Phil Willmott
24 Sep
Reviews 
Review of The White Feather at the Union Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, September 24 2015, 16:36
Musicals, of course, are what powers London’s West End and make it the multimillion pound industry that it is but until recently not enough attention was being paid to creating new ones and we were completely dependent on importing the latest Broadway hits.
Ironically enough this has been a reversal of how things were in the eighties and nineties when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Macintosh created shows in London and exported them to New York.
24 Sep
News
50th anniversary revival of Harold Pinter’s seriously creepy play, THE HOMECOMING
By Phil Willmott Thursday, September 24 2015, 15:50
Gemma Chan and John Simm lead the cast of the 50th anniversary revival of Harold Pinter’s seriously creepy play, THE HOMECOMING.
Since the Whitehall Theatre, once home to now unfashionable sex farces, was turned into the Trafalgar Studios no one’s been quite sure what to do with it.
It’s an awkward sized and shaped venue that doesn’t quite have enough capacity to make runs of commercial theatre a viable business proposition.
22 Sep
New Shows
Glenn Close is back on The Boulevard!
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, September 22 2015, 22:32
If there’s one thing better than enjoying the score of a classic musical it’s hearing it played live by a big orchestra. Throw a major star into the mix and the combination is irresistible.
That’s what happened last year when Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel dazzled London in a semi-staged production of Sondheim’s SWEENEY TODD for English National Opera (ENO) at the London Coliseum on St Martin’s Lane.
21 Sep
Reviews
Review: Jane Eyre at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, September 21 2015, 07:27
Whilst the nineteenth century yielded few great plays it certainly provided a feast of fine novelists and Charlotte Bronte’s JANE EYRE has remained a firm favourite down the generations.
It’s been adapted for the stage and screen many, many times but few directors have had the opportunity Bristol’s Old Vic Theatre gave to rising star director, Sally Cookson.
17 Sep
Reviews
Joanna Woodward triumphs as the latest star of BEAUTIFUL
By Phil Willmott Thursday, September 17 2015, 14:00
I’ve seen the jukebox, biographical musical BEAUTIFUL, about the life and music of Carole King before, both in New York and at London’s Aldwych Theatre and always quite enjoyed it.
Kings essential “niceness” shines through the gentle but uplifting story of her journey from hopeful teen hoping to sell her songs, through the ups and downs, friendships and collaborations of her time writing hits for other people, to starring in her own right at Carnegie Hall after the massive success of her solo album TAPESTRY.
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