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: No President, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Avant-garde ambition collapses into unwatchable chaos. ‘Avant-gaurd’ the exits!
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Review: Noughts and Crosses, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Malorie Blackman’s iconic, powerful story gives a strong core to a dark, action-packed adaptation.
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Review: Over and Over (and over again), Sadler’s Wells East
An endearing celebration of rave culture that focuses on unity as a form of resistance and liberation.
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Review: Hercules, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
How far can a cocktail of nostalgia and money take you? Evidently all the way to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, where Disney’s bacchanal of bastardised Greek myth will dazzle, as long as you don’t look too closely.
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Review: Quadrophenia A Mod Ballet, Sadler’s Wells
An orchestral, ballet reimagining of Quadrophenia 50 years on that is superbly elegant, emotive and immersive.
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Review: Frozen: The Musical, Disney+
See the stage show of the famous animated film close up and in your own home!
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Review: Stereophonic, Duke of York’s Theatre
An intense dive into a band's gruelling creative process and fraught relationships. Like any great record, Stereophonic feels like one that will grow and grow with repeated playback.
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Review: Inside Giovanni’s Room, Sadler’s Wells East
An electric and claustrophobic dance retelling of James Baldwin’s Givonni’s Room.
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Review: The Elvis Years, Dominion Theatre
The Dominion Theatre recently hosted The Elvis Years, a one-night event celebrating Elvis’ career asa singer and actor, from his first studio sessions in Memphis in 1953 to his death in 1977. It’s animposing and capacious theatre (over 2,000 seats)…
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Review: Pineda: Romance Popular En Tres Estampas, Sadler’s Wells
Ambitious and occasionally moving, but uneven and, ultimately, not as satisfying as it could be.