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New Review | The Canterville Ghost @ Southwark Playhouse*
Rating: 4/5Running until: 5th November 2022Ticket link: https://www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-large/the-canterville-ghost/ In this wonderfully unique stage adaptation, a group of 4 performers come together to tell the story of Oscar Wilde’s short story The Canterville Ghost. Interlinked with magic, comedy and psychic readings, this is a unique variety show that’s unlike anything else on the Off West End…
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The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore @ Charing Cross Theatre*
Rating: 2/5Running until: 22nd OctoberTicket link: https://charingcrosstheatre.co.uk/theatre/the-milk-train-doesn-t-stop-here-anymorePhoto credit: Nick Haeffner I was really intrigued by this production as not only is it a Tennessee Williams play I wasn’t familiar with, it’s also one that’s rarely produced. Turns out it’s rarely produced with good reason. The premise follows acclaimed writer Flora as she’s writing her autobiography…
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Only An Octave Apart at Wilton’s Music Hall*
Rating: 3/5Ticket link: https://wiltons.org.uk/whatson/753-only-an-octave-apartRunning until: 22nd October Direct from New York, this production of Only An Octave Apart highlights the friendship and talents of Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo. A mix of stories, cabaret and – to my surprise – opera. Prior going into this I hadn’t heard of either performer, so was…
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New Review | The P Word at the Bush Theatre*
Rating: 5/5Running until: 22nd October 2022Ticket link: https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/the-p-word-2022/Photo by: Craig Fuller The P Word follows the lives of two Pakistani who find each other and share their experiences of being gay today. Zafar flees from prosecution in Pakistan and arrives in the UK as an asylum seeker. Bilal goes from hook up to hook up…
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A Week At The Theatre | Doctor Faustus*, Help! We Are Still Alive*, Age Is A Feeling*
Quite a varied trip to the theatre this week with a new interpretation of a classic, a charming new musical and a sell out production straight from the Edinburgh Fringe. Doctor Faustus @ Southwark Playhouse*Rating: 3/5Running until: 1st OctoberTicket link: https://www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-little/doctor-faustus/ A new interpretation of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus has arrived at the Southwark Playhouse…
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A Week At The Theatre | Crazy For You, Ride*, I, Joan.
A bit of variety for this week’s post! A trip to Chichester, the Charing Cross Theatre and my first time back at the Globe since pre-covid. Crazy For You at Chichester Festival TheatreRating: 4/5Running until: 4th September 2022 After immense critical acclaim, I knew I had to make my way out to Chichester to see…
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Diva! Live From Hell @ Turbine Theatre*
Rating: 4/5Booking until: 3rd September 2022Ticket link: https://www.theturbinetheatre.com/whats-on/diva%3A-live-from-hell Based on All About Eve, Diva Live From Hell follows Desmond Channing who gives his one man show about his time in high school after he dies following a turn as drama club president. The cabaret takes place in hell with Desmond telling the story of how…
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Tasting Notes @ Southwark Playhouse*
Rating: 4/5Running until: 27th August 2022Ticket link: https://www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-little/tasting-notes/https://www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-little/tasting-notes/ Tasting Notes takes place in LJ’s, a wine bar located in South London over the course of a random 24 hours. Throughout the piece, we see the lives of LJ, her staff and one of her regular customers’ perspectives of this same day. Despite a very bizarre…
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Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show @ Roundhouse*
Rating: 4/5Running until: 28th AugustTicket link: https://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/2022/fashion-freak-show/ This incredible piece created by famous fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, while dubbed as a musical revue, is part exhibition, part ballet, part performance art all about his life in fashion. Travelling across time and genres, this unique production allows the audience to feel at home in their…
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A Week At The Theatre | Anything Goes*, The Dance of Death*, A Midsummer Night’s Dream*
Quite the range at the theatre this week from a classic musical to an adaptation of a Strindberg play and a new interpretation of a great Shakespeare play. Anything Goes at the Barbican*Rating: 4/5Running until: 3rd SeptemberTicket link: https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/anything-goes-tickets Returning to the Barbican for the summer after a triumphant run in 2021 and finishing up…
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