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Reviews
Deathtrap by Ira Levin. The Mill at Sonning, Reading RG4 to 30 March 2024. 3✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Ira Levin’s venerable thriller fails to fire on all cylinders.”
Photo Credit : Andreas Lambis.
Lear’s Shadow by Colin Hurley. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London SE4 to 24 February 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Colin Hurley’s Lockdown Baby illuminates King Lear and delights.”
Photo credit – Janet Baker.
When You Pass Over My Tomb by Sergio Blanco adapted by Daniel Goldman. The Arcola, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 to 02 March 2024. 3✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Choosing to die, necrophilia, and leaving something behind.”
Photo Credit: Alex Brenner
The Addams Family Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa. In concert 12/13 February 2024 at the Palladium, Argyle Street, London. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“High camp and black humour as the Addams Family return to the stage.”
Photo Credit: Pamela Raith
Elena Fischer-Dieskau (piano)Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 11 February 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Ruff.
“A pianist who brings vivid story-telling to some unusual repertoire.”
Ten Nights by Shahid Iqbal Khan. The Omnibus Theatre, 1 Clapham Northside, London SW4 to 21 February 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Finely performed account of one man’s journey to redemption – moving and funny.”
Production Photograph:Catherine Frawley.
Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate, London 06 February to 03 March 2024. 4****: William Russell.
“Robert Jason Brown’s music gloriously sung and played.”
Photo Credit: Film Free Photography.
Self - Raising by Mike Kenny & Jenny Sealey. Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1 to 17 February 2024. 4****: William Russell.
“An indomitable woman talks about her life, family secrets and lies – and being deaf.”
Photo Credit: Tiu Makkonen.
Sex and the City – Candace Bushnell at the London Palladium for one night only – 7 February 2024 - and then on tour. 5*****: William Russell.
“Candace comes to town and holds a fabulous hen night.”
Metamorphosis by Lemn Sissay based on the story by Franz Kafka. The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith to 2 March 2024. 3***: William Russell.
“Kafka’s famous story told in a thrilling if overlong version.”
Photo Credit: Tristram Kenton.
The Project by Shannon Kurlander. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London SE 4 to 3 February 2024. 4****: William Russell.
“What Katie did next – worth finding out.”
Photo Credit: Greatest Hits Productions.
Bronco Billy - book by Dennis Hackin, Music and Lyrics by Chip Rosenbloom &John Torres. Charing Cross Theatre, Villiers Street, London WC2 until 7 April 2024. 2**: William Russell.
“A musical that is truly terrible to behold”
Photo Credit: The Other Richard.
No Surrender – Paul Bogaev for one night only. Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, London N1. 29 January 2024. 4****: William Russell
“Bogaev proves to be a blast.”
Photo credit: Paul Bogaev.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Mark Stratford. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, London SE4 to 27 January 2024. 4****: William Russell.
“A classic horror story skilfully told.”
Photo Credit: Dan Bridge.
Blood on Your Hands by Grace Joy Howarth. Southwark Playhouse, the Little, 77 Newington Causeway, London SE1 to 03 February 2024. 2** William Russell.
“There is blood all over the place in this slaughterhouse drama.’”
Photo Credit: Charles Flint.
Look Behind You by Daniel Wain. The Tabard Theatre, 2 Bath Road, Chiswick, London W4 to 03 February 2024. 3***: William Russell.
“Backstage Pantomine.”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
Afterglow by S Asher Gelmann, Southwark Playhouse, the Large, 77 Newington Causeway, London SE1 to 10 February 2024. 3***: William Russell.
“Things that come in threes seldom end well.”
Photo Credit: Darren Bell.
Cruel Intentions created by Jordan Ross, Lindsey Rosin & Roger Kumble based on Kumble’s 199 film. The Other Palace, 12 Palace Street, London SW1E to 14 April 2024. 4****: William Russell.
“Great songs, a dazzling leading lady – a good night out of its kind.”
Photo Credit: Pamela Raith.
Leaves of Glass by Philip Ridley. Park 90, 19 Jan to 10 Feb 2024. 5****: William Russell.
“That ‘other country’ that is the past devastatingly exposed.”
Photo credit: Mark Senior.
Cowbois by Charlie Josephine. The Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London SW1 to 10 February 2024. 3***: William Russell.
“A right carry on set in the wild west with lots to say about gender.”
Photo Credit: Ali Wright.