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REVIEW: The Importance Of Being Earnest, Vaudeville Theatre ✭✭✭

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David Suchet In The Importance Of Being Earnest

Director AdrianNoble strikes gold in the quartet of lovers: Gwendolyn, Jack, Cicely and Algernon. Without any question, Emily Barber and Imogen Doel are utterly exquisite, fabulously surprising, and inventively adorable as, respectively, Ms Fairfax and Ms Cardew. I have never seen better performances of those roles on any professional stage. Algernon is here played by Philip Cumbus, whose hunger and enthusiasm for Cicely matches his fervour for muffins. The gifted Michael Benz is a spiffing Jack/Earnest.

2015 Olivier Award Winners

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Dame Angela Lansbury wins her first ever Olivier Award for Blithe Spirit at the 2015 Olivier Awards

The 2015 Olivier Awards were held tonight at the Royal Opera House in London. Hosted by Lenny Henry, the evening was dominated by The Young Vic and Sunny Afternoon. The Young Vic’s production of A View From The Bridge won for Best Revival, Best Actor and Best Director whilst Sunny Afternoon won for Best New Musical, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Outstanding Achievement in Music. Dame Angela Lansbury received her first ever Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress. The Play That Goes Wrong won Mischief Theatre the award for Best Comedy. Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Memphis and City Of Angels won two awards each. The evening concluded with a heartfelt rendition of Bridge Over Troubled Water by Kevin Spacey and Beverley Knight. Spacey has just been awarded the special Olivier Award for his work over the last decade at the Old Vic. A very special night indeed. … Read more

REVIEW: Closer, Donmar Warehouse ✭✭✭✭

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Closer at the Donmar Warehouse

Watching David Leveaux’ stylish revival at the Donmar Warehouse, Closer seems not so much a play about people who don’t have children yet as a play about grown up children. Games, set-ups, lies, betrayals, revenge, secrets – the machinations of the four characters (who are the strangers who become lovers/lovers who become strangers) resemble schoolyard activities. Marber’s dialogue is sharp, ugly and vicious; it is often very funny too.

Olivier Awards 2015 – Nominations Announced

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James McAvoy to co-host the 2015 Olivier Award nominations

The nominations for the 2015 Olivier Awards were announced today by James McAvoy and Lesley Manville. The awards ceremony will take place at the Royal Opera House on April 12, 2015. FULL NOMINATIONS LIST FOR THE OLIVIER AWARDS 2015 WITH MASTERCARD BEST REVIVAL A View From The Bridge at Young Vic & Wyndham’s Theatre A Streetcar Named Desire at Young Vic The Crucible at Old Vic My Night With Reg at Donmar Warehouse & Apollo Theatre Skylight at Wyndham’s Theatre BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE David Calder for The Nether at Duke of York’s Theatre Richard Goulding for King Charles III at Almeida Theatre & Wyndham’s Theatre John Light for Taken At Midnight at Theatre Royal Haymarket Nathaniel Parker for Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies at Aldwych Theatre BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Phoebe Fox for A View From The Bridge at Young Vic & Wyndham’s … Read more

Sunny Afternoon Trailer Watched By 175000 people in 24 hours

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Sunny Afternoon musical

The new trailer for Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks Musical was watched by more than 175,000 in the first 24 hours of its release on Tuesday. With music and lyrics by Ray Davies, a new book by Joe Penhall and direction by Edward Hall, Sunny Afternoon depicts the rise to stardom of The Kinks. Set against the back-drop of a Britain caught mid-swing between the conservative 50s and riotous 60s, this production explores the euphoric highs and agonising lows of one of Britain’s most iconic bands and the irresistible music that influenced generations. Featuring some of The Kinks’ best-loved songs, including You Really Got Me, Waterloo Sunset and Lola, Sunny Afternoon marks the 50th Anniversary year of the band’s debut release. Sunny Afternoon is continuing its run at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

Evening Standard Awards: Thoughts on the Shortlist

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Shortlisted: Gillian Anderson, A Streetcar Named Desire; Tom Hiddleston, Coriolanus; Billie Piper, Great Britain; Kristin Scott Thomas, Electra (Pics: Johan Persson, Alastair Muir, Tristram Kenton)

Our chief reviewer Stephen Collins gives his thoughts on the Evening Standards Awards shortlist. The shortlist for the 2014 Evening Standard Awards has been announced: Best Actor Tom Hiddleston for Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse) Ben Miles for Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (RSC Swan & Aldwych) Mark Strong for A View from the Bridge (Young Vic) Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress Gillian Anderson for A Streetcar Named Desire (Young Vic) Helen McCrory for Medea (National Theatre’s Olivier) Tanya Moodie for Intimate Apparel (Ustinov Bath & Park Theatre) Billie Piper for Great Britain (National Theatre’s Lyttelton) Kristin Scott Thomas for Electra (Old Vic) Nook Award for Best Play Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Ustinov Bath & Park Theatre) The James Plays by Rona Munro (Edinburgh Festival Theatre & National Theatre’s Olivier) King Charles III by Mike Bartlett (Almeida & Wyndham’s) The Nether by Jennifer Haley (Royal Court) Ned Sherrin … Read more

Listen To Preview Tracks From The Sunny Afternoon Cast Album

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Recording session for The Kinks Sunny Afternoon musical

Sunny Afternoon, the critically acclaimed new musical, which tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks, has released four preview tracks from the official cast recording album, released later this month, with a further three tracks still to be released. All 29 tracks on the album are performed entirely by members of the company, with John Dagleish as Ray Davies, George Maguire as Dave Davies, Ned Derrington as Pete Quaife and Adam Sopp as Mick Avory. Ray Davies said: “We used the cast members to play as a band rather than hire session musicians, which is very unusual. Everyone rose to the challenge magnificently. It was the first time they had been in the studio as a group which gave the record a feeling of vitality, energy and innocence of a band just starting out. In a way it was … Read more