Phil Willmott

What’s behind the Enduring Appeal of Fiddler on the Roof?

By Phil Willmott Tuesday, February 26 2019, 20:18

Full casting has been announced for the transfer of classic Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, a revival which is moving from the little Menier Theatre near London Bridge to the Playhouse Theatre in the West End.

21 Feb

Reviews

Review: ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket

By Phil Willmott Thursday, February 21 2019, 20:07

Only Fools and Horses the Musical They seem an odd match, the opulent, elegant Theatre Royal, Haymarket and the BBC TV comedy Only Fools and Horses which dominated the television schedules in the late 1980s.

18 Feb

New Shows

Maggie Smith Returns to the Stage

By Phil Willmott Monday, February 18 2019, 10:13

Maggie Smith - A German Life Now here’s a project that’s dripping with class.

I caught up with Sir Nicholas Hytner just before he opened his stunning new theatre THE BRIDGE. We were taking about what kind of productions would feature there and high on his shopping list was something, anything, starring national treasure Dame Maggie Smith - perhaps best known these days for playing the formidable duchess of Grantham in TV’s DOWNTON ABBBEY.