Category: Theatre

Posted in JB Priestley Theatre West End

Review: An Inspector Calls, Playhouse

“You haven’t finished asking questions – have you?” More than a little debt owed to the Guardian’s…

Posted in Terry Johnson Theatre West End

Review: Dead Funny, Vaudeville Theatre

“Benny Hill? Oh, for fuck’s sake…” I started off Terry Johnson’s production of Dead Funny concerned that…

Posted in Conor McPherson Theatre Young Vic

Review: The Nest, Young Vic

“Do you want for anything? Just my husband.” Franz Xaver Kroetz has the distinction of being the…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown Episodes 1 + 2

“The country needs to be led by someone strong” You’d be hard-pressed not to know that Netflix…

Posted in Enda Walsh Ivo van Hove Musicals Theatre

Review: Lazarus, King’s Cross Theatre

“A man lost in time” It’s no secret that I’m a big Ivo van Hove fan, I’ve been…

Posted in Old Vic Shakespeare Theatre

Review: King Lear, Old Vic

“’Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind” Though no spring chicken myself, I’m not quite…

Posted in Lyric Hammersmith Mark Ravenhill Theatre

Review: Shopping and Fucking, Lyric Hammersmith

“The getting is cruel, is hard, but the having is civilisation”  Shopping and Fucking. Shopping and fucking….

Posted in Andrew Thompson Caryl Churchill LGBTQ+ News Patrick Marber Theatre

Round-up of news and treats and other interesting things

Next week sees the 9th Gay Art Festival GFEST start, an eclectic showcase of art, films, and…

Posted in Bunker Theatre Isley Lynn Theatre

Review: Skin A Cat, Bunker Theatre

 “Have I got chickens?” Where else would a new theatre open but underneath an existing one?! The…