
Phil Willmott


What to Expect at Shakespeare’s Globe this Year
By Phil Willmott Friday, January 5 2018, 19:40
Michelle Terry the new Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre has announced her first season in charge of the replica Elizabethan Playhouse on London’s South Bank.
Here’s a beginners guide to each play in the repertoire.


2018 Preview: CHICAGO returns to the West End in March
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, December 27 2017, 15:14
Hooray! From the end of March 2018 the West End is going to get a little sassier, more cynical and fierce with a revival of the celebrated 1996 Broadway production of CHICAGO by the song writing team behind CABARET, Kander and Ebb.


Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at the Wimbledon Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, December 21 2017, 13:37
This 2017 pantomime at the Wimbledon theatre is back in the hands of producers Qdos, replacing First Family Entertainment who have brought a series of American stars to the venue in recent years.


Review: THE GRINNING MAN at Trafalgar Studios
By Phil Willmott Thursday, December 21 2017, 09:17
Christmas is a time for over indulgence and the West End’s latest new musical, THE GRINNING MAN, is an opportunity to relish a Grand Guignol excess of melodrama, theatricality, stage craft and emphatic dialogue; all peppered with knowing asides and drenched in a deceptively simple, original score from Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler.


Review: HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY at the Young Vic
By Phil Willmott Saturday, December 16 2017, 10:32
If your dark winter evening could do with some brightening up, then I recommend this insubstantial but endearing hour and a bit of surreal comedy at the Young Vic.
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