A boisterous musical with balls and a lot of heart!
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Extravaganza Macabre, Battersea Arts Centre – Review
The thinking person’s summer panto.
Read More »Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, Jermyn Street Theatre – Review
A funny and somewhat educational course in British culture during WW2, featuring a fair bit of audience participation along the way.
Read More »Dead Souls, Theatre N16 – Review
A very intelligent and funny piece of theatre – and a tremendous first offering from Monkhead Theatre.
Read More »Not John, John Gielgud Theatre (RADA Festival) – Review
A thought-provoking, funny and sympathetic one-man show about how employment – or lack of it – can sometimes be linked to identity and how one man tries to cope with it.
Read More »Takeover, The Bunker – Review
A simple premise, almost flawlessly executed by a talented, young troupe. The writing makes for a provoking social commentary and the raw delivery gives it a refreshing edge.
Read More »King Kong, The Vaults – Review
Pros: Light hearted King Kong romp which should keep older children amused for an hour and a half. A couple of ‘for the parents’ moments. Cons: Old jokes delivered in a shouty style which started to be annoying towards the end. On arrival at the small underground theatre, The Vaults, we sat on the old cinema-style seats listening to an eclectic mix of appropriately themed music (The Banana Splits, The Monkees – you get the picture). I had no idea there were so many ...
Read More »Tiresia, Etcetera Theatre – Review
The complex theme is just too academic to be entertaining and fails to deliver a coherent message.
Read More »Lonely Planet, Tabard Theatre – Review
In an US town in the 1980s, the owner of a map shop and his off-beat and flighty companion try to come to terms with the increasing loss of many of their friends to an unspecified disease in this important production.
Read More »Dirty Work (The Late Shift), Battersea Arts Centre – Review
If you like fatalist humour, this is the play for you.
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