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Review: Lenny Henry’s impactful play on Windrush reveals the injustices faced by Caribbean residents in the UK, blending humour and poignant reality.
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Review: Dickie Beau’s play Re-Member Me blends documentary, mime, and memoir, exploring Ian Charleson’s life in a unique theatrical experience.
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What stories do we tell? Whose stories? Who chooses? These are important questions asked in Invisible, a one man show featuring Nikhil Parmar, currently playing at the Bush Theatre and shortly due to travel to New York as part of the 59E59’s Brits Off Broadway season. Parmar wrote the play as a Bush Theatre commission…
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Review: Oubliette, a new musical at The Other Palace, features impressive performances and clever staging, exploring themes of despair and madness.
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Bleak Expectations, by Mark Evans, is based on the award-winning BBC Comedy. It is a pastiche of Dickens and, having seen the incredible Pride & Prejudice (sort of) at the same venue, we had high hopes. Unfortunately, Bleak Expectations does not live up to its promise. The cast are very talented with Shane David-Joseph as…
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Review: Candy Gigi’s Friday Night Sinner is an audacious, interactive show depicting a bored Jewish housewife’s chaotic quest for freedom.
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Christina Bianco delights, captivates and amuses audiences at the Menier Chocolate Factory in this funny one woman impressions show. A combination of set pieces (one song by multiple divas) and more improvised numbers in response to audience choices, it is a relaxing and diverting night out. Christina Bianco is a comfortable and engaging host, carrying…
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![Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] ***](https://redbuslondinium.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/pxl_20230507_173655129.mp_.jpg?w=1024)
Authored by Harry Hill and Steve Brown, Tony! is a noisy musical look back at the Blair era. For those who lived through the era, it is a rousing (perhaps nostalgic) piece of fun. Younger members of the audience did find some elements hard to follow, this is really a piece for those who lived…
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Review: The play “Blanket Ban” explores abortion rights in Malta, blending personal testimonies but suffers from excessive narrative complexity.
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While I might have been too embarrassed to name the show at the Box Office once my tickets were in hand, this show was well worth it. Disability-led theatre company FlawBored have produced an irreverent, exposing and hilarious exploration of the complexities of being inclusive. As a teacher, I recognised some of the dilemmas. If…
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Review: The musical “Berlusconi” offers an energetic yet confusing experience, drawing comparisons to “Evita” and “Jerry Springer the Opera.”
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Olaudah Equiano should be a household name, so it is fantastic that, in this play, Giles Terera brings his pivotal story to a wider audience. The deaths on the Zong are a story so important and disgraceful that that story should be heard, too. In this play, Equiano’s own words ring down the ages as…
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Review: The play “Black Superhero” effectively explores friendship, confusion, and self-destruction, enhanced by strong performances and creative staging.
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Review: Ain’t Too Proud combines exceptional songs and choreography with a profound story, exploring the Temptations’ legacy and civil rights issues.
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Review: This captivating family saga explores the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers, featuring impressive performances in creatively staged scenes.
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