West End/ SOLT venues
We’ve expanded our definition of West End to include those big venues that whilst not physically in the West End, budget wise are very similar. Think of places like Southbank Centre or Royal Albert Hall. Generally these are the venues that are members of the Society of London Theatre and eligible for all the big award ceremonies. Whilst we don’t attend lots of these shows, now and again it’s fun to savour the glitz and glamour they can offer.
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Review: Death Note: The Musical, The Barbican
An epic, big budget, polished production with a talented cast, lacking the psychological drama of the gripping source material.
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Review: Tao of Glass, @sohoplace
A joyful experience: enter understanding the world one way and exit with a sense of how it can be different.
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Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare’s Globe
This flamenco-fuelled production proves the power of Shakespeare’s words by transcending them
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Review: IN THE BRAIN, Southbank Centre
An impressive, youthful exploration of dance and drama whose electrifying synapses capture a frenzy of physical display.
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Review: The Oresteia, Bridge Theatre
A horrifying and compelling tour de force.
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Review: −320°F, Sadler’s Wells
A dazzling spectacle of ideas and imagery that overwhelms, but rewards curiosity with flashes of brilliance.
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Review: Archduke, Royal Court Theatre
An energetic, morbidly hilarious exploration of radicalisation and impressionable youth, sitting in the shadow of the events that started the First World War.
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Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Inspired casting choices elevate an otherwise middle of the wood production.
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Review: Rayuela, Sadler’s Wells East
Playful, fearless and constantly searching.
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Review: Colossus, Southbank Centre
A kaleidoscopic human murmuration lands at the Southbank Centre