Dream casting announced for a timely revival of one of the greatest plays ever written

23 Sep 2016 by Phil Willmott
Read more Talk about dream casting! Imelda Staunton, who cemented her reputation as West End goddess and national treasure recently with her performances in musicals GYPSY and SWEENEY TODD will play Martha in the drama WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?. When people...

Review: THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

20 Sep 2016 by Monty Leigh
Read more State Theatre Company and Frantic Assembly’s offering of Bovell’s THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE taps into our undying fascination with familial relationships, and the way in which they tackle it, taps into our hearts. The story revolves around the Price...

Review: The RSC's DR FAUSTUS at The Barbican Theatre

20 Sep 2016 by Phil Willmott
Read more You can imagine how electrifying DR FAUSTUS must have been when it was first performed to a 16th century audience of Christians and indeed people who'd face persecution for atheism. The oft imitated story concerns an academic who summons demons in a religious...

Review: KINKY BOOTS at the Adelphi Theatre

20 Sep 2016 by Jack Watson
Read more A charming, touching and over-whelming musical experience that manages to transcend stereo types and really get to the heart of its characters. We follow Charlie who has inherited a failing shoe factory from his late father. His only financial recourse is to...

Review: GROUNDHOG DAY at The Old Vic

19 Sep 2016 by Stuart King
Read more Bill Murray’s creation of Phil Connors, an egotistical and contemptuous TV weatherman who finds himself trapped in a time-loop whilst conducting an outside broadcast in Punxsutawney, a Pennsylvania backwater, achieved instant cult status when the original...

Review: THE ENTERTAINER at Garrick Theatre

19 Sep 2016 by Stuart King
Read more Kenneth Branagh ends his season of plays at The Garrick with John Osborne’s 1957 commentary on post-war Britain’s parlous and weakened state, highlighted by the military and diplomatic inadequacies revealed in the government’s handling of the 1956 Suez...