116 stories by "Samuel Sims"
Helping young people accomplish their dreams is a bit of alright in my book, and especially when they are at a serious disadvantage because of a lack of money. Ian McKellen thinks the Nation…
Writer Florian Zeller has expressed his keenness on this piece – on this journey to not simply be voyeuristic but for the audience to become lost in a mental labyrinth. He doesn’…
Bugger me, this show makes you want to go out and party. My boyfriend has mentioned having a drag inspired birthday shindig next year and at first I was very skeptical. I like my heels below…
"I suppose she just wasn't exceptional enough": at first a seemingly passing statement but in the final moments of Anna Ziegler's play, Photograph 51, Nicole Kidman summarises her character …
Gotta love a unicorn. They're just so horny and precious and long-maned. I Believe in Unicorns isn’t totally devoted to the creatures, but the story does every now and again return …
Most popularly associated with Disney's 1940 film, Pinocchio actually started life in 1883 in Italy as The Adventures of Pinocchio and was written in serial form. It is the author Carlo Coll…
The inevitability of yet more cuts to the arts after today's election result has brought morale to a staggering low. At the same time I'm seeing hope and I'm still seeing some excellent thea…
I'm sure some of our readers are too young to vividly remember the devastating 9/11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers but would have undoubtedly since seen or heard about them in one foÂr…
It's fair to say that Roald Dahl's 1980 children's book The Twits offers a strong aversion to 'bad' people, and a general consensus that they'll inevitably get their comeuppance. It's not…
A feeling of bewilderment befell the Coliseum’s auditorium as, happy as Larry, Emma Thompson, Bryn Terfel and the remainder of Sweeney Todd’s cast strolled onto stage and p…
There's an overwhelming feeling of self-importance among the human race; an unavoidable subjective notion that we are special and, in the early stages of life, invincible. Then there is the …
We're strong advocates for fringe, here at A Younger Theatre. We " I, love seeing shows in small venues with a small cast and budget. The excitement of being unawares is far more than walkin…
Oh simplicity how I adore thee. Even before the cast of Patrick Marber's Closer arrive on stage, I am slapped in the face with the excitable foresight of what is to come. The set is effortle…
Unfamiliar with Paula Vogel's 1997 play, How I Learned to Drive, I acquainted myself and immediately felt as though this could be something really special. I had expectations of a deeply rea…
Those that have gone to university will know that special friendships can indeed be formed and further, seek longevity. Obviously there are exceptions but sharing such an intense experience …
Good grief, why don’t more West End shows dose up their characters on Valium? One of the highlights of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, skirts on the brink of misandry whi…
Swan Lake is perhaps the most well-known of all classical ballets. Since debuting at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1877, Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece has been performed by countless co…
Since debuting on Broadway 27 years ago, Stephen Sondheim’s fairytale musical Into the Woods has won countless awards and gained a strong and very loyal fan-base. It’s h…
Whilst Usagi Yojimbo, currently showing at Southwark Playhouse’s larger space is running until early January, it is by no means a traditional Christmas show. Based on Stan Sakai’…
Praise bejesus Katherine Kingsley hasn’t disappeared during Dirty Rotten Scoundrels‘ current cast change. Instead, Alex Gamound has replaced Rufus Hound as Freddy Benson, joining…
Many cities have stark socio-economic contrasts. Take London for example: one moment you could be standing amongst some of the most obscenely expensive shops and houses, and twenty minutes l…
The rather tiresome but quite successful fashion for creating musicals based on movies has settled down this year. Instead we have seen Broadway transfers (Urinetown, The Scottsboro Boys …
Call me crazy but I’m partial to a love story with some believability. I find myself feeling frustrated and bored with my experience of Puccini’s La Bohème, which is often…
Ultra-violence with a cracker of a smile on its face is one of my favourite things; add in singing and it becomes a large gorge-fest of brand spanking new fun. Is Urinetown that brutal…
There’s an undeniably cliched 80s feel to David Mamet’s three-hander, Speed-the-Plow. It captures a Working Girl-esque image of corporate America, of the dog-eat-dog wor…
