REVIEW: Challenge
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooking at the description it’s hard to really put this show into a box. Led by NON STYLE star Akira Ishida, this theatre piece is genuinely one of the most refreshing pieces of theatre I’ve ever seen.
Natalie Goring
Having been brought up on old school musicals and theatre Natalie is passionate about all styles of theatre. After studying performing arts and theatre most evenings you'll find her in a theatre.
REVIEW: Fiona Ridgewell: Believable
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFiona jumped into notability at last year's fringe as winner of the Edinburgh Comedy-ish Award. An experienced act and host she’s now building her next show and from what I can tell it’s going to be great.
FEATURE: Funny Women: The Glitter Project Launch at Edinburgh Fringe
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a beautiful courtyard of possibly the poshest hotel I’ve ever stepped foot in there’s an early morning (for fringe) gathering for Funny Women at the fringe. A mixed group of ages and experience, everyone is stuck in chatting about the early days of the fringe. Snippets of conversations hang in the air ‘I had a small audience’, ‘make sure you steam’, ‘there’s massage chairs in Edinburgh Waverley.’
REVIEW: Married at First Wright
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMarried at First Wright comes from Mr Richard Wright himself, a self-billed hopeless at dating comedian who manages to fall in love and get divorced within a year, a financial year.
REVIEW: Bangers
Reading Time: 1 minuteBangers written by Danusia Samal is billed as a lyrical love letter to UK garage, but I think this sub-title undersells the core narrative themes.
REVIEW: DORIAN: The Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesDORIAN: The Musical is the brand new musical showing at Southwark Playhouse, inspired by the world renowned novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.
Not the first adaptation by a long shot and surely not the last. The novel centres on a man, who sells his soul in order to retain his youth and beauty, with a portrait of himself becoming the victim of his hedonism.
In this version , with book and direction by Linnie Reedman and music & lyrics by Joe Evans, the pretence is similar, but we are thrust into the world of a viral, orphaned, illegitimate, rock star who at the age of 21 is picked up by a record label and thrust into the world of sin.
REVIEW: Ivo Graham: Carousel
Reading Time: 2 minutesIvo Graham is a household name when it comes to stand-up comedy, a staple on all our favourites including, Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, Russell Howard's Stand Up Central, QI, Sweat the Small Stuff, Richard Osman's House of Games, Have I Got News For You and Taskmaster.
REVIEW: Thief
Reading Time: 2 minutesThief by Liam Rudden is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a run at the newly established Stage Door Theatre on Drury Lane.
REVIEW: A Word For Mother
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Word For Mother is the newest play to inhabit the versatile space Upstaits at the Gatehouse. This time transformed by Lillian Caccia into a kitchen, with full lived in cupboards and fridge. Pictures and knick-knacks fill the space, imbuing it with life.
REVIEW: In Clay
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo often new musicals leave you wondering why. Why has this been made? Not so with this deliciously clean and succinct show about artist Marie-Berthe Cazin.