It’s almost that time of year, folks! Awards season is when I truly thrive. Especially if it’s theatre related. With the 2019 Olivier Award nominations being released on March 5th, I thought I would get my predictions out, like I … Continue reading 2019 Olivier Awards Nomination Predictions – Acting Categories
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.reallyusefultheatres.co.uk/whats-on/show/the-king-and-i Running until: 29th September 2018 Production Photos by: Matthew Murphy A classic musical that I haven’t had the chance to catch on stage until now, The King and I follows a British woman named Anna … Continue reading The King and I @ London Palladium
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://www.ruthlessthemusical.com Running until: 23rd June 2018 Production photos by: Alistair Muir After premiering off-Broadway in 2015, Joel Paley and Marvin Laird’s all female, all camp musical Ruthless! has found it’s way to London’s West End. The … Continue reading Ruthless @ Arts Theatre*
Antic Disposition’s production of Richard III is currently concluding its tour at Temple Church, just behind Fleet Street, after having toured the country performing in various churches. This production was the first time I had heard of Antic Disposition, a … Continue reading Antic Disposition’s Richard III @ Temple Church
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. On paper, I think it’s a marvelous insight into how one man is grieving the death of his father. My first experience of the play on stage was … Continue reading Hamlet @ the Harold Pinter Theatre
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a play that follows Martha and George over the course of one night. After attending a faculty meeting at the university George works at, they invite a couple who are new in town back … Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf @ Harold Pinter Theatre
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 … Continue reading The Wild Party @ The Other Palace
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 … Continue reading Death Takes A Holiday @ The Charing Cross Theatre
Once In A Lifetime is a play written by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman about the rise of talking pictures in Hollywood. In this new adaptation by Christopher Hart, the play sees three friends sell their vaudeville act and … Continue reading Once In A Lifetime @ Young Vic Theatre
This is SUCH a delayed post! It’s only recently that I have decided to start posting more and more theatre content alongside my bookish content. But now I am catching up with shows that I have seen in September that are still running. So, today I bring you my review of The Bodyguard, the musical based on the 1992 film starring Whitney Houston.
