Jumpy is another intriguing show the Royal Court has brought to the West End. TV’s Tamsin Greig (Green Wing) shines as a woman struggling to reconcile her feminist ideals from the past with the dreary reality of family life catching up with her. At the Duke of York’s. Jumpy is another intriguing show the Royal
Bohemia is dead, long live bohemia! The 90s cult musical about a group of impoverished friends and artists from New York’s Lower East Side comes back to London in a visually appealing and vocally impressive production. At the Greenwich Theatre. For many people, especially in America, RENT is not simply a piece of light evening
Alfred Hitchcock is widely celebrated as the master of suspense and the performers of Jammy Voo have created a stunning interpretative homage to one of the most iconic horror films of the British director. At Jacksons Lane. Alfred Hitchcock is widely celebrated as the master of suspense, and the performers of Jammy Voo have created
David Mamet’s play A Life in the Theatre is a well-observed study of mannerisms and quirks some actors develop over years of working on stage. This production is funny, but unfortunately slightly unremarkable. At Upstairs at the Gatehouse. David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre is a quirky little play. A well-observed study of mannerisms
Black Sunday tries to show how everyone is affected by the financial crisis. As much as it pains me to be so harsh to people who are only just starting out with making theatre, there is no way around stating it plainly: Aequita’s first self-devised play is a mess with barely any redeeming qualities. The
I know that sometimes experiments simply can go wrong and that audiences may remain unresponsive. I am more than ready to see past those weaknesses if there is a brave idea at the heart of the performance. But Wish Experience’s The Awesome Show, however, had a disconcertingly lewd and witless vacuum in the place where
Tennessee Williams’ Vieux Carré is, like many of his late works, an odd play. Written in 1978 it defies not only conventions of genre but offers a poetic richness of characterisation that is rarely to be found in a theatre these days. In a dilapidated New Orleans house surrounding an old court yard the confused
Jersey Boys tells the remarkable story of the rise to fame of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. From their humble beginnings in a blue-collar neighbourhood in Newark, New Jersey, to their acceptance into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band has contributed countless influential songs to the popular musical canon. At the
Idle Motion’s Borges and I is an intelligent parable about one of literature’s most creative minds, Jorge Louis Borges. A visual feast for those who love books and reading, this physical theatre piece throws down the intellectual gauntlet and challenges the audience to confront its notions of memory and identity. Surprisingly, it remains quite entertaining
Cuban live sounds, dizzying dance routines and a heartthrob singer in a white suit – objectively, the ingredients of Havana Rumba sound promising and should be able to push the same buttons as the widely successful Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon in the 90s. The show has stellar dancers and good musical performers but unfortunately