Month: January 2020

Sex/Crime @ Soho Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/sex-crime/ Booking until: 1st February 2020 Run time: 1hr Production photos by: Matt Spike Set in an attic in Soho, two men meet to recreate killings made by a famous serial killer whose victims were gay men. Over the hour, the two characters named ‘A’ and ‘B’ take part in…

January 24, 2020
The Canary and the Crow @ Arcola Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/the-canary-and-the-crow/ Booking until: 8th February 2020 Run time: 1hr 15mins Production photos by: The Other Richard After winning critical acclaim with runs at the Brighton Fringe and the Edinburgh Fringe, Daniel Ward’s fantastic piece The Canary and the Crow has finally been given a full run in London. I missed…

January 22, 2020
Cops @ Southwark Playhouse*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/cops/ Booking until: 1st February 2020 Run time: 2hr 15mins Production photos by: Robert Day Set in a late 1950s Chicago police department, Cops follows the dynamic between 5 police officers who are all facing their own internal secrets in their own lives while maintaining suspicion of their fellow colleagues.…

January 19, 2020
Amelie @ The Other Palace

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/amelie/ Booking until: 1st February 2020 Run time: 2hr 30mins After missing the Broadway production back in 2017 by a few weeks, I was so determined to catch this new production that has made The Other Palace its home for the New Year period. Based on the acclaimed 2001 French…

January 16, 2020
Tom Brown’s School Days @ Union Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://www.uniontheatre.biz/tom-browns-school-days.html Booking until: 2nd February 2020 Run time: 1hr 45mins In a new adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel, Tom Brown’s School Days has been updated with a world war 2 setting. The production takes place at Rugby boarding school as it looks back at the school years of the…

January 10, 2020
Top 10 Shows of 2019

2019 was a very busy year for me, in terms of theatre. Most of it was spent at the Gielgud Theatre watching Company end but I did get to see some truly brilliant new shows that arrived in town. In true Hayley fashion, I’ve reviewed none but 3 of these. Enjoy! 10. Lungs at the…

January 1, 2020