Friday, August 14, 2015
St James Theatre, London****Music and Lyrics by Pippa ClearyBook & Lyrics by Jake BrungerDirected by Kate GolledgeCallum Howells and Francesca McKeanThe National Youth Music Theatre's pr…
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Watermill Theatre, Newbury****Music, lyrics and book by Lionel BartDirected by Luke SheppardThomas KerryIt is a rare treat to visit Newbury’s charmingly situated Watermill Theatre and …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:43PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 8, 2015
St James Studio*****Co-written and directed by Sarah-Louise YoungRia Jones and Ceri DupreeBefore launching into a sassy opening routine of Irving Berlin's Sisters, Ria Jones and Ceri Dupree …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2015
Southwark Playhouse, London****Book by Luther DavisMusic and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert WrightAdditional music and lyrics by Maury YestonDirected by Thom SoutherlandChristine Griman…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:44AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 1, 2015
Greenwich Theatre, London*****Music and lyrics by Pete TownsendBook by Pete Townsend and Des McAnuffAdditional music and lyrics by John Entwhistle and Keith MoonDirected by Michael StrassenA…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2015
Royal Festival Hall, London***Music by George GershwinLyrics by Ira GershwinBook by George S. Kaufman and Morrie RyskindAll credit to Elliot Davis, Senbla and the genius of casting director …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2015
The Pheasantry, London****Anne Reid and Stefan BednarczykCurrently in cabaret at London’s The Pheasantry, Anne Reid and Stefan Bednarczyk offer a songlist devoted to the Broadway/Holly…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:45PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2015
St James Theatre, London****Music and lyrics by Jason Robert BrownDirected by Adam LensonCynthia ErivoThere is a great deal of debate over how to define a piece like Jason Robert Brown's ico…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:33AM[SHARE]Programme cover from the first London productionAs the BBC Proms feature Fiddler On The Roof, here is my interview with lyricist Sheldon Harnick, discussing the show.JB: …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:03AM[SHARE]Friday, July 24, 2015
Arts Theatre, London****Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael MayerLyrics by Billie Joe ArmstrongMusic by Green DayDirected and choreographed by Racky PlewsAmelia Lily and Aaron SidwellIt…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:39PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2015
Shakespeare's Globe, London****Written by William ShakespeareDirected by Simon GodwinCharles SpencerSimon Godwin hones his focus in on the fallible nature of authority, in a smartly paced pr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2015
There is much about Jonathan Church's Mack and Mabel at Chichester that displays the very best of modern British musical theatre talent. Amidst a tale of humour and tragedy, the production f…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:38AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 19, 2015
Opera Holland Park, London****Music by Will ToddLibretto by Maggie GottliebDirected by Martin DuncanFflur Wyn and James ClevertonReturning for a third (and now almost sold out) season Opera …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:12PM[SHARE]Friday, July 17, 2015
As Mack and Mabel previews at Chichester Festival Theatre (to be reviewed here next week), I chanced upon a DVD of one of Mack Sennett’s famous two-reelers, Mabel’s Wilful Way, m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:04AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 12, 2015
*****Just released on CD, A Spoonful of Sherman is a delightful recording that preserves one of the most sparkling revues of recent years. Staged at the St James Theatre in 2014, the show ca…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:58PM[SHARE]Friday, July 10, 2015
Trevor Nunn's production of Volpone at the RSC's Swan sagely contends that the sins of greed and avarice are timeless. With Ben Jonson's 17th century comedy set squarely in a modern Venice, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Southwark Playhouse, London***Written by Austin PendletonDirected by Alice HamiltonLouise Ford and John Hodgkinson35 years after his death, Kenneth Tynan still has the power to slice through…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:45PM[SHARE]Arcola Theatre, London***By Eamonn O'Dwyer and Robert GilbertDirected by Ryan McBrydeGillian Kirkpatrick'Pain can blind us, twist us, change us – sometimes for better, sometimes for wo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Churchill Theatre, Bromley****Written by Ayub Khan DinDirected by Sam Yates Pauline McGlynn and Simon NagraA story about identity, packaged as a comedy but addressing some very real and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:58PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 4, 2015
As one sits in the Trafalgar Studios waiting for Andrew Keates' production of As Is to begin, there is an awareness of a gentle backdrop of conversation that eventually distils into individu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Crazy Coqs, London****Kit and McConnelThe cabaret duo Kit and McConnel have only been performing together for 3 years, so this show’s title The Game Is Old dues not suggest themselves.…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:04AM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2015
****Written by Carrie Hope FletcherGrowing up, she was the youngest sibling of two. But today Carrie Hope Fletcher is a virtual big sister to thousands of young girls across the world.A stag…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 18, 2015
***Written and directed by Bernard RoseJack HustonThere’s a stylish cast and concept to Two Jacks, out this month from Bernard Rose.Taking an idea from Tolstoy’s Russian fable Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:31PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 14, 2015
Churchill Theatre, Bromley****Choreography by David NixonVisiting Bromley for the first time and for two nights only, the Northern Ballet - Europe’s Best Dance Company as recognis…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:31PM[SHARE]Friday, June 12, 2015
Festival Theatre, Chichester****Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira GershwinBook by Jeremy Sams and Robert HudsonBased on the novel by P.G.Wodehouseand the play by P.G. Wodehouse and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:16AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The Jetty, London***Play developed by Zoe Wellman and Sam Curtis-LindsayDirected by Sam Curtis-LindsayA scene from Heartbreak HotelHeartbreak Hotel is a new immersive experience in London…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:06AM[SHARE]Crazy Coqs, London****Eric GarciaIn recent years New York singer-pianist Eric Yves Garcia has made quite an impact. An award winning cabaret artiste, he is here for a week’s residency …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Teddy is a new piece of theatre from Tristan Bernays and Dougal Irvine that sets out to depict the Teddy Boy era of 1950's London. It's all about rock and roll and austerity in post-war Brit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:15AM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2015
If you like your reviews as short and sour as a tequila slammer, let me say just this: site-specific DISCO, that ran for three days from 2nd June, isn't going to impress those who thrive off…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:09AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2015
Duncton Wood is an ambitious musical from Mark Carroll, adapting the best-selling novel famously set in the meadowed world of Oxfordshire's moles. In the micro-budget world of the Union Thea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2015
****In a music business that can too often be driven by corporates, manufactured clones or finely choreographed campaigns, it is easy to become disillusioned. But for those living in the hop…
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