but audiences will lap up the gorgeous melodies, be…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:06AMWednesday, September 22, 2021
★★★ BLITHE SPIRIT, HAROLD PINTER THEATRE Jennifer Saunders delights her fans in classic comedy
Jennifer Saunders delivers a fine turn as the celebrated Madame Arcati in Sir Noël Cowa…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:03AMTuesday, September 7, 2021
★★★ STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT, ORANGE TREE THEATRE Timely revival of Athol Fugard's searing indictment of Apartheid
Forty-nine years on, Fugard's anger has l…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:54AMMonday, August 30, 2021
★★★★★ BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS, MARLOWE THEATRE, CANTERBURY Dazzling Disney rewrite
Beloved Angela Lansbury film is in sure, safe theatrical hands
Bedknobs and Broomsticks has al…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:54AMThursday, August 19, 2021
★★★ CINDERELLA, GILLIAN LYNNE THEATRE A spectacular show that hits and misses
A good night out, but with unrealised ambition to be rather more than that
Belleville has lost its Prince…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:36AMSaturday, August 14, 2021
★★ 2:22 A GHOST STORY, NOËL COWARD THEATRE A big name cast wring all they can from a flawed script
A few shocks and laughs but lacking in character-led credibility
Danny Robins tells u…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:06AMFriday, August 6, 2021
★★★★★ BIG BIG SKY, HAMPSTEAD DOWNSTAIRS A wonderful play about decent people
This poignant, uplifting play is just what we need right now
Get to Swiss Cottage early because Bob …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:06PMSaturday, July 17, 2021
★★★★★ SOUTH PACIFIC, CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE Rodgers and Hammerstein classic given renewed relevance
Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is given renewed relevance in a spectacu…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:54AMTuesday, July 6, 2021
Light up a joss stick for this pared-back version of Stephen Schwartz 's 1972 musical
If Time Magazine’s Man of the Year in 1966 was anyone under the age of 25, why couldn’t a teenage…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:48PMWednesday, June 23, 2021
Deborah Bruce's play puts multiple topics on the table
Thirty years on, Alex and Jason meet at a university reunion and cab it back to Jason’s old student house where Alex is thinking “…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:03AMFriday, May 31, 2019
Prasanna Puwanarajah's revival of Venice Preserved brings the look of the show right up to date - its narrative is very 21st century, so needed nothing.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06AMTuesday, May 28, 2019
Gorgeous and gruesome, this revival of Jonathan Kent's production fills the Royal Opera House with emotion and passion - and a warning of what chaos can ensue in a failing state.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50AMFriday, May 24, 2019
Tom Brennan explains that what you want, what you really, really want, is a comedy set in a school in May 1997.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15AMThursday, May 23, 2019
USER NOT FOUND plunges us into the very contemporary and very real issues concerning one's digital legacy. Do you hit the big red button and kill that person again Or do you let them live on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06AMTuesday, May 21, 2019
When Davey musters the courage to go speak to Anita instead of merely stalking her, both have to confront psychological trauma that can no longer be denied.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMAndrea Chenier is a feast for eyes and ears with Roberto Alagna, Sondra Radvanovsky and Dimitri Platanias magnificent in the tale of the poet who stays true to love as the world descends int…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44AMFriday, May 17, 2019
Happy Jack is an early play by John Godber full of working class warmth tempered with a hard edge of social criticism.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32AMThursday, May 16, 2019
Ute Lemper Rendezvous with Marlene sees a living legend portraying a now lost legend - up close and personal and a privilege to see.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16AMMonday, May 13, 2019
Jonathan Maitland delivers a satirical take on Brexit in general and Boris Johnson in particular, that lacks the insight and the jokes required to do justice to its source material's rich po…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PM 
