Category: theatre
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Speech and Debate @ Trafalgar Studios 2
Written by Stephen Karam, Tom Attenborough directs Douglas Booth, Patsy Ferran & Tony Revolori in this fantastic, intimate production in Studio 2 at the Trafalgar Studios. Three high school students are brought together in their school’s speech and debate team after a scandal at their high school leaks. Speech and Debate is a fantastic play…
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Honeymoon In Vegas @ London Palladium
Having had successful runs of his previous musicals including Parade, Songs For A New World, 13 & The Last Five Years, it was certainly time for another Jason Robert Brown musical to make it’s debut in London. Honeymoon in Vegas is based on the 1992 film by Andrew Bergman about a man named Jack who…
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The Girls @ The Phoenix Theatre
End of February, my friend Olivia invited me to see the musical adaptation of The Calendar Girls, titled The Girls, by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth. Based on a true story, The Girls follows Annie whose husband passes away from cancer. Aiming to raise money for a new sofa in the hospital her husband was treated,…
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Max Gill’s modern interpretation of La Ronde at the Bunker Theatre
Last weekend, my friend Jen & I went to see the critically acclaimed production of La Ronde at the Bunker Theatre in London Bridge. Max Gill has adapted the 1897 play by Arthur Schnitzler from late 1800s Germany to 2017 London. With 10 scenes that weave into a narrative and a company of four actors,…
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream @ Young Vic
After hearing much acclaim of Joe Hill-Gibbons’ production of Measure for Measure at the Young Vic, I had to get a ticket when it was announced he was directing my favourite Shakespeare play. While the play has it’s classic comedic moments along with a fantastic cast; I did find myself wondering what the point was…
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The Wild Party @ The Other Palace
The newly reformed venue The Other Palace has opened it’s doors for the first time this month and has kicked off with an incredible production of Michael John LaChiusa’s The Wild Party. Starring musical theatre royalty Frances Ruffelle and directed/choreographed by Olivier award winner Drew McOnie, The Wild Party is an exciting and thrilling musical…
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Saint Joan @ Donmar Warehouse
Saint Joan is a play by Bernard Shaw about the famous Joan of Arc. In this production directed by Josie Rourke, the play is slightly modernized with technological aspects thrown in, making this production stand out from others. Starring Gemma Arterton as Joan, it’s a stellar piece of theatre and a show I’m very glad…
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Death Takes A Holiday @ The Charing Cross Theatre
Death Takes A Holiday is a show with music by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan set shortly after World War One. Death has disguised himself as a young prince and visits a rich family to discover why death is so feared. The show is directed by Thom Sutherland whose…
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Half A Sixpence @ Noel Coward Theatre
Half A Sixpence has indeed landed in London with a massive flash, bang, wallop. Based on the H.G Wells novel Kipps, the show follows Arthur Kipps who unexpectedly inherits a fortune and is led to London from his home in East Grinstead to become a gentleman. As well as using David Heneker’s music from the…
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Lazarus @ the King’s Cross Theatre
Inspired by the book by Walter Trevis, Lazarus is a surrealist, technologically fantastical piece of musical theatre about a man names Thomas Newton who has fallen to earth, he then, meets a girl that only he can see, who is trying to figure out why she’s there to help him. We also follow other people…
Hayley Sprout 
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