REVIEW: Alice
Reading Time: 3 minutesJasmin Vardimon is an award-winning choreographer and her newest show is a reimagining of the classic story of Alice in Wonderland.
Mark Lloyd
I am the classic example of someone who did lots of theatre as a teenager before thankfully realising as an adult that I wasn't very good at it. Now I am a big supporter of the arts and am eminently judgey, so now I write reviews of the things I have seen for all to see.
REVIEW: King Hamlin
Reading Time: 3 minutesKing Hamlin tells the story of a teenage boy with aspirations of doing well in school and going to university to become a software engineer, before life gets in the way and he gets dragged into the world of drug dealing and gangs. There is definitely a good play somewhere within that premise, unfortunately King Hamlin is not that play.
REVIEW: A Single Man
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Single Man at the Park Theatre London is a 2-Act Play based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood, and made more famous by the 2009 film starring Colin Firth.
REVIEW: The Choir of Man
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Choir of Man started life in at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with its debut performance in 2017. It is now back for 2022, and I absolutely loved it.
REVIEW: Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy
Reading Time: 3 minutesDISTANT WORLDS: MUSIC FROM FINAL FANTASY played on the 1st and 2nd October at the Royal Albert Hall, and it continues its world tour ending in Vancouver on the 15th April.
REVIEW: A Night at the Kabuki
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe story of Romeo and Juliet performed in Kabuki style to the music of Queen. While this sounds like it could be the result of a theatrical game of mad libs, this is a highly accomplished and impressive production written and directed by Hideki Noda.
REVIEW: The Goldberg Variations (Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Pavel Kolesnikov/Rosas)
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis show is a 2-hour long dance performed and choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker accompanied by Bach’s “The Goldberg Variations” performed by the pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. It had a run at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre for 2 performances - the 6th and 7th of September.
REVIEW: Bi Bi Baileigh
Reading Time: 3 minutesBi Bi Baileigh is a 1 man show depicting a young veterinary student living in London. Baileigh identifies as a gay man “and proud of it” but he finds himself lonely and longing for a boyfriend.
REVIEW: Quentin Crisp
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuentin Crisp: Naked Hope is a 1 man show depicting Quentin Crisp at two points in his life.
REVIEW: Rapture
Reading Time: 3 minutesRapture, written and directed by Sophie Leydon, tells the story of 3 queer friends, Rosy, Tommy, and Kit, who are each dealing with their own new and previous traumas which test the bonds of their chosen family.