REVIEW: Alright Bitches!, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭
Director Andrew Beckett keeps the pace lively and ultimately makes Alright Bitches!, a sunny antidote to the bleak winter here in the UK.
Month: January 2016
REVIEW: The Oliviers In Concert, Royal Festival Hall ✭✭✭✭
Over the past forty years, the Olivier Awards has marked the cream of London’s artistic talent. This anniversary concert brought together some showstopping stars, past and present, to provide a fitting tribute to the capital’s musical theatre.
REVIEW: Seasons Of Larson, Apollo Theatre ✭✭✭✭
They took firm hold of Larson’s lyrics and crescendoing rock melodies – every word, every beat, brimming with anger and exigency; his lyrics carry imperative messages that couldn’t be swallowed passively by Larson’s audiences, and capture a sense of urgency characteristic of a life lost too soon.
REVIEW: Shrek, New Wimbledon Theatre (UK Tour) ✭✭✭✭
Shrek is a great show for adults and children alike, but hurry it won’t be around for much longer. More’s the pity!
REVIEW: Five Finger Exercise, The Print Room At The Coronet ✭✭✭✭
For as long as there are families, this poignant script will resonate with them. The music plays somewhat apologetically from offstage, but despite that, it is a near perfect restoration that does justice to its stunning location at The Print Room Coronet.
The Lion King Tickets – No Booking Fee Offer
BritishTheatre.com is pleased to bring you a NO BOOKING FEE offer when you purchase tickets to see Disney’s The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre. We paid a visit to the show this week and are pleased to report that fifteen years after its opening The Lion King is as fresh and vibrant as ever. Read our review. The No Booking Fee offer is now live and valid on Tuesday-Thursday evenings and Wednesday matinees (excluding February half term) from February 2nd to March 24th 2016. Book by Friday February 26th 2016. Valid on price bands tickets A-E. BOOK NOW TO SEE DISNEY’S THE LION KING
REVIEW: Private Lives, Churchill Theatre Bromley (On Tour) ✭✭✭
However, while the pace of the comedy occasionally dips in the second half, this production of Coward’s play is a gem, proving the enduring relevance of Private Lives and its ability to delight contemporary audiences.
New style of ‘broken’ musical premieres at the King’s Head in March
Broken Cabaret presents Something Something Lazarus – a dark comedy about resurrections, second chances and the healing power of performance. It’s being described as a “broken” musical: a fast-dissolving rehearsal ending with a fractured show, where songs are interrupted, directed, repurposed, and undercut. This new British musical transports the audience to a half-dead cabaret bar where, with the unveiling of a delivery from the owner’s distant past, matters quickly skid into overdrive. Alongside the action on stage, Something Something Lazarus endeavours to change the way audiences consume stories with the tools and techniques of transmedia storytelling – characters, spaces and motifs will have a web presence, websites, social media accounts … Email them and get a response. Tweet them and see how they react. With strong queer sensibilities and language, song and perspectives pointed towards the world of cabaret, the theatrical and musicals, John Myatt, Simon Arrowsmith and frequent King’s … Read more
