369 stories by "Julian Eaves"
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…
By 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 âœâœ�…
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, …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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�…
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…
By Julian Eaves
If you like things of the ilk of ‘Cirque du Soleil', and other such vacuous circus-type divertissements, you will most assuredly delight in this.
This post REVIEW: Brie…
By Julian Eaves
This was a welcome opportunity to get better acquainted with the repertoire of one of the country's brightest and most interesting new songwriters
This post REVIEW: Tim Gilvi…
By Julian Eaves
This week Julian Eaves took a look at two new musicals in development Mary Stuart and Kiki, Queen of Montparnasse. MARY STUART, Karamel Café, Mountview Academy A lot of dram…
By Julian Eaves
A lot of impressive creative talent has been thrown at Boys In The Buff, and one can but marvel at the standard of the quality of work lavished upon it.
This post REVIEW: Boy…
By Julian Eaves
Committee is without a doubt one of the most exciting new musicals you're going to see this year.
This post REVIEW: Committee the musical, DonmarWarehouse âœâœâœ�…
By Julian Eaves
We have come to rely on Above The Stag to supply to us, it is high-quality homoerotic titillation with a chaser of moral uplift and this show is no exception
This post REVIEW…
By Julian Eaves
There are moments when we believe we are in fact watching The Marx Brothers at work, or following an off-cut from 'Hellzapoppin'.
This post REVIEW: King Kong – A Comedy…
By Julian Eaves
Yes, this whole show " hastily put together in barely a week – might well shine a bit more with a little more rehearsal and polish, but the ending is full of optimistic…
By Julian Eaves
I am going to give nothing away about the 'plot', because it's just so deliciously ingenious and I don't want to rob you of a single moment's pleasure
This post REVIEW: Super…
