Pros: Intelligent idea in a knock out venue Cons: It didn’t live up to my expectations as the songs didn’t fit naturally and the execution was lacking After the initial shock of how beautiful the inside of St Pauls Church is, I took a pew and waited for the lights to dim. The promise of a political musical is always one to get me excited but unfortunately this one just didn’t deliver. The concept alone of highlighting the place of ...
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Win tickets to Alice in Wonderland on UK tour
This is your chance to win tickets to see Alice in Wonderland on its spring UK tour. To enter simply retweet one of our Alice in Wonderland competition tweets before 5pm on 5 February 2017 AND tell us what you would take to the Mad Hatter’s tea party. Imagination runs wild and logic is abandoned in this fantastical, larger-than-life musical brimming with nonsensical fun and excitement for the entire family. Follow Alice and the White Rabbit as they set off ...
Read More »Faulty Towers Dining Experience, Kingsway Hall Hotel – Review
If you are a fan of the show, or are looking for an alternative to the classic theatre experience and are happy to risk finding a few surprises in your soup… I would definitely recommend.
Read More »The Blue Bird, New Wimbledon Studio – Review
An hour's worth of fun for younger children, providing a good introduction to theatregoing and some play acting ideas to develop.
Read More »A Year From Now, The Vaults – Review
Where do we see ourselves a year from now? RedBellyBlack investigate the matter in a thought-provoking but scrappy verbatim piece.
Read More »Dirty Great Love Story, Arts Theatre – Review
Dirty Great Love Story breathes new life into British romantic comedies.
Read More »Space Play, The Vaults – Review
A play on a universal subject with cosmic ambitions that ultimately gets lost in space.
Read More »Only Bones, Soho Theatre – Review
Pros: A meticulously choreographed piece of art. Excellently executed and magically mesmerising. Cons: On paper, perhaps not everybody’s cup of tea. Approach with an open mind. Thom Monckton and Gemma Tweedie created Only Bones in an empty aircraft hangar in Paris. The handout given to each audience member describes a bizarre creative environment; freezing cold and with constant harassment from goats. One of the pleasures of the piece is that it is clearly a creation born from painstaking care, love, and ...
Read More »Death Takes a Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre – Review
A slightly morbid, slightly sappy show that will appeal to musical lovers looking for something different.
Read More »Bitches Ahoy!, Above The Stag Theatre — Review
Comedy in its purest form, but also an important and real piece to be exposed to.
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