REVIEW: Killology, The Royal Court ✭✭✭✭✭
Outstanding writing, beautiful acting and strong direction- it feels like it shouldn’t be as simple as that to create theatrical magic. But here the company of Killology have done just that.
Gary McCann
REVIEW: La Cage Aux Folles, New Wimbledon Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
The key to all this is John Partridge’s iconic rendition of the complex, fascinating, physically and emotionally demanding role of Albin: an exercise in stagecraft of the highest order.
Shawshank Redemption Casting Announced
It was announced today that Ian Kelsey and Patrick Robinson will lead the cast in Bill Kenwright’s new production of The Shawshank Redemption which is to tour the UK starting in Windsor in August 2015. Ian Kelsey leaves the BBC series Doctors to play the wrongly convicted Andy Dufresne, a wrongly convicted banker who is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover, which leads to him being incarcerated in Shawshank penitentiary. Joining Ian is Patrick Robinson who is best known for his role in BBC’s Casualty as Martin ‘Ash’ Ashford. Patrick will play the role of Ellis ‘Red” Redding, the prison ‘fixer’ who befriends Andy. Presented by Bill Kenwright, this new production will be directed by award-winning Broadway director David Esbjornson, adapted by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns, with design by Gary McCann and lighting by Chris Davey. BOOK TICKETS FOR THE … Read more
REVIEW: The Sound Of Music, New Wimbledon Theatre ✭✭✭✭
It’s great to see so many people of all ages enjoying and loving The Sound Of Music. There’s a magic about the Sound Of Music that defies explanation, generation after generation fall in love with this tale of family, love and adversity and the message of hope that it expels into the audience in wave after wave. How could you do anything but love it.
