REVIEW: Closer To Heaven, Above The Stag Theatre London ✭✭✭✭
Julian Eaves reviews Closer to Heaven, a musical by Jonathan Harvery and The Pet Shop Boys now playing at Above The Stag.
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REVIEW: Beautiful Thing, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭
Julian Eaves reviews Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing at Above The Stag’s newly opened Vauxhall venue.
REVIEW: Lord Dismiss Us, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭
Lord Dismiss Us is packed choc-full of nifty one-liners and often lovely double-entendres, the occasional song or prayer, a spot of amateur dramatics, and laced it with a smattering of menace, seduction, threats, guilt, violence, betrayal and redemption through creativity.
REVIEW: Legally Blonde the musical, New Victoria Theatre Woking ✭✭✭✭✭
This Legally Blonde is as perfect as I could have asked for.. Oh my God you guys – don’t delay, book your tickets!
REVIEW: Holding The Man, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭✭
Tim and John’s story continues to resonate with so many people. It can only be hoped that as many people as possible with see this remarkable production and will spread the word further.
REVIEW: He Shoots He Scores, Above The Stag Theatre ✭✭✭✭
We have come to rely on Above The Stag to supply to us, it is high-quality homoerotic titillation with a chaser of moral uplift and this show is no exception
REVIEW: Southern Baptist Sissies, Above The Stag ✭✭✭
There’s lots of gentle humour, gentle pathos, gentle social critique, and a gently uplifting ‘message’ to go away with at the end.
The Cat In The Hat Returns To The Pleasance
The Cat In The Hat, the acclaimed stage of Dr Seuss’s famous children’s character will return to the Pleasance Theatre, Islington this Christmas for a limited season from 6 December 2016 to 2 January 2017. From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that the cat in the hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met. With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home? Based on the much-loved book by Dr Seuss that has captivated generations of readers, The Cat in the Hat is a lively and engaging first theatre experience for young children aged 3+. Originally produced by the National Theatre in 2009, this stage adaptation was presented at the Pleasance Theatre in 2014 and had two sell-out runs … Read more
