Phil Willmott
31 Oct
Reviews 
Review: THE ANTIPODES at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, October 31 2019, 11:54
I was looking forward to this because reviews and word of mouth about American writer Annie Baker’s recent plays at the National Theatre, JOHN and the THE FLICK were so blisteringly good and I’d missed both.
24 Oct
News
Sister Act, staring Whoopi Goldberg, Makes a Surprising return to the West End
By Phil Willmott Thursday, October 24 2019, 09:00
The West End is abuzz this morning with the news that the hit musical SISTER ACT will return to the capital next year starring movie actress Whoopi Goldberg.
21 Oct
New Shows
MOULIN ROUGE is coming to London!!! What can we expect?
By Phil Willmott Monday, October 21 2019, 15:07
The big West End news of recent days has been the announcement that the stage version of Baz Lurman’s hit Hollywood musical MOULIN ROUGE is to transfer from Broadway to the Piccadilly Theatre, London, and no ones more excited than me.
21 Oct
Quizzes
From Screen to Stage: Try our just for fun quiz
By Phil Willmott Monday, October 21 2019, 10:53
Sean Foleys staging of the classic British film comedy, The Man in the White Suit, which recently opened to mixed reviews, adds to the West End’d long list of recent, current and forthcoming shows adapted from movies.
Here’s our just for fun quiz based on London’s current crop of celluloid adaptations, running, leaving and about to open in the capital.
14 Oct
News
Comedies on Stage: ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, UPSTART CROW & UP POMPEII
By Phil Willmott Monday, October 14 2019, 20:38
Hit TV shows don’t traditionally make good theatre. They’re tightly crafted to work within a thirty minute frame work and can seem over stretched when padded out to two plus hours.
But audiences love the familiar and the chance to see their favourite characters live is irresistible whether or not they’re played by the same actors as on TV, just as long as they look and sound like the originals and have the same catch phrases.
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