Phil Willmott
17 Nov
Reviews 
Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK at the New London Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, November 17 2016, 10:07
It's been a tough few decades for Andrew Lloyd Webber since the 1980s when announcement of a new show by him would prompt a ticket buying frenzy keeping hits like EVITA, CATS and PHANTOM in the West End for years. Of the big mega hits only PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is still running.
I say "only" but it's an extraordinary achievement to have created something that's been so loved by so many people for so long in London and on Broadway. In recent years however the composer's new pieces have failed to take root and grow into long running hits.
07 Nov
News
Be seduced by David Tennant next spring!
By Phil Willmott Monday, November 7 2016, 12:30
Not many dynamic screen actors are equally electrifying on stage but David Tennant is one of them.
As well as becoming a household name as the tenth Doctor in the BBC's DOCTOR WHO, he's also triumphed as the lead in a number of other TV hits including BROADCHURCH and JESSICA JONES.
04 Nov
New Shows
Enjoy an evening of West End bafflement!
By Phil Willmott Friday, November 4 2016, 15:37
The Menier Chocolate Factory's new production of Tom Stoppard's TRAVESTIES broke their box office records by selling out ahead of its first preview.
If you missed out on tickets there’ll be another chance to see it when it transfers to the West End in February next year with TV star Tom Hollander reprising his role as Henry Carr, a minor British diplomat in Zurich in 1917 who encounters a surreal mob of fictional and real life characters.
04 Nov
Casts
BAT OUT OF HELL Producers Assemble an Exciting Cast of Young Talent
By Phil Willmott Friday, November 4 2016, 14:57
The full casting has been announced for BAT OUT OF HELL heading to the London Coliseum next June and I'm very excited about the line up.
The casting is daring and imaginative and it’s going to introduce a lot of people to some hot new talent.
02 Nov
Reviews
Review: THE NEST at the Young Vic Theatre
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, November 2 2016, 07:21
It's always difficult to review plays by Conor McPherson because it's a shame to give too much away.
On the whole they're slow burn slices of naturalism in which usually socially dysfunctional people, or at least those at the bottom of the heap, let slip seemingly innocuous information which builds into something more sinister.
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