Hamilton Review
It is rare that a production with such a monumental reputation preceding it will live up to the expectations giddily formed by a sold-out crowd. This is such a performance.…
Review: Candace Bushnell: True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City
I didn’t want to be with Mr Big, I wanted to be Mr Big’. Candace Bushnell, the American author and journalist whose sex and relationship column was later adapted into…
Review: Marx in London!
Jonathan Dove’s jovial new opera Marx in London! blends cartoon-like comedy sketches with moments of ‘workers of the world uniting’ to create a polished, opera accessible and amusing to all,…
Review: Jekyll and Hyde
Does good and evil exist within us all? In our Dr Jekyll’s is there not always a Mr Hyde waiting to advance out of the darkness and betray the thoughts…
Review: Same Team – A Street Soccer Story
This new play championing female empowerment, friendship and football takes the lives of real women and puts them centre stage. Masterfully intertwining wit and emotional pain, the story revolves around…
In Defence of the Pantomime
Everyone loves a pantomime, right? Nothing like a spot of ‘Oh no she didn’t’, ‘Oh yes he did’ to raise one out of a seasonally depressed slumber. It provides a…
Park Run: What’s Not to Love?
Saturday morning. 9am. Headache. Bleary eyes. The magnetic pull back to bed is overwhelming. And yet, here I am approaching Newington with trainers already soggy and air pods rapidly running…
Review: The Barber of Seville
While the thought of Rossini’s original Italian opera may be daunting, Sir Thomas Allen’s whimsical and tumultuous interpretation of the beloved comedy is the perfect introduction to the genre, or…