Phil Willmott
26 Oct
News 
Celebrate Halloween in the West End
By Phil Willmott Friday, October 26 2018, 10:03
With Halloween fast approaching there’s plenty of opportunities to enjoy a spine tingling night in the West End.
19 Oct
Reviews
Review: STORIES at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Friday, October 19 2018, 07:17
Playwright and director Nina Raine is extraordinarily talented, almost everything she writes and/or stages seems to attract awards and acclaim like a magnet. Her last major piece CONSENT transferred from the National Theatre to the West End and was a searing, funny and poignant mating dance to rival anything by Strindberg, Chekhov or Ibsen.
18 Oct
Reviews
Review: THE INHERITANCE at the Noel Coward Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, October 18 2018, 13:54
The West End now has TWO era defining productions in what’s shaping up to be a golden year for London Theatre. And both shows opened in the last ten days!
You can read about Marianne Elliot’s triumphant re-conception of Stephen Sondheim’s musical COMPANY here but if plays are your thing you really need to catch THE INHERITANCE at the Noel Coward Theatre.
18 Oct
Reviews
Review: COMPANY at the Gielgud Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, October 18 2018, 12:21
As we predicted the modernised version of Sondheim’s 1970s musical COMPANY has enjoyed a triumphant opening night and a raft of five star reviews approving of the radical step of changing the central character (usually Bobby) to a female one (now Bobbie).
Gavin Spokes (Harry), Rosalie Craig (Bobbie), and Mel Giedroyc (Sarah) in COMPANY.
15 Oct
Reviews
Review: I’M NOT RUNNING at The National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, October 15 2018, 09:16
David Hare has been a giant amidst UK playwrights for over thirty years. His plays PRAVDA (co-written with Howard Brenton) and his “state of the nation" trilogy at the National Theatre, RACING DEMON, MURMURING JUDGES & THE ABSENCE OF WAR, are highlights of my theatre going career. But, I'M NOT RUNNING, his latest script to benefit from the full production resources of our premiere venue, is a waste of everybody’s time.
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