Category: Musicals

Posted in Arcola Theatre Brockley Jack Theatre Bunker Theatre Bush Theatre Finborough Theatre Gate Theatre Greenwich Theatre Hope Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre King's Head Theatre Matilda Ibini Michel Legrand Musicals New Diorama Offie Awards Omnibus Theatre Orange Tree Theatre Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Soho Theatre Southwark Playhouse The Other Palace Theatre Theatre awards Theatre Royal Stratford East Theatre503 Turbine Theatre Union Theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse

The finalists of The Offies 2020

  The finalists for the 2020 Offies (for performances in 2019) have been announced and congratulations to…

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January 9, 2020
Posted in Musicals Southwark Playhouse Theatre Theatre review

Quick Review: Operation Mincemeat, Southwark Playhouse

I end up liking, rather than loving Spitlip’s Operation Mincemeat at the Southwark Playhouse “Step to the…

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January 7, 2020
Posted in Broadway Cast Recordings Music Musicals Not-London Theatre

Broadway Album Reviews: The New Yorkers / Kiss Me, Kate! / Beetlejuice

I tackle a trio of  Broadway cast recordings in the shape of Cole Porter’s The New Yorkers,…

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January 4, 2020
Posted in Alanis Morissette Anaïs Mitchell Broadway Cast Recordings Music Musicals Not-London Theatre

Broadway Album Reviews: Hadestown / Jagged Little Pill / Oklahoma!

Encouraged by their Curtain Up nominations, I take a quick look at the Broadway cast recordings for…

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January 3, 2020
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My 10 favourite shows of 2019

I barely saw 250 shows this year, quiet by my standards! And as is the way of…

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January 2, 2020
Posted in Anton Chekhov Barbican Theatre Comedy fosterIANs Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Inua Ellams Katie Mitchell Martin Crimp Musicals National Theatre Simon Stone Theatre Top moments VAULT Festival West End

10 of my top moments in a theatre in 2019

Flashes of excellence can be found in the midst of any production so this list celebrates some…

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January 2, 2020
Posted in Alice Birch Arrows & Traps Barbican Theatre Bridge Theatre Bristol Old Vic Brockley Jack Theatre Bunker Theatre Caryl Churchill Edward Albee Finborough Theatre Henrik Ibsen Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Katie Mitchell Kooman + Dimond Lucy Prebble Musicals National Theatre Not-London Orange Tree Theatre Royal Exchange Shakespeare Showstopper Tennessee Williams Theatre Tony Kushner UK Watermill Theatre

20 shows to look forward to in 2020

I look ahead to some of the 2020 shows exciting me most with an emphasis away from…

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December 30, 2019
Posted in Cheek By Jowl Chris Bush David Mamet Duncan Macmillan Finborough Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Lin-Manuel Miranda Mike Leigh Musicals National Theatre Nick Payne Propeller Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Royal Court Shakespeare Theatre Tom Wells West End Wilton's Music Hall Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

10 of my top moments of the decade

Ever behind the curve, I present 10 of my top moments in a theatre over the last…

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December 28, 2019
Posted in Alanis Morissette Albums Anaïs Mitchell Broadway Cast Recordings Curtain Up Show Album of the Year Music Musicals Not-London Stephen Sondheim Theatre awards

The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2019 nominees

You can now vote for the Best London Cast Recording, Best Broadway Cast Recording and Best Solo…

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December 24, 2019