POT is Heaven Can Wait set on an inner city council estate. It’s bleak, desolate, and full of abject hopelessness. It’s also essential viewing for anyone who cares.
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War with the Newts, The Bunker – Review
Pro’s: A bright young cast with a concept that dares to be different. Con’s: The promise of an immersive experience never quite materialises in the true sense of the word. Southwark Street is fast becoming South London’s answer to the North’s Upper Street. The Bunker, Menier Chocolate Factory and Katzpace, three fringe theatres all located within a five minute walk of each other. Tonight The Bunker certainly lived up to its name, situated at the end of a long ramp ...
Read More »Love, Genius and a Walk, Drayton Arms Theatre – Review
Pros: A potted history of artistic life in early 20th century Vienna, seen through the eyes of a 21st century writer. Music, architecture, art and psychoanalysis. From Freud to Jung, Klimt to Kokoschka, they all get a look in. Cons: Words get the better of everyone, on and off Sigmund’s couch. If music is the food of love, here both are thwarted in this tale of two composers, one triumphant, the other downtrodden. Gustav Mahler and Sigmund Freud meet in Leiden and ...
Read More »The Art Of Gaman, Theatre503 – Review
Pros: The lighting director, Simeon Miller, should stand up and take a bow. The same goes for newcomer Alice Dillon. Cons: The writing lets everything else down. Gaman translates as “enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity”. Watching The Art of Gaman at Theatre503 certainly felt like an act of endurance at times, but like a good audience member I endured, politely watching as my confusion grew and my patience was severely tested. The Art of Gaman isn’t a ...
Read More »Behind the Scenes of the Anna Fiorentini Variety Show
Marianna Meloni shares a rare glimpse of what happens behind the scenes of one of the most prolific and generous acting schools in London.
Read More »Once the musical, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch – Review
Moving, beautifully produced musical that's good for the ears and heart.
Read More »Parents’ Evening, Jermyn Street Theatre – Review
Strong performances illuminate a script that promises more than it delivers.
Read More »People Like Us, Union Theatre – Review
Pros: A 15 minute interval that lets you mentally prepare for the fact that there’s a second half. Cons: Shockingly bad and self-absorbed dialogues, lack of dramatism, cheap reactionary propaganda. When you hear that there’s a new play written by Julie Burchill, you obviously run to see it. She’s one of the wittiest and funniest living British journalists, even if you happen to disagree with pretty much everything she says or writes about when it comes to politics. Refreshingly unapologetic ...
Read More »Liberty Rides Forth!, Waterloo East Theatre – Review
A show with strong bouncing tunes, a warm heart and some sly wit. Quirky and original, but it doesn't embrace its full wackiness.
Read More »Win Tickets to see Heathers The Musical
As J.D. would say, Greetings and salutations… you a Heather? If you are, you’ve come to the right place. Yes, you’ve guessed it. Some of us at Everything Theatre are old enough to remember the original Heathers film, with the very young Christian Slater and Winona Ryder in their staring roles, and we were big fans. So we’re rather excited that it’s now on the stage too. Even more fantastic is that we’re able to offer one lucky fan a ...
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