Thursday, December 14, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Full marks to the National for having a jolly good go with this attempt; it may yet be made to work as well as the show clearly intends to. But more work it will need before …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 13, 2017
By Julian Eaves
A Christmas Carol London Musical Theatre Orchestra Lyceum Theatre, 11th December 2017 5 Stars Book Tickets Seeing this sprawling, grand, majestic musical entertainment again …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:29PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 10, 2017
By Julian Eaves
The Barricade Boys The Other Palace Studio, 7th December 2017 5 Stars Book Now If there's something that is guaranteed to make a festive season truly joyful, then it is a per…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 5, 2017
By Julian Eaves
The Woman In White Charing Cross Theatre, 4th December 2017 5 Stars Book Now Who believes in ghosts? Everyone has their own story to tell with its own special particulars…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:16AM[SHARE]Monday, December 4, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Julian Eaves reviews new musical Animus by Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn performed by students at Trinity Laban.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 28, 2017
By Julian Eaves
As Privates On Parade celebrates its 40th anniversary, this brilliantly confidant and assured play has lost none of its relevance.
This post REVIEW: Privates On Parade, Union…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:42AM[SHARE]By Julian Eaves
The onward march of the Crazy Coqs is pioneering new musical theatre writing continues with Fiver an utterly delicious score by new writers of the book, music and lyrics, Ale…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:39AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 19, 2017
By Julian Eaves
When you hear that a pair of writers have been working on a show for 10 years before finally bringing it to the stage to find out what it works like in reality, you are ̵…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 16, 2017
By Julian Eaves
If you think Picasso might be your sort of thing, then do go. However, you might want to think twice.
This post REVIEW: Picasso, Playground Theatre âœâœ first appear…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:37AM[SHARE]Monday, October 30, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Lord Dismiss Us is packed choc-full of nifty one-liners and often lovely double-entendres, the occasional song or prayer, a spot of amateur dramatics, and laced it with a sma…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:25AM[SHARE]By Julian Eaves
Bean and Coleman don't put a foot wrong. Briskly plotted, dizzily paced with doors flying shut and open with split-second timing, revealing and concealing the players with al…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:35AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 25, 2017
By Julian Eaves
When Midnight Strikes The Drayton Arms Pub Theatre 24th October 2017 Book Tickets Charles Miller and Kevin Hammonds are one of this country's most prolific and inventive musi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:17AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 24, 2017
By Julian Eaves
This was a memorable debut and I count myself very fortunate to have been present at it. I shall watch out – with great interest – for more work coming from the i…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 17, 2017
By Julian Eaves
The Break Arts Theatre, Friday 6th October 2017 Seen in a rehearsed reading on the set of the current main house production, ‘The Toxic Avenger', Katy Lipson's Aria Ent…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 14, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Metroplis is the kind of show that makes you want to go and see it again, and again. Rush to get tickets to what will be one of the fastest selling shows of the year.
This po…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:08AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 8, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Graeme Of Thrones Charing Cross Theatre 6th October 2017 2 Stars Book Tickets Parodies and spoofs are great fun, but they fall into two very distinct categories: the ones…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 3, 2017
By Julian Eaves
There´s enough to enjoy here to merit the price of the ticket. So, go on, you deserve it. Indulge yourself!
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:26AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 1, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Lucky Stiff is a fun night out, beautifully realised with an original take on a well-worn concept, and with much to bring a smile to the lips.
This post REVIEW: Lucky Stiff, …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:10AM[SHARE]By Julian Eaves
an LMTO show is – ultimately – all about the orchestra. Here we got the full 32-pieces of the publishers´ dreams, and this was – we were reliably informe…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:44AM[SHARE]Monday, September 25, 2017
By Julian Eaves
The score does not just reflects them, however, but much more ingeniously it also reflects the conventional tropes and gestures of musical theatre
This post REVIEW: 35MM A Mu…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 17, 2017
By Julian Eaves
It's fascinating to see and clearly points towards interesting and thought-provoking new talents. Quite what it all might mean is, possibly, something that only individual au…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:23AM[SHARE]Friday, September 15, 2017
By Julian Eaves
It's been a long time since I welcomed a score with such eagerness and pleasure, one that has such immediate widespread appeal, and which also instantly creates a powerful se…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:46PM[SHARE]Monday, September 11, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Tenderly The Rosemary Clooney Musical New Wimbledon Time and Leisure Studio, 6th September 2017 3 Stars Book Tenderly Tickets Rosemary Clooney is an unusual choice of singer …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:07PM[SHARE]By Julian Eaves
Follies National Theatre, 8th September 2017 5 Stars Book Follies Tickets Folly is an interesting concept: it has fascinated the western mind all the way from Erasmus of Rott…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:04AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 27, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Overall, however, Windows is a worthy but rather torpid outing for a family who have been ignored professionally for 85 years
This post REVIEW: Windows, Finborough Theatre â…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:48PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 24, 2017
By Julian Eaves
This is a magnificent, epic, intellectual and heart-felt play in a superb production, full of insight and truth, written with a masterful sense of theatrical balance and econ…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:09AM[SHARE]Monday, August 21, 2017
By Julian Eaves
For those who didn't see Sunday In The Park With George, then all I can say is, please – if you can – try and find time to see the productions of this astonishing…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:11PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 19, 2017
By Julian Eaves
When the stage is abuzz with all 14 of the cast, it fairly bristles with an often astonishingly high level of Fifties glamour, making it far and away the most spectacular pro…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:18AM[SHARE]Friday, July 28, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Not for nothing does the audience rise to its feet at the end of the performance. Because, it knows, it has not met any strangers during the performance. It has met itself.
T…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 26, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Dickinson is superb in I Loved Lucy. She gives a masterclass in how to fascinate and compel an audience's avid attention.
This post REVIEW: I Loved Lucy, Arts Theatre âœ�…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:35PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 23, 2017
By Julian Eaves
Meanwhile, there's a fair rendition of the text available here, and one that will do, particularly if you haven't seen anything better.
This post REVIEW: The Hired Man, Union…
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