869 stories by "Terri Paddock"
After successes with Sunset Boulevard and Sweeney Todd, English National Opera continues its annual headline-grabbing foray into musical theatre with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s C…
The second massive New York import in less than a month, 42nd Street brought its lullaby of Broadway to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane last night. In addition to their transatlantic journeys, …
When:
April 13, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Where:
The Vaults (Launcelot Street entrance), Leake St, Lambeth, London SE1 7NN, UK
Homegrown musical MISS NIGHTIN…
If you’re seeking life affirmation, celebrations of female solidarity (of a quintessentially British variety) and general uplift, my two current West End recommendations that tick all …
What would Bertolt Brecht have made of Donald Trump? Brecht’s “epic theatre” was sparked by the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany. Many pundits have likened the political per…
I’m pleased that the Old Vic has added a week to the run of its 50th anniversary production of Tom Stoppard‘s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, now booking until 6 May &#…
Here’s what London is crying out for: an escape to Paris. And not the Paris of Marine Le Pen or any other modern foes and woes, but the sumptuous Hollywood Golden Age version now burst…
As part of her post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will host a post-show panel discussion on political theatre following Lazarus Theatre's acclaimed production of Brech…
Not long left to see two Off-West End musicals I can recommend: The Wild Party at The Other Palace and The Sorrows of Satan at Tristan Bates Theatre. The Wild Party has, of course, create…
Steve Waters' Limehouse is as much a rallying call as a play: a rallying call for those of us left politically homeless by Jeremy Corbyn's failed Labour Party. It takes its name from the eas…
I've never voted Conserative. Indeed, the morning after the 2015 General Election, I was so horrified that, after five years of austerity, the Tories had not only got back in but had done so…
Two Off-West End plays have recently inspired my other half Peter Jones to compile Spotify playlists of his youth – terribly convenient as I’ve tasked him with providing backg…
The American gothic rock musical LIZZIE, which is now receiving its UK premiere in a limited season at London’s Greenwich Theatre, opens and closes with a nursery rhyme I memorised in …
In his review this morning, Michael Billington has – to borrow a phrase from Meat Loaf – taken the words right out of mouth. At last night’s West End premiere of The Girls,…
What were you doing on 9/11? And, if you were in London, on 7/7? I thought about this recently when watching Stuart Slade's excellent new play BU21.
A few thoughts on musical productions I’ve seen recently, with my on-the-night tweet thoughts further below. Promises, Promises Less than a week left to see this rarely seen Broadway m…
For the post-show Q&A after the evening performance on Thursday 23 February 2017, I'll be joined by the cast Eden Espinosa, Jodie Jacobs, Bleu Woodward and Bjorg Gamst.
This week the president of the United States Donald Trump said (or rather tweeted) that those who participated in protests against his administration fell into one of three categories: "p…
A year ago when blogging about the annual Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, my headline was "Critics' Circle Award winners: Are they the only ones that make sense anymore?" I didn't know then …
The best antidote to hopelessness has got to be action. That’s what IÂ have kept reminding myself over the past few months, and what I recited almost mantra-like on Friday afternoon …
Stage shows based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem The Wild Party are like buses. Ahead of next month's much-anticipated UK premiere of the Michael John LaChiusa's musical versi…
Last week I was more on schedule with rounding up lists of critics’ tips for the best theatre coming up this year. But in truth, as I’ve been organising the Critics’ Circle…
What are the hottest shows coming up this year? Based on the ones that are most likely to appear on top picks’ lists in my round-up of commentators’ round-ups, they are: Li…
Ahead of rounding up various publications #theatre2016 highlights, I'm taking a moment to reflect on my own theatregoing year and my favourite plays, musicals, performances and other events.…
The National Theatre used to be one of my favourite theatregoing destinations, but I’ve only been a handful of times in recent years. This hasn’t been an intentional omission on …
