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Reviews
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adley Gurgis. Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, London NW3 to 15 June, 2024. 3✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“All stops pulled out performance by Danny Sapani almost saves the day.”
Photo Credit: Johan Persson.
Love’s Labours Lost: William ShakespeareRSC@ RST, Stratford Upon AvonRuns: 3h One interval, till 18 May. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: Roderick Dungate. AD Performance, 11 May 2024.
“A Love’s Labours Lost that fits our age.”
Photo Credit: Johan Persson
Just Be You: by Hannah Phillips Mobilise Arts and MAC Generation Q Midland Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham. 11 May 2024. 3✩✩✩ Review: Joanna Jarvis.
Death in Venice, Benjamin Britten/Myfanwy Piper, WNO, Birmingham Hippodrome, 11 May 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ David Gray & Paul Gray
“A triumphant production of Britten’s late masterpiece.”
Photo Credit: Johan-Persson
Cosi Fan Tutte – Mozart/Da Ponte, WNO, Birmingham Hippodrome, 10 May 2024: For the musical performance.5✩✩✩✩✩ for the production itself – 1✩ Review: David Gray.
“Beautiful singing and impressive acting marred by a seriously naff production.”
Image courtesy of WNO
Barb Jungr at Seventy. Crazy Coqs, Zedel, London. Three nights only. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Barb at seventy - one hell of a birthday party.”
Photo credit: Barb Jungr.
Body 115 by Jan Noble. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, Brockley Road, London SE4 to 11 May 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“A tsunami of words dazzlingly delivered.”
Photo Credit: Lydia Cristafuli.
Between the Lines by James Meteyard & Jammz. The New Diorama Theatre, 15 Triton Street, London NW1 to 01 June 2024. 3✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Dazzling to look at, hard to understand at times but always impressive.”
Photo Credit: Ali Wright.
Kunstler by Jeffrey Sweet. The White Bear Theatre, 138 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 to 18 May 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“A powerful portrait of a great American.”
A Word for Mother by Tim McArthur. Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, London N6 to 26 May 2024. 3✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Three daughters face up to family secrets after their mother dies.”
Antigone by Sophocles. Translated by Ian Johston. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London SE 4 to 4 May 2024. 3✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“A brave attempt to scale an Everest of a play.”
Photo Credit: Little Homma Productions.
Guarneri Trio of Prague, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, 02 May 2024.5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: William Ruff.
“Old friends return to Nottingham’s Lakeside.”
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 01 May 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: William Ruff
“An evening of muscular musicality from the Philharmonia.”
Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers, Birmingham Hippodrome, 30 April 2024 until 04 May 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: David Gray & Paul Gray
“A powerful and moving show that is still as relevant today as it was 40 years ago.”
Laughing Boy by Stephen Unwin. Jermyn Street Theatre, 16B Jermyn Street, London SW1 to 25 May 2024 and then at the Theatre Royal, Bath. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Harrowing, beguiling, magnificent and finely performed.”
Photo Credit: Alex Brenner.
Carlos Acosta: On Before. Theatre Royal Plymouth, till 28 February 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: Cormac Richards
“A true privilege to witness.”
Minority Report by David Haig. Based on the novella by Philip K Dick. The Lyric Theatre, King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 to 18 May 2024. 4✩✩✩✩. Review: William Russell.
“Splendidly staged version of a classic sci fi story.”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
The Silence, Birmingham REP, 23 – 27 April, by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Ishy Din and Alexandra Wood. On tour next at Home Manchester (30 April – 04 May). 4✩✩✩✩ Review: Dan Auluk.
“A powerful reminder of how silence can affect us all. Everybody should witness this!”
Photo Credit: Harry Ellleston
Centre stage: Mendelssohn String Octet: CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 26 April 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“An energetic and convincing reading of Mendelssohn’s youthful masterwork.”
Remembrance Monday by Michael Batten. Seven Dials Playhouse, 1A Tower Street, London WC2H to 01 June 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“…a moving and ultimately tragic tale well worth adding to your list of plays to see.”
Photo Credit: Danny Kaan.