Phil Willmott
13 Aug
Reviews 
Review: ALLEGRO at Southwark Playhouse
By Phil Willmott Saturday, August 13 2016, 11:04
After the song writing team of Rodgers and Hammerstein had massive block buster hits with OKLAHOMA and CAROUSEL and before they went on to write the equally successful THE KING AND I, SOUTH PACIFIC and THE SOUND OF MUSIC there were also a couple of flops. Director Thom Southerland has given London audiences a chance to re-evaluate this lesser know repertoire in recent years with very persuasive revivals of ME AND JULIET and a stage version of a later TV show which the pair wrote, STATE FAIR. Now he turns his attention to ALLEGRO, perhaps the least easy to love of the repertoire.
12 Aug
Reviews
Review: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Friday, August 12 2016, 15:40
Simply knowing that this play is about a gang of underprivileged 16 year old convent girls on a choir trip, and a glance at the poster, which shows them scruffy and sprawled all over each other, and you have all you need to know about this show.
10 Aug
Reviews
Review: GROUNDHOG DAY at the Old Vic
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, August 10 2016, 13:26
Grab yourself some tickets while there's still a few left for GROUNDHOG DAY at the Old Vic, the new musical by the team behind MATILDA. It's very likely the whole limited run will sell out.
05 Aug
Reviews
Review: SHOW BOAT at the New London Theatre
By Phil Willmott Friday, August 5 2016, 10:04
There's just a few weeks left to catch director Daniel Evan’s beautiful production of classic musical SHOW BOAT at the New London Theatre.
Despite amazing reviews it’s struggled to find an audience and will close at the end of the month earlier than anticipated. Perhaps it’s not a well known enough classic but a classic it most definitely is, combining beautiful songs with comedy drama and romance.
27 Jul
News
Writer Mike Dyer discusses the themes in EXPOSURE, his controversial musical with director Phil Willmott
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, July 27 2016, 10:02
PW: What I've found refreshing about working with you is your complete lack of cynicism. The script as it was first passed to me was nearly three times this length and you'd clearly poured heart and soul into it. Throughout our focusing of it I don't think you ever once became frustrated with the process.
MD: Because it's always been a labour of love and when you love your work what is there to be negative about?
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