REVIEW: Bitches Down Under, Above The Stag ★★★
By Julian Eaves Bitches Down Under! Above The Stag 17th January 2018 3 Stars Book Now Fans of light, frothy, gay-flava’ed serials will welcome this third instalment in the continuing s…
By Julian Eaves Bitches Down Under! Above The Stag 17th January 2018 3 Stars Book Now Fans of light, frothy, gay-flava’ed serials will welcome this third instalment in the continuing s…
By Julian Eaves You come out of the theatre longing to grab a cast album at the merchandise desk – but that’s yet to come! If you can get a ticket for this run, grab one now. You…
By Julian Eaves It’s not yet completely clear where West’s heart lies, but he is a relative newcomer to this craft and surely will take time in experimenting with different voice…
By Julian Eaves Doodle The Musical Waterloo East Theatre 12th January 2018 2 Stars Book Now Well, here’s yet another musical that concerns itself with WWII nostalgia: uniforms; hummabl…
By Julian Eaves Shaw doesn’t exactly give us hope, but he paints a picture we can recognise as speaking to us today. It’s a bit of a wait to get there, but more than worth persev…
By Julian Eaves The kids will be somewhat amused by it, and you may enjoy the quips, but Bananaman probably won't be a holiday show to remember for long. This post REVIEW: Bananaman, Southwa…
By Julian Eaves The Night Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zedel 2nd January 2017 4 Stars Fast becoming one of the most significant events in the cabaret calendar, this entertaining monthly gathering…
By Julian Eaves It was all huge fun and I can't wait to discover more of the work of this lovely maker of musical comedies, who became one of our very own, the inestimable Herr Spoliansky. T…
By Julian Eaves We asked our review team to nominate their 2017 theatre highlights. Julian Eaves nominated his favourites. This has been a terrific year for new musical theatre writing, with…
By Julian Eaves Heaven! This is heaven! Julian Eaves reviews Irving Berlin's Top Hat the musical Upstairs at The Gatehouse starring Joanna Clifton and Joshua Lay. Book Now! This post REVIEW:…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
By 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 …
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…
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…
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 ̵…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…