Tag: Richard Henders

Posted in LGBTQ+ Musicals News Stephen Sondheim Theatre

News: Full casting for Company announced – but what does this really mean for a gender-switched production

Full casting for Elliott Harper’s Company announced – but what does this really mean for a gender-switched…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music

Album Review: Lord of the Rings (2008 Original London Production)

  “Eä, Arda, Ainulindalë. Aratar, Maiar, Rána, Nénar” Believe it or not, there was a time when…

Posted in Film Shakespeare

Film Review: The Merchant of Venice (2001)

“For your love I pray you, wrong me not” Any filmed adaptation of The Merchant of Venice…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals National Theatre Stephen Sondheim

Album Review: Candide (1999 Royal National Theatre Recording)

   “I’ll show my noble stuff by being bright and cheerful!” They don’t make ‘em like they…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015

Review: The Beaux’ Stratagem, National Theatre

“A man dare not play the tyrant in London, because there are so many examples to encourage…

Posted in Ivan Turgenev Old Vic Theatre

Review: Fortune’s Fool, Old Vic

“Oh, my dears…there’s more fun to be had here than at the theatre” A sense of duty…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Alan Bennett David Hare Digital Eugene O'Neill George Bernard Shaw Harold Pinter Howard Brenton Michael Frayn Musicals National Theatre Noël Coward Peter Shaffer Shakespeare Stephen Sondheim Tennessee Williams Theatre Tom Stoppard Tony Kushner

Review: National Theatre – Fifty Years on Stage

“We’ve got two hours to show the vast range of work the National has done over the…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre Howard Brenton Mark Gatiss Theatre

Review: 55 Days, Hampstead Theatre

“You are a tyrant, a traitor and a murderer, a public and implacable enemy of the Commonwealth…

Posted in Live Music Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Review: Company, Queens Theatre

“Good things get better, bad get worse. Wait, I think I meant that in reverse” Last up…