Category: Theatre

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Ballet Shoes is a beautiful adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel – review

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The National Theatre always puts on a more family-friendly show over the festive season – last year they delighted us with a brilliant adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches, which was thoroughly charming and quite the spectacle. It was so impressive, in fact, that we wondered how this year’s offering could possibly top that. We needn’t have worried: this new production of beloved children’s novel Ballet Shoes, adapted by Kendall Feaver, is absolutely wonderful. It tells quite a ludicrous story: at the top of the show we’re introduced to Great…

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Articles Culture LGBTQ+ Theatre News Originals Pantomime Theatre

Jack and the Beanstalk: What a Whopper! is a ridiculous high-camp night out – review

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The pantomime is very much a British tradition and within queer theatrical circles this particular pantomime is something of an institution. Now in its second year at the Charing Cross Theatre, it’s put together by the same production team behind the pantomime which ran for many years at the (now sadly defunct) Above the Stag theatre in Vauxhall. We had lots of fun checking out Sleeping Beauty Takes a Prick last year and we were very much looking forward to seeing this year’s offering, Jack and the Beanstalk: What a…

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The Liar, The Bitch and The Wardrobe is an enjoyable swan song for the Turbine Theatre – review

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We’ve been big fans of The Turbine Theatre since it opened in 2019 – it’s been a fantastic space offering a platform for new works, many of which have been LGBTQ+ productions, so we were sad to hear it will soon be closing. The Liar, The Bitch and The Wardrobe will be the theatre’s final production, and it feels like a fitting send off – a queer take on the C. S. Lewis novel of (almost) the same name, this adult panto proves to be a raucous and high-camp night…

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Articles Christmas Culture News Originals The Old Vic Theatre

John Simm stars as Scrooge as festive favourite A Christmas Carol returns to the Old Vic – review

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We should probably mention right away that we’ve already seen this show and we already like it – so it will probably not come as a surprise to find out that we enjoyed our night with A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic theatre. Jack Thorne’s production (based, of course, on Charles Dickens’ classic novel of the same name) has played every festive season since 2017, with a well-known actor taking the lead as one of Dickens’ most infamous creations, Scrooge. This year we have John Simm (Life on Mars)…

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Barcelona is a major West End debut for Lily Collins and Alvaro Morte but does it deliver? – review

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There’s a lot of hype surrounding Barcelona and it’s easy to see why. Bringing together two well-known TV stars in Lily Collins (the titular Emily in hit series Emily in Paris) and Alvaro Morte (The Professor in Money Heist) in a major West End theatre, and with award-winning director Lynette Linton at the helm, expectations are understandably very high. So how does this play, from writer Bess Wohl, stack up? It starts promisingly – our pair make quite an entrance, stumbling into an apartment after a boozy night out, laughing, snogging…

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Jodie Whittaker stars in slightly muddled update of The Duchess (of Malfi) – review

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We didn’t know much about The Duchess (of Malfi) before going to check it out at the Trafalgar Theatre, other than this production, written and directed by Zinnie Harris, is an update of John Webster’s renowned Jacobean revenge tragedy from the early 17th century. This version is set in a more modern time – it’s not too clear exactly when, but a fairly recent past. It all starts reasonably promisingly – sure, there might be a little too much exposition, with characters setting out who they are and what their…

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Oedipus re-imagined as tense political thriller starring Lesley Manville and Mark Strong – review

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Writer and director Robert Icke returns to the West End with Oedipus – a well-known Greek tragedy, of course, but one that has been re-imagined as a tense, modern political thriller. We meet our titular protagonist (played by Mark Strong) on election night while he is awaiting the election results at campaign HQ; he is joined by his wife Jocasta (Lesley Manville), his family and their staff, as they wait to find out whether Oedipus has been elected leader. A timer ticks ominously down towards zero in the background throughout…

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Adrien Brody is completely captivating in gripping new play The Fear of 13 – review

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Occasionally a new play will come along that absolutely grips us from the moment it starts and doesn’t let go until the curtain call. The Fear of 13, by Lindsey Ferrentino, is one such show – you may already be familiar with the story, as this production is based on the documentary film of the same name which was released a few years ago, but if not: it tells the incredible true story of Nick Yarris who, in 1982, at the age of 20, was wrongly convicted of rape and…

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Articles Culture Meera Syal National Theatre News Originals Theatre

Meera Syal stars in achingly beautiful new play A Tupperware of Ashes – review

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We’re big fans of the Dorfman Theatre, the smallest space housed within London’s National Theatre complex. It often premieres interesting and exciting new works: we’ve enjoyed catching shows – many of which have gone on to find success on the West End – in this intimate setting. A Tupperware of Ashes is one that we feel is destined for a bigger stage. Tanika Gupta’s new play focuses on the life of Queenie (Meera Syal), a Michelin-starred restaurateur, who has just been diagnosed in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Over the…

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Articles Culture National Theatre News Originals Shakespeare Theatre

National Theatre’s Coriolanus is Shakespeare on an absolutely epic scale – review

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Having never seen a production of Coriolanus before, we weren’t quite sure what to expect when we ventured to the National Theatre earlier this week. Without wanting to make any assumptions, experience has generally taught us that the less frequently staged Shakespeare plays tend to be lesser-performed for a reason. With that in mind, we were quite pleasantly surprised to find that Coriolanus tells really quite an exciting, gripping tale. This new production, directed by Lyndsey Turner, stars David Oleyowo in the title role and it feels absolutely epic in…

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