Phil Willmott
28 Mar
Reviews 
Review: RUTHLESS at the Arts Theatre
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, March 28 2018, 14:33
RUTHLESS is a small scale, off Broadway musical from 1992 by Joel Paley and Marvin Laird, with just 6 characters, all of them female, one played by a man in drag. The drag element is a useful way to describing the tone of the piece which presents women not as nuanced 3 dimensional characters but as the kind of grotesques that some gay men like to dress up as and emulate.
22 Mar
New Shows
Dust off your Dancing Shoes - it's Strictly Ballroom, the Stage Musical
By Phil Willmott Thursday, March 22 2018, 11:12
Excitement is building ahead of the West End premiere of Strictly Ballroom, the stage adaptation of Baz Lurman's feel good cult movie. Previews begin 29th March 2018 at the Piccadilly Theatre.
The P.Rs are doing a great job of wetting our appetites by releasing some terrific images of the production in rehearsals. There's also an engaging video promo and you can find each on the show's Facebook page.
18 Mar
Reviews
Review: BRIEF ENCOUNTER at the Empire Cinema
By Phil Willmott Sunday, March 18 2018, 15:47
A celebrated musical of one of the best loved British movies of all time returns to the West End after thrilling audiences on tour and internationally.
Appropriately you can see it, not in a theatre but in a converted art-deco cinema next to where PHANTOM OF THE OPERA plays, on the Haymarket.
16 Mar
News
Hello Young Lovers! New cast members are announced for THE KING AND I at the London Palladium
By Phil Willmott Friday, March 16 2018, 11:37
The buzz around the West End transfer of The Lincoln Center Theater’s production of THE KING AND I continues with the announcement of extra performances and new cast members.
12 Mar
Reviews
Review: Macbeth at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, March 12 2018, 14:14
The big theatrical event of the week is Rufus Norris’ production of MACBETH at the National Theatre. He’s the boss there and the pressure to succeed must have been enormous as the huge Olivier Theatre has been home to an unfortunate series of flops recently. It all sounded very promising because two of our finest actors Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff had been cast as a corrupt and haunted couple murdering their way to power in Dark Ages Scotland.
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