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 06:51PMBy 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 01:29PMBy 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 06:35AMBy 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 05:16AMBy Julian Eaves Julian Eaves reviews new musical Animus by Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn performed by students at Trinity Laban. This post REVIEW: Animus, Laban Theatre first appeared on …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:55AMBy 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 07:42AMBy 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 05:39AMBy 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 05:44AMBy 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 ✭✭ first appeared on …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:37AMBy 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 07:25AMBy 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 05:35AMBy 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 06:17AMBy 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 04:28PMBy 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 11:12AMBy 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 08:08AMBy 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 t…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:39AMBy Julian Eaves There´s enough to enjoy here to merit the price of the ticket. So, go on, you deserve it. Indulge yourself! This post REVIEW: The Toxic Avenger, Arts Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:26AMBy 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 06:10AMBy 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 informed …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:44AMBy 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 03:36PMBy 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 08:23AMBy 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 06:46PMBy 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 12:07PMBy 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 06:04AMBy 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 �…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:48PMBy 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 07:09AMBy 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 04:11PMBy 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 09:18AMBy 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 04:23AMBy 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 ✭✭ …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:35PMBy 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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