Sunday, February 18, 2018
You is a beautiful story of love, loss, family and what family is defined as. It’s truly an emotional play that doesn’t shy away from the truth. I personally would love to see an extende…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, February 11, 2018
The Ferryman at the Gielgud Theatre is a glorious piece of theatre which flows and cadences with ease and vigour. It's lengthy but so worth the watch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSaturday, February 3, 2018
Set during JFK administration, this new musical by Lizzie Freeborn, at the London Theatre Workshop, is set in The White House and looks at the staff in-house at the time of the sexual scanda…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, February 2, 2018
I saw and loved Eugenius! back in 2016 at its premiere concert at the London Palladium, so I was very excited when I read it was returning to The Other Palace. I'm pleased to say I stand by …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, February 1, 2018
The Mischief Theatre company, founded in 2008, is well known for providing family entertainment and great comedy and they certainly don’t disappoint with the UK tour of the West End hit Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWednesday, January 31, 2018
Everything about Collective Rage at the Southwark Playhouse is unapologetic and the whole thing is gloriously feminist and queer. For a laugh a minute show that also makes you think, it is t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, January 27, 2018
Originally conceived in 2013 by Lil Warren, Oranges and Elephants tells the story of two female gangs in London in the Victorian era and the setting of Hoxton Hall adds to its authenticity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, January 25, 2018
Ria Jones takes on the role of the narcissistic, fading Norma Desmond with masterful skill in the touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, reviewed at the New Victoria…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, January 15, 2018
As a member of the LGBT community, I know, we all face our fair share of struggles. One of those struggles is the loss of family, whether it's you leaving them or them severing ties with you.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, January 13, 2018
Lobster is the story of J and K, two young professional women in London. We follow them throughout as they narrate through their relationship history.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, January 12, 2018
The show opens with the bad guys; Dr Bloom played by Marc Pickering and General Blight played by Carl Mullaney, both of whom worked well together and it felt like they had walked straight ou…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, January 9, 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber would have been over the rainbow with the Sydney premiere of The Wizard of Oz. From the moment the stage curtains opened, the audience was captivated.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, January 8, 2018
Hanna written by Sam Potter is a true modern text; its witty, dramatic, humorous and surprising.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMJoanne Clifton, of Strictly Come Dancing fame, put her well-known dance skills to good use and her acting and singing abilities astonished the audience, myself included.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, January 7, 2018
A particular highlight was Julie Atherton as Queen Angelica, whose comedic timing was on point as always.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, January 4, 2018
This year I saw 105 shows so picking my top 10 was pretty tricky!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, December 21, 2017
Thanks to the power and brilliance of the London cast, all comparisons with Broadway fade away. The entire company pump in soul, heart and skill to the glorious narrative created by Miranda,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30PMTuesday, December 19, 2017
Festive favourite and seasoned Dame, Clive Rowe takes on the role of Dame Trot whilst comedian Al Murray is a panto newbie as the landlord, Al.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMJonathan Andrew Hume played the lead role of Simba in The Lion King and is set to star in the Rose Theatre's production of Alice in Hinterland, alongside the Rose Youth Company.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, December 18, 2017
Snow White offered all that you expect and more from Panto: slapstick humour, innuendos and wonderful musical numbers. One of which was of course Chesney Hawkes’ performance of his Number …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThis is a magical, heartwarming production which uses a variety of theatrical devices in the purest and most masterful way. I'd certainly urge you to get to the National to experience it for…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, December 17, 2017
Complex, intense and disturbing yet gentle and moving in equal measure. I would recommend this wonderful production to theatre goers of all ages. An enduring story of humanity and friendship…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, December 16, 2017
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Webber have written some truly captivating, catchy musicals and Evita is of course iconic and no exception to this. An ever popular rags-to-riches type of story bas…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, December 15, 2017
It’s Christmas! Which can only mean one thing ... It’s Panto time!! ‘Oh no it isn’t’ ‘Oh yes it is’...you get the point! I was lucky enough to be invited to Theatre Royal Strat…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMThursday, December 14, 2017
A hell of a night was had by all. Jayde Adams is a beautifully voluptuous woman who takes us on a journey full of laughs. She takes us through a wonderfully crafted set all about popularity …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, December 13, 2017
Thankfully for this show and its audience, the women of this show, stole it. These women created well rounded, fully realised characters. They made us feel, laugh and gasp.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAs we walk in we are welcomed by a room set in the round, decorated as an old school recording studio; many an old-fashioned rug, musical instruments and microphones, soundproofing on the wa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, December 11, 2017
Staged amid visually attractive cut-out sets that transported the audience to a world of wonder in such locations as The Darlings’ nursery, Neverland, Crocodile Creek, on board a pirate sh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00PMThe set of 23 songs was varied and extremely well put together with a mixture of festive favourites, Les Mis hits and some more unexpected songs. Standout moments included I'll Be Home For C…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, December 10, 2017
The Bush Theatre, a highly respected and popular Off-West End theatre in buzzing Shephard’s Bush, is currently home to a show that’s origins take it back North to the Royal Exchange Thea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMYesterday evening I hot-footed it from the Charing Cross theatre seeing Marisha Wallace's Soul Holiday concert, to the Spiegeltent in Leicester Square to see Velma Celli in concert and it wa…
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