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Great singing can’t save weak book in London debut of The Great Gatsby – review

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The Great Gatsby has arrived with some fanfare from Broadway, rocking up in London’s huge Coliseum for a limited run, with some big name talent attached. First impressions are strong: we have a full orchestra, the art deco set is opulent, there are literal on-stage fireworks within the first few minutes of the show. So how does it fare? To be honest we were disappointed – there are some impressive vocal performances from the cast, but beyond that there’s not a lot to enjoy. However, we’ll start with the positives:…

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From royalty to pop royalty: London Gay Men’s Chorus present London Legends at Alexandra Palace

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It’s been quite a season for the London Gay Men’s Chorus, who are taking their new show London Legends from one royal palace to another. Hot on the heels of a headline performance at Windsor Castle, where the Chorus sang for His Majesty King Charles III at a special celebration of community music, the UK’s biggest male chorus now heads from one palace to another: Alexandra Palace, to be precise. This time, it’s not about royal receptions – it’s about a full-blown pop spectacle. On Friday 9th and Saturday 10th…

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Sabrage is an entertaining night of good, not-so-clean fun at London’s Lafayette – review

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We’ll answer your first question right away: ‘sabrage’ is the term for the ceremonial opening of a bottle of champagne using a sabre. And if your next question was going to be ‘do they do this in the show?’ then the answer to that is… well, of course they do. With that out of the way – what is the show Sabrage all about? Well, it’s a semi-immersive experience, which is part cabaret night, part circus show. Expect an evening of singing, comedy, dance and a whole host of acrobatic…

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Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a delightfully daft take on the classic Gothic horror – review

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We assumed that Titanique was going to be the stupidest show opening in London this year, but it now has stiff competition. Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors has debuted this week at the intimate Menier Chocolate Factory and it’s a delightfully daft re-imagining of Bram Stoker’s classic Gothic horror novel. We’re fairly sure the original text didn’t feature a muscular pansexual protagonist but we’re willing to go with it. Canadian actor James Daly (who played the role when this show premiered in New York) is our titular vampire who makes…

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Punch is a compelling new political play with incredible performances – review

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We’re already fans of James Graham’s work – one of the UK’s leading political playwrights, we’ve now caught a number of his shows. Last year we checked out the football-themed Dear England, and we also reviewed Best of Enemies the year before, which used the framing device of televised debates to consider the American political landscape. Punch tells a smaller, more localised story – based on real events, we meet teenager Jacob (David Shields) who unintentionally kills a young trainee paramedic on a night out in Nottingham. Like Graham’s other…

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Alterations is a hidden gem revived from the National Theatre’s Black Plays Archive – review

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Alterations is new to us, but it’s far from a new play: written by Michael Abbensetts, it was first staged way back in 1978, and then… well, seems to have been quietly forgotten about. It was somewhat overshadowed by his groundbreaking TV series Empire Road, which was the first TV series by a black British writer to be commissioned by the BBC, and featured an almost entirely black cast and crew. This revival at the National Theatre (it is playing in their middle-sized space, The Lyttelton, until 5 April) is…

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KENREX is an absolute masterclass in theatrical storytelling – review

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Ah, we’ve been looking forward to KENREX for some time now. It’s the new play from actor Jack Holden and musician John Patrick Elliott – the same pair who gave us the sublime play Cruise on the West End a couple of years ago. KENREX premiered last year up in Sheffield and now has a new home in London at the Southwark Playhouse, and is co-written by Holden and Ed Stambollouian (who also directs). This play is a very different beast, although it once again features an absolute tour-de-force performance…

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Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell delight in raucous revival of Much Ado About Nothing – review

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Jamie Lloyd’s revival of The Tempest (starring Sigourney Weaver) has only just closed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and in its place we have his take on another Shakespeare: this time we have a very different play, the lighthearted comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Our guest stars this time around are Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwood. From the moment we entered the theatre we knew we were in for an experience – this is a raucous affair even before the show begins, with dance music blaring and a light…

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Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in unusual, chaotic staging of Oedipus – review

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February is quite a month for major stars appearing in classic plays in London – we’ll soon have Tom Hiddleston in Much Ado About Nothing and Jonathan Bailey in Richard II. Before either of those shows open, we have Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek starring as the titular Oedipus, opposite Olivier-winner Indira Varma. We’ll start by saying it looks incredible – this production really is an absolute visual feast. Tom Visser’s lighting design is wonderfully atmospheric and Rae Smith’s set is deceptively simple, creating a vast, dry expanse within The Old…

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Flo & Joan’s One Man Musical is a hilarious musi-cool parody – review

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We’ve been looking forward to seeing One Man Musical for some time – we recently interviewed the show’s writers Flo & Joan, sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey, during rehearsals for this run at the Underbelly Boulevard Theatre. The show was written for last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has already enjoyed a brief sold-out stint at the Soho Theatre, and is now running for six weeks at its new home just around the corner from there. While the title may not give much away, it quickly becomes apparent that this…

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