Wednesday, April 26, 2023
The latest in a long line of jukebox musicals to be impeccably performed but dead behind the eyes – Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations opens at the Prince Edward T…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, April 12, 2022
A cheering musical to be sure, but But I’m a Cheerleader is ill-suited to the intimacy of the Turbine Theatre, it needs a bigger stage (and a bit of an edit) to truly shine.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, April 4, 2022
If some of the detail of Mike Bartlett’s Cock now feels a little dated, the skill of his writing is as fresh as ever, performed brilliantly at the Ambassadors Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, March 22, 2022
The Wicker Husband is a show that has my heart entirely. A future life is surely going to happen but catch it now at the Watermill Theatre while you can.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, March 15, 2022
The Drifters Girl is a classic example of the worst type of jukebox musical – a group effort in failing to tell an interesting story whilst putting on a good show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, March 14, 2022
There’s way too much going on in this production of Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse, despite Kit Harington’s return to the stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, March 11, 2022
With all its effortful but pointless violence, Dennis Kelly’s After the End leaves me cold at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, March 7, 2022
Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope star as artistic legends in The Collaboration but Anthony McCarten’s play at the Young Vic doesn’t thrill.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, March 4, 2022
Like being given a jigsaw with no corner pieces, the challenges of putting together what is happening in Florian Zeller’s The Forest means it is hardly worth the trip to the Hampstead Thea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, March 1, 2022
The music of Nadim Naaman and Dana Al Fardan’s Broken Wings remains strong, but the musical around it feels slightly disappointing at Charing Cross Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, February 25, 2022
The perils of going to see something just because you like an actor in it… I loved seeing Elliot Cowan onstage again but was significantly less keen on 2:22 – A Ghost Story.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, February 23, 2022
The Seven Dials Playhouse opens with the European premiere of Mark Gerrard’s gently amusing and affecting Steve.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, February 20, 2022
Emma Rice dips into her usual bag of theatrical tricks for a highly expressive take on Wuthering Heights but possibly to diminishing returns.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, February 15, 2022
It’s the little things. Like using up the kitchen roll when there’s no toilet paper, or not getting some milk when the carton’s run out.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, February 14, 2022
Monica Dolan is more than worth the journey in Lia Williams’ striking production of Doubt: A Parable at Chichester Festival Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, February 7, 2022
Paapa Essiedu and Lennie James deliver stunning performances in a cracking production of Caryl Churchill’s A Number at the Old Vic Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, February 6, 2022
I may still not know what a variable star is but Cecilia Payne did and that’s what matters.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, January 27, 2022
Arrows & Traps return to live performance in customary ambitious style with Holst – The Music In The Spheres at the Brockley Jack Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, January 14, 2022
Just a little bit late… Here’s 10 of my favourite shows, both online and onstage but fully acknowledging that I saw a lot less than usual, I might actually have broken the back of this t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, January 13, 2022
As distinct from my favourite shows of the year, this list celebrates the fact that sometimes the good and the not-so-good co-exist right next to each – some of my favourite moments.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, January 10, 2022
Alan Bennett’s Habeus Corpus gets a belated revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Stuck in the past, should it have been left in the past too?
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, January 2, 2022
Fabian Aloise’s banging choreography spikes, basket-tosses and split-lifts this cracking production of Bring It On – the Musical.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, December 28, 2021
Director Rebecca Frecknall and designer Tom Scutt have done an awesome job in reconfiguring the Playhouse Theatre into the risqué surroundings of The Kit Kat Club.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, December 11, 2021
Not up for seeing panto but still fancy getting out of the house before Omicron burns it all down? Here are some alternatives to pantomimes this month.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, December 9, 2021
If it isn’t necessarily the best play around, Life of Pi at Wyndham’s Theatre can seriously lay claim to being one of the finest productions open right now.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, December 8, 2021
Nicholas Hytner returns to the world of Philip Pullman with an impressively atmospheric take on The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage at the Bridge Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, December 4, 2021
This 10th Anniversary Concert of Love Story was such a gorgeous way to spend a Sunday evening.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, December 3, 2021
Despite the presence of Nancy Carroll and Shaun Evans, Moira Buffini’s Manor proves a disappointment at the National Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAlexa who? Greg Wilkinson’s new play Assisted takes an amusing and assured look at the growing role AI takes in our lives.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, November 11, 2021
A little elusive in nature but utterly enrapturing, devised piece What They Forgot To Tell Us (and other stories) makes for an exhilarating evening at BOLD Elephant.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, November 7, 2021
Witness for the Prosecution is an absolute marvel in the atmospheric surroundings of County Hall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM 
