Tag: Abigail McKern

Posted in Jonathan Creek TV

TV Review: Jonathan Creek Specials (2009–2013)

The Jonathan Creek specials from 2009–2013 undo much of the damage from Series 4, with Sheridan Smith…

Posted in Dawn King Not-London Theatre UK

Review: Brave New World, Royal and Derngate

“Everyone belongs to everyone else” Depictions of dystopian near-future worlds are two-a-penny these days so what makes…

Posted in Lee Hall Theatre Tom Stoppard West End

Review: Shakespeare in Love, Noël Coward Theatre

“What kind of man would you be without the theatre” I can’t lie – I had rather…

Posted in Charles Dickens Not-London Theatre UK

Review: A Tale of Two Cities, Royal & Derngate

“Repression is the only lasting philosophy” Although not intentionally, this year I’ve been racing through the list…

Posted in National Theatre Nicholas Wright Theatre

Review: Travelling Light, National Theatre

“I don’t like it when he calls it a movie” Perhaps I am more ignorant of Jewish…

Posted in Finborough Theatre Theatre

Review: Lingua Franca, Finborough Theatre

“They can have us spooning and forking any time between breakfast and bedtime” Continuing the 30th anniversary…

Posted in Jerry Herman LGBTQ+ Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2009 West End

Re-review: La Cage aux Folles, Playhouse Theatre

“Judas…Traitor…Het-er-o-sexual!” When it was first announced that John Barrowman would be taking one of the lead roles…