Phil Willmott

Faith, Hope, and Charity - National Theatre

A Bleak Autumn Ahead at the National Theatre

By Phil Willmott Monday, July 8 2019, 12:06

Faith, Hope, and Charity - National Theatre The National Theatre have just announced a raft of new productions for the autumn. No doubt there’ll be warmth, humanity and humour in each but I must confess at first glance all of but two of the shows sound rather bleak.

08 Jul

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Review: ON YOUR FEET at the London Coliseum

By Phil Willmott Monday, July 8 2019, 11:44

On Your Feet The streets of London are bathed in sun at the moment but in the event of cloud you need only duck into the Coliseum Theatre for a top up of Cuban Sunshine.

ON YOUR FEET tells the story of Gloria Estefan and her husband Emilio‘s rise from local wedding singers in Cuba to international pop royalty via Miami.

01 Jul

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Review: BOY TOY at Above the Stag Theatre

By Phil Willmott Monday, July 1 2019, 10:53

Boy Toy Now here’s a very interesting idea from London’s alternative theatre scene. Although perhaps it might be more accurate to call it a promising idea because although choreographer and theatre maker, William Spencer’s 60 minute narrative ballet, BOY TOY (based on the Coppelia story from classical ballet) is great fun, the most exciting thing about it is the potential he shows to really shake up LGBT theatre and beyond.

The Damned (Les Damnées) Comédie-Française at the Barbican

24 Jun

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Review: THE DAMNED at The Barbican Theatre

By Phil Willmott Monday, June 24 2019, 14:07

The Damned (Les Damnées) Comédie-Française at the Barbican It feels as if scarcely a month goes by without one production or another by superstar director Ivo Van Hove causing a splash in London. His radical staging of ALL ABOUT EVE was recently at the Noel Coward Theatre and we’ve had revelatory productions of Arthur Miller, Shakespeare, Ibsen and Sophocles amongst many others. He’s equally busy on Broadway (NETWORK was a sensation) and coming up the maestro will be re-conceiving WEST SIDE STORY.