Noises Off is a play within a play that follows the misfortunes of an amateur theatre company as they rehearse and then perform an awful sex comedy called Nothing On. Noises Off, starring Celia Imrie, is now firmly into its …
Read more...Twinkle Twonkle is the latest production from Tall Stories, they of The Gruffalo fame. During the two-person show at the Roundhouse in Camden they take on the challenging concept of the Big Bang – or Big Sneeze – Theory and …
Read more...Ring A Ding Ding is described as a “table top voyage of discovery”. Neither myself nor my kids had any idea of what this might mean, and so we took ourselves down to the lovely Unicorn Theatre by Tower Bridge …
Read more...Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, one thing’s for sure: you’ll have never seen anything like Slava’s Snowshow before. And therein lies the problem in trying to blog about it. It’s impossible to do it justice without giving too much …
Read more...Originally staged in 1959, Arnold Wesker’s The Kitchen is a bustling microcosm of 1950s London. Here in the back room of The Tivoli restaurant Cypriots, Italians, Germans, Jamaicans and Cockneys work side by side, sweating over orders and spilling their …
Read more...New musicals are cropping up all over the West End. Rock of Ages is similar in structure to We Will Rock You – a vague narrative created around a list of hit songs. It’s certainly a fun night out – …
Read more...I already knew a bit about Dr (Dictionary) Johnson, but I had no idea of the cult following his work engenders. When I went along to the Arts Theatre last week I was amazed by the enthusiasm of the audience, …
Read more...Escape the wet summer in London by watching the sunny musical South Pacific at the Barbican. This production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical has already been a hit on Broadway and winner of several Tony Awards including one for Paulo …
Read more...This month the Duke of York’s Theatre plays host to R.C. Sheriff’s Journey’s End, returning to the West End for only 55 performances before embarking on a national tour. It’s a devastating story, based on the author’s own experiences of life …
Read more...BBC bosses struck TV gold when they commissioned In The Night Garden for CBeebies. Aimed at pre-schoolers, the award-winning show was devised by the team behind The Teletubbies. Like that phenomenally successful global brand, In The Night Garden speaks to …
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