Reading Time: 2 minutesThe premise is intriguing: a young woman, Maria, enters a nail salon that serves alcohol where she drinks and drinks until there are disastrous consequences. With a playful structure and style, Edie Walwyn’s writing is one of the most gripping aspects of the production.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s hard to find a starting sentence that quite sums up the experience of Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical. Spawned from the well loved satirical TV first aired in the 80’s the show takes all the well known political and celebrities pundits of our generation and throws them into this circus.
Reading Time: 3 minutesViola lands on the shore of Illyria after losing her twin brother in a shipwreck. She dresses as a boy, calls herself Cesario and goes to work for a rich Duke called Orsino. What follows is brilliantly ordered chaos in which we find a love triangle, mistaken identity (of course) and ye olde classic resolution device of marriage to wrap it all up. It’s a story that has entertained audiences for centuries and this showing is no exception.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe absurdity of the title of this show, mixing the high brow world of opera with the low brow world of hook up apps, made me really interested to see this show. As a previous winner of ‘Best New Musical’ at the Off West End Awards I had high hopes, but also no idea what sort of show I would actually be seeing.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBleak Expectations, directed by Caroline Leslie, relentlessly jests about the sexism and lack of sexual activity during that era.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRufus Love brings the Speakers’ Corner from Hyde Park to the Hope Theatre in this rambunctious solo performance.
Reading Time: 4 minutesPrison chatter, the sound of officers communicating via their radios and cell doors closing rings through the speakers. Troup and Church seem bored or fed-up, but begrudgingly scan the audience as if we are the prisoners that they just need to watch over for a few more minutes before finally getting to clock-out after a long shift.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlanket Ban begins with a punch of energy as Marta and Davinia burst onto the stage, dressed in white and red – the colours of the Maltese flag.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst produced at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre in 1996, Jason Sherman’s The Retreat sees its European premiere at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre, directed by Emma Jude Harris.
Reading Time: 3 minutesF**king Men is a dramatic comedy written by Joe DiPietro currently playing at the Waterloo East Theatre. First premiering in 2009 at the Kings Head Theatre, this show has gone through many different iterations with varying cast sizes and some updating of the script in order to keep it current and relevant.