David William Bryan brings a personal touch to these story about a young Liverpudlian who signs up to fight in the second world war as his critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe… Read more In Loyal Company, Vault Festival →
Anima Theatre Company’s Blue Departed is an unashamed look at addiction, death and carrying on. Dante and Beatrice are two addicts. Now Beatrice is dead and Dante is going through… Read more Blue Departed, Vault Festival →
A small disclaimer because I am very foolish I often got lost. On one occasion I was saved by an interesting, kind usher who happens to be the writer of… Read more Inside Voices, The Vault Festival →
In Russian culture, kompromat, short for “compromising material” (Russian: компрометирующий материал, translit. komprometiruyushchy material), is damaging information about a politician, a businessperson, or other public figure, used to create negative publicity,… Read more Kompromat, The Vault Festival →
It was by reading Nabokov’s Lolita that I first learned the difference between the authorial voice and that of the narrators. In this interesting new play, the same complex subtleties… Read more Lola, The Vault Festival →
Liberté, Egalite, Fraternité At first glance Notre Dame de Paris appears as a mashup of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and a Cirque du Soleil show in French. But it… Read more Notre Dame de Paris, London Colesium →
That’s Entertainment Why have I waited until the 10th anniversary to see Thriller Live? The King of Pop grew up watching great performers, some of whom became mentors, such as… Read more Thriller Live, Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue →
Theatre Trust has announced its Theatres at Risk list for 2019. The list includes theatres from all over the UK, including iconic theatres like the Winter Gardens in Blackpool Sadly… Read more Theatre Trust reveal the Theatres at Risk in 2019 →
Brian Crawley and Jeanine Tesori (who is also behind the music in Caroline or Change-Tony Kushner’s sixties set tale currently on at The Playhouse) is based on Doris Bett’s The… Read more Violet, Charing Cross Theatre →
