Thursday, February 28, 2019
Stephen Adly Guirgis's play is as relevant today as ever, its coruscating examination of the nature of American justice and religious redemption losing none of its power a generation on from…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02AMWednesday, February 27, 2019
Cheating Death fails to solve the considerable problems of writing and staging farce in an ambitious show that falls well short of expectations.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:25AMTuesday, February 19, 2019
The Paper Man starts off with the story of Austria's 1930s football hero Matthias Sindelar but swiftly dummies the Nazis and nutmegs for a narrative about the construction of narratives - an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14AMFriday, February 15, 2019
Phil Willmott tries to rescue two shows with the plot of a third, but his show also never quite coheres, for all the energy expended by the hard-working cast.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:05AMThursday, February 14, 2019
The King's Head pulls off another re-imagining of a classic opera that packs plenty of punch and is a joy for newbies and old hands alike.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
Rip It Up The 60s is unabashed entertainment full of great songs, plenty of dancing and a handful of stars from Strictly.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:51AMMonday, February 11, 2019
A wonderful version of The Winter's Tale that is made for young people but has plenty to say to those of us as old as Leontes and Polixenes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:50AMWednesday, February 6, 2019
The Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre brings its modern, surreal take on Chekhov's classic play to The Barbican, with a barb or two directed towards some familiar faces.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56AMBWW talks to Ruth Mary Johnson about her version of The Winter's Tale at the National Theatre and about her philosophy in making theatre works for young people.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01AMFriday, February 1, 2019
The Orchestra digs into the hearts of the six women and one man stuck playing light classics in a hollowed out French spa town and finds bleak, Chekhovian humour in their plights.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:23AMLes Mis has been in London almost as long as I have - here's how we have grown old together.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:53AMThursday, January 31, 2019
Pippa Evans talks about the long-running Showstopper back in the West End and about her life in theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AMFriday, January 25, 2019
Danielle Walker Bush Rat takes on the tricky task of examining a largely happy family for comic material and, aside from a few references to the strange ways of Outback Australia, inevitably…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:10AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Kieran Hodgson dissects the history of the UK's relationship with Europe in this funny, poignant and wonderfully well-informed show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
What a strange thing is Violet - indeed, what a strange thing is Violet, our eponymous heroine. But more of that later.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04AMFriday, January 18, 2019
A Modest Little Man tells us something of the man and his achievements, Clement Attlee surrounded by egos and rivals talented though in this gem of a political comedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:07AMThursday, January 17, 2019
Kristine Landon-Smith talks about directing her revival of Jean Anouilh's The Orchestra and about her unique life in theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AMWednesday, January 16, 2019
Rosenbaum's Rescue compelling drama concerns itself with big questions like what is truth as they apply to a fractured family today and the interpretation of traumatic events in the past.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06AMTuesday, January 15, 2019
Gabriel Gbadamosi's writing touches on many hot button topics for 2019, but it never quite finds the characters to lend credibility and, crucially, empathy, to his contemporary and important…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:05AMFriday, January 11, 2019
I confess to entering the theatre with a sense of foreboding. The legend of Orson Wells' The War of the Worlds has been done to death - the radio broadcast that createdpanic across the USA, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:15AMThursday, January 10, 2019
Phil Willmott's updating of An Enemy of the People could hardly be more timely, but falls a little flat for want of some attention to detail.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMFriday, January 4, 2019
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
This Australian production of Rumpelstiltskin wanders as far from the original tale as Germany is from Down Under and some might say the same with regard to its distance traditional theatre-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:13AMSunday, December 16, 2018
To the beautifully appointed Laban Theatre on the banks of Deptford Creek now a much sought after locale doncha know for Trinity Laban's Christmas show, Thea Musgrave's A Christmas Carol.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMIn 2018, I saw 101 productions ranging from black box theatres with more actors in the cast than punters in the stalls to huge productions at the Royal Opera House and London Coliseum.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMSaturday, December 15, 2018
Sometimes the smallest of spaces can tell the biggest of stories and that's the case with this perfectly judged adaptation of the much-loved fairytale.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20AMFriday, December 14, 2018
Timon of Athens, at times a clunky collaboration and a clunkier mix of verse and prose, has much to say about how money corrupts and how spoiling adults is about as advisable as spoiling chi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMWednesday, December 12, 2018
The Messiah has charm and poignancy, but creaks under the weight of its 35 years, its brand of humour now dated by shows like The Play That Goes Wrong.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AMThursday, December 6, 2018
Some spectacular special effects and a wonderful set are let down by a stodgy and confusing script.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AMThursday, November 29, 2018
Plaid Tidings is a show full of grand old Christmas songs delivered beautifully by four gifted vocalists.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:56AMWednesday, November 28, 2018
John Savournin and the Charles Court Opera gang are back with another panto packed with innovatory storytelling and great songs, wonderfully sung KingsHeadThtr ButtonsPanto charlescourt.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:38AM 
