Year: 2019

Musicals

The Astonishing Singing Fish!, Jack Studio Theatre – Review

The Astonishing Singing Fish! is sweet, charming, and tremendously funny.

Drama

Out of Water, Orange Tree Theatre – Review

[review] Zoe Cooper’s Jess and Joe Forever, premiered in 2016, was my favourite show of the year. An exuberant hit…

Comedy

Neck Or Nothing, Pleasance Theatre – Review

[review] Is mental health funny? Is it acceptable to laugh about depression? Fledgling Theatre, makers of Neck or Nothing, definitely…

Musicals

Ain’t Misbehavin: The Fats Waller Musical, Southwark Playhouse – Review

This musical will make you smile!

Comedy

Mark Thomas: Our NHS at 70, Battersea Arts Centre – Review

a hilarious, informative, moving, and inspiring tribute’

Alternative

Little Death Club, Underbelly – Review

[review] Black clad, sparkly and glamorous, Bernie Dieter is the suitably bawdy host to the Little Death Club, inspired by…

Comedy

Twelfth Night, Rose Playhouse – Review

[review] OVO Theatre’s Twelfth Night opens with Viola and Sebastian performing their dance double-act on a cruise ship. This scene…

Interviews

OVO’s ‘Twelfth Night’: Bringing the Bard to the Roaring Twenties

'Twelfth Night' director Adam Nichols shares why the 1920s are a fitting backdrop for Shakespeare's raucous play.

Drama

Funeral Flowers, The Bunker – Review

[review] If you’ll forgive the ad pitch, flowers suit nearly every occasion. A loving declaration, celebratory congratulations, or a sorrowful…

Cabaret

Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West, Toulouse Lautrec – Review

[review]Emily Hutt’s tell-all cabaret on the 1930’s limelight icon Mae West follows almost pedantically the chronology of her life events,…

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