Tag: Peter Forbes

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 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 Alan Bennett Bridge Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: Allelujah!, Bridge Theatre

With Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre, the return of Alan Bennett leaves me less than enthused  “Still,…

Posted in Richard Eyre Shakespeare TV

TV Review: King Lear, BBC Two

A contemporary adaptation of King Lear does little to prove its worth on BBC Two “Some villain…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown, Series 2

A quick whip through Series 2 of The Crown “History is not made by those who did…

Posted in BroadwayWorld UK Awards Katie Mitchell Musicals Not-London Patrick Marber Theatre Theatre awards UK West End

2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards Shortlist

Best Actor in a New Production of a Musical Andrew Polec, Bat Out of Hell, London Coliseum…

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review

Re-review: Follies, National Theatre

  “Darling, shall we dance?” Not too much more to say about Follies that I didn’t cover…

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Follies, National Theatre

An utterly majestic production of Sondheim’s Follies is a masterpiece for the National Theatre “All things beautiful…