Category: theatre
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Insignificance @ Arcola Theatre
Insignificance is a play by Terry Johnson which takes place in one hotel room across the 2 hour run time. It’s a play about the effects of fame, what it means to be famous and how does it affect relationships. The characters are listed in the programme as The Actress/The Professor/The Senator/The Ball player so…
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Saint George and the Dragon @ the National Theatre
Saint George and the Dragon is a new play by Rory Mullarkey that takes the Patron Saint of England and rewrites the folk tale. The National website describes the play as a “folk tale for an uneasy nation”, which I think is spot on, particularly in the times of Brexit. As Saint George continues to…
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Quick Round Up Of Shows I’ve Seen Lately
I have been a bit MIA recently due to being slightly poorly, exhausted and just plain busy! But in the mean time, I still found time to get my arse out of my house and to the place I love the most. The theatre. So here is a quick round up of some fantastic shows…
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What Shadows @ Park Theatre
The current trend in London theatre at the moment seems to be discussing politics more than ever. What with James Graham’s two plays Labour of Love, based on the Labour party, and Ink, based on the early beginnings of The Sun newspaper and now Chris Hannan’s play What Shadows currently playing at the Park Theatre.…
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Hershey Felder’s Our Great Tchaikovsky @ The Other Palace
Having tackled the likes of Chopin, Beethoven and Irving Berlin, Hershey Felder tackles the life and works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in this fascinating 90 minute new play with music. Hershey Felder completely inhabits the Russian composer whilst interlacing the narrative with his own findings when researching the composer’s life. I have to say going…
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Legally Blonde @ the Churchill Theatre
The iconic musical based on the iconic film Legally Blonde is finally back on UK soil. The 2017 production will be touring the country into mid 2018 leaving a trail of fun, pink and paw prints. I had never seen a production of the musical before and I went in with pretty high expectations as…
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Thebes Land @ the Arcola Theatre
After much acclaim in 2016, Daniel Goldman directs his hit adaptation of Sergio Blanco’s play back at the Arcola Theatre as part of the CASA Latin American Theatre Festival which celebrates theatre made by Latin American artists. Thebes Land follows a playwright is trying to stage a play he has written based on a young…
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Five Guys Named Moe @ Marble Arch Theatre
I am always intrigued and excited by a new theatre opening, so you can imagine my excitement walking into the new Marble Arch Theatre, a pop up that felt as if I was walking into a really big tent with jazz music playing in the bar prior to the performance. Five Guys Named Moe is…
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LMTO’s Mack and Mabel @ Hackney Empire
The London Musical Theatre Orchestra has made its debut in my neck of the woods, Hackney on a fantastic Saturday night outing. The founder of LMTO, Freddie Tapner led an incredible company of musicians bringing the classic Jerry Herman’s score to life hand in hand with a fantastic group of actors, hundreds of dancers, a…
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The Ferryman @ Gielgud Theatre
Back in 2013, I saw my first much hyped play by Jez Butterworth – Mojo at the Harold Pinter Theatre where the entire play was set in a club, in Soho in 1995 and weaved together the pasts of 6 characters in a short space of time. The Ferryman has a similar approach but set…
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