Phil Willmott
31 Aug
Reviews 
Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at the Old Vic
By Phil Willmott Thursday, August 31 2017, 07:48
I'd heard conflicting things about this show, most of the reviews have been glowing but the New York Times critic and a few of my friends had been less enthusiastic.
I'm glad I didn't listen to them and checked it out for myself because I thought it exceptional.
24 Aug
Reviews
Review: LOOT at the Park Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, August 24 2017, 13:50
I can remember a time when productions of Joe Orton's comedies were as ubiquitous as Noel Coward's.
Although stylistically these gay writers couldn't be more different, both their work symbolised a theatrical era. If Coward was all about a mid Twentieth Century style and wit that has turned out to have timeless appeal, the spiky, surreal, dark humour of Orton's writing, conceived to shock and be anti-establishment in the 1960s, can either be roll-on-the floor hilarious or seem dated, infantile and tedious depending on the national mood of the decade in which it's performed.
24 Aug
Reviews
Review: Understudy Katy Brittain triumphs in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at the Apollo Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, August 24 2017, 09:44
I finally caught up with the much anticipated, much acclaimed West End revival of Cat on A Hot Tin Roof.
I'm happy to confirm that Sienna Miller as Maggie, the nervy and glamorous neglected wife of an ex-athlete and cat of the title, is as good as the reviews say (even on a Saturday matinee when some stars in other productions have been known to “phone it in”).
22 Aug
New Shows
An Exciting Project Showcases Great New Musical Theatre Performers
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, August 22 2017, 15:13
I thoroughly enjoyed a West End Sunday night at Foundation bar in Covent Garden where one of its underground chambers transformed awkwardly but effectively for the night into a cabaret spot, and twelve or so young musical theatre singers and a great band enthralled an enthusiastic home crowd with a series of songs from shows.
22 Aug
New Shows
The Exorcist to Make the West End a Scarier Place!
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, August 22 2017, 10:48
It’s been announced that John Pielmeier’s stage adaptation of The Exorcist will open at London’s Phoenix Theatre on October 20 to running until March 10, 2018. It is produced by Bill Kenwright, whose production of Evita is currently running at the venue.
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