Author: Ian

Posted in Cirque LGBTQ+

Review: Little Death Club, Underbelly Southbank Festival

Life is more than a Kabarett at the hugely enjoyable Little Death Club now at the Underbelly…

Posted in Barbican Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: Avalanche – A Love Story, Barbican

Maxine Peake is magisterial at the Barbican in this heart-breaking monologue Avalanche – A Love Story “Is…

Posted in Theatre Theatre review

Review: Eggs / Grip, Tristan Bates Theatre

A contrasting pair of one-hour shows offer different experiences at the Tristan Bates Theatre, with ebullient two-hander…

Posted in Richmond Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: Edmond De Bergerac, Richmond Theatre

Don’t you love farce? Well turns out I rather did like Alexis Michalik’s Edmond De Bergerac at…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2019

Review: Small Island, National Theatre

Andrea Levy’s novel Small Island comes to life most beautifully in this adaptation by Helen Edmundson at…

Posted in Howard Goodall Musicals Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Hired Man, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch

One of my favourite musicals – Howard Goodall’s The Hired Man receives a well-realised new revival courtesy…

Posted in Anaïs Mitchell Broadway Ivo van Hove James Graham Jez Butterworth Musicals Not-London Theatre Theatre awards Tony Awards

The complete 73rd Tony nominations

Best Play  Choir Boy The Ferryman Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Ink What the Constitution Means…

Posted in Broadway Drama Desk Awards Jez Butterworth Musicals Not-London Phoebe Waller-Bridge Theatre Theatre awards

Nominations for the 2019 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play Fairview The Ferryman Lewiston/Clarkson Usual Girls What the Constitution Means to Me Outstanding Musical Be…

Posted in Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review

Review: Twelfth Night, Rose Playhouse

Twelfth Night in the roaring twenties? OVO Theatre bring their inventive musical take on Shakespeare to the…