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REVIEW: Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, Charing Cross Theatre ✭✭

Off West End, Reviews
Daniel Boys, David Burt Charing Cross Theatre

The best aspect of this production is the musicianship on display from the gifted Dean Austin and the four members of his band who, with piano, accordion, guitar, bass and percussion, create the gorgeous soundscape for Brel’s work. Austin sings as well, and each time he does a sense of truth and a stylish understanding of the fabric of the music accentuates whatever is occurring, makes it better, more delicious.

Our Critics Choice – The Top 10 West End Plays

News, Reviews, West End
Top 10 plays in the West End of London

What Play should you see first in London’s West End? We have compiled this list to save you the trouble of working it out! It’s just our view – and everyone has one – based on our Reviewers’ thoughts. We will update the list regularly so new productions get on your radar and when original casts change that is factored in. Plays which have been running for more than three years are not included – this is a list for new or relatively new productions running in the West End. So go see them! 1. King Charles III ✭✭✭✭✭ 2. Electra ✭✭✭✭✭ 3. Shakespeare in Love ✭✭✭✭✭ 4. Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night ✭✭✭✭✭ 5. Wolf From The Door ✭✭✭✭ 6. Fully Committed ✭✭✭ 7. East is East ✭✭✭ 8. The Play That Goes Wrong ✭✭✭ 9. Great Britain ✭✭ 10. The Internet Is Serious Business ✭✭

Our Critics Choice: The 10 Best West End Musicals

News, Reviews, West End
Britishtheatre.com awards Here Lies Love No 1 Musical in their Critics Choice Poll

After some requests we’ve decided to regularly publish our Critics Choice of the best shows in the West End at the current moment. What Musical should you see first in London’s West End? We have compiled this list to save you the trouble of working it out! It’s just our view – and everyone has one – based on our Reviewers’ thoughts. We will update the list regularly so new productions get on your radar and when original casts change that is factored in. Musicals which have been running for more than three years are not included – this is a list for new or relatively new productions running in the West End. So go see them! 1. Here Lies Love ✭✭✭✭✭ 2. Urinetown ✭✭✭✭✭ 3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ✭✭✭✭ 4. Matilda ✭✭✭✭ 5. Once ✭✭✭✭✭ 6. Miss Saigon ✭✭✭✭ 7. Book of Mormon ✭✭✭ 8. Dirty Rotten … Read more

REVIEW: East Is East, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭

Reviews, West End
Jane Horrocks in East is East

East is East isn’t the searing feast of theatricality you might expect from Lloyd, but the hallmarks and flourishes of his Trafalgar Transformed season are plentiful. The worn, retro couches on set – contaminated by years of family life – inhabit the Khan home like relics, and designer Richard Howell’s lighting subtly divides the cramped and chaotic home allowing for intimate conversations to be drawn into focus.

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