Phil Willmott
31 Jul
News 
Anticipating a West End Mack and Mabel
By Phil Willmott Friday, July 31 2015, 15:53
The Chichester Festival Theatre have provided the West End with a series of hit musicals in recent years including SINGING IN THE RAIN and Imelda Staunton in SWEENY TODD and GYPSY and the forthcoming GUYS AND DOLLS.
Their latest offering MACK AND MABLE, starring much loved leading man Michael Ball, looks set to follow the pattern so expect it in London soon.
25 Jul
Reviews
American Idiot at the Arts Theatre
By Phil Willmott Saturday, July 25 2015, 08:45
I first saw Green Day’s AMERICAN IDIOT on Broadway and really enjoyed the spectacle of the vast production melding projections with jaw-dropping mid air acrobatics. I wouldn’t have imagined it working in a more intimate setting but director/choreographer Racky Plews has done an incredible job in reducing the spectacle at the Arts Theatre whilst retaining all the intensity of the original. If anything it actually works better now it’s more human in scale.
24 Jul
Reviews
Review of As Is at the Trafalgar Studios
By Phil Willmott Friday, July 24 2015, 16:34
If you love a good weepy this revival of the first play written about the AIDS crisis in the 1980s is the show for you.
It was a terrible time of fear, prejudice and horror but as is often the case in periods of turmoil it also inspired great acts of compassion and bravery.
23 Jul
Reviews
Sinatra Review
By Phil Willmott Thursday, July 23 2015, 09:59
As if the West End weren’t starry enough there’s a current crop of shows starring dead performers. Or rather representations of them. At The Garrick Theatre there’s the surprisingly engaging LET IT BE in which a Beatles tribute band of look-a-likes perform the hits in chronological order juxtaposed with projected images and news bulletins from the time.
22 Jul
Profiles
Mark Rylance - Farinelli and The King
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, July 22 2015, 10:53
The West End has long been the place to see our greatest actors and Mark Rylance, who’ll star in FARINELLI AND THE KING from September 12th at the Duke of York’s Theatre, is regarded by many as one of our most talented players.
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