Tag: Janie Dee

Posted in Film

Film Review: Official Secrets (2019)

Keira Knightley is excellent in the all-too-relevant Official Secrets, a film full of theatrical talent  “Just because…

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…

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…

Posted in Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2019

Review: The Boy Friend, Menier Chocolate Factory

As light as a madeleine and as frivolous as a macaron, Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend proves…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals National Theatre Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Album Reviews: Company / Follies / Mythic

A trio of album reviews cover the (relatively) recently released cast recordings of Company, Follies and Mythic…

Posted in Adam Guettel Almeida Theatre Barbican Theatre Cheek By Jowl Chichester Festival Theatre Dance David Greig David Hare Donmar Warehouse Harold Pinter Jamie Lloyd LGBTQ+ Noël Coward Not-London Old Vic Oscar Wilde Terence Rattigan Theatre Theatre Royal Bath UK West End

June theatre round-up

I might have taken a break from reviewing in June, but I didn’t stop going to the…

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Re-review: Follies 2019, National Theatre

Follies 2019 remains the show that I need right now “I’m so glad I came” Just a…

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review

Review: Follies 2019, National Theatre

The Olivier Award-winning Follies returns to the National Theatre in richer, deeper, more resonant form and just…

Posted in Harold Pinter Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: Pinter Four, Harold Pinter Theatre

Pinter Four serves up something of a difficult double bill at the Harold Pinter Theatre, but Bríd Brennan…