Monthly Archives: December 2014

Will Tucket’s sweet, miniature and modest dance drama version, which premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2002, is getting its second outing in the West End and would be a good choice if you were looking for a Christmas … Continue reading →

We are living in hard times and difficult, painful and unpalatable decisions have to be made. In Jack Thorne’s new play a Labour Council in an unnamed working class town has to achieve £64millions savings over three years and decides … Continue reading →

One of the most interesting songs is the satirical “Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans,” which caused such a furore in World War 2 when many people missed the point completely and thought Coward was actually being serious. Irony … Continue reading →

I have much enjoyed Thom Southerland’s productions on the Fringe in the past and especially his brilliantly staging of the Titanic musical at Southwark Playhouse, which should have transferred to the West End but didn’t because no theatre was available. … Continue reading →

Do you know how many American Presidents were assassinated and can you name their assassins? An original way of finding out would be to see Jamie Lloyd’s revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical. “You want to shoot a president? Come on … Continue reading →

Tena Stivicic’s very talky drama is set in Zagreb in 1945, 1990 and 2011, eras of communism, independence, war, and joining the European Union, and describes how one Croatian family, driven by independent women, survived and didn’t survive under different … Continue reading →

Barney Norris observes the physical and mental decline of two elderly North Wiltshire farmers, who have had a long and very happy marriage. But with the onset of the wife’s dementia it looks as if they will have to sell … Continue reading →

Mordaunt Shairp wrote the play in 1933 and amazingly the censor passed it. But what is the point of Tim Luscombe’s revival if it is not set in its correct period and Richard Stirling, already seriously miscast as a rich … Continue reading →