Award-winning Spanish theatre company Yllana and Toom Pak are currently performing the UK premiere tour of TRASH! at the Peacock Theatre. Trash! is absolutely Stomp for the next generation. Set in a recycling centre, the workers create percussive magic – and comedy – with waste including propane tanks, umbrellas, balls, toolboxes, horns and bin bags. TRASH! is created and co-directed by Yllana and Toom Pak.…
Jamie Lloyd has become known for a stark grey and black palette, so it is a relief to find that he has now discovered the colour pink. His last foray into Shakespeare, The Tempest with Sigourney Weaver, suffered from drabness and a lack of clarity. Much Ado About Nothing could not be further from drab…
Scissorhandz at the Southwark Playhouse presents a musical take on a much-loved story, raising the question of whether a tale that has already been so effectively told actually needs another re-invention. There are some real strengths and flair in this production but it felt muddled in what genre it was trying to be which lessened…
With stars Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg in the lead, Ghost was the highest grossing film of 1990 and the iconic pottery scene remains legendary and much-loved. Premiering in Manchester in 2011, Ghost the musical brings the beloved film back to life with The Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody peppered throughout alongside original songs…
Review: Play On! transforms Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night into a lively 1940s Harlem jazz club, featuring 20 Duke Ellington songs. The show, directed by Michael Buffong, addresses race and sexism while following Vy, a female songwriter masquerading as a man. With dynamic performances, particularly from Rev, the production is a joyous celebration of black talent.
With three Olivier Awards and six WhatsOnStage Awards it is only right that &Juliet has another outing for the sake of both new and faithful audiences . The New Wimbledon Theatre is currently hosting the London leg of a touring version which loses none of what made the West End version such an energetic, camp, funny and uplifting…
Newly released photos give a taster of the treats to come as Sadler’s Wells opens its new facility in Stratford. Over 20,000 tickets, 50% of all tickets across the Sadlers Wells East season are available for £25 or less, with £10 Barclays Dance Pass tickets for 16-30-year-olds for every single performance.
Please sir, can I have some more? We all know the words, but do we all really need any more Oliver? Red Bus Londinium says yes, we do.
The New Wimbledon Theatre played host to Jack and the Beanstalk this year, one of the 23 pantomimes producing by Crossroads pantomimes (who are also responsible for the pantomime at the London Palladium). Being part of such a large production stable, means that a local theatre is able to turn on a pantomime with extremely…