Phil Willmott
14 May
New Shows 
Natalie Dormer switches from Thrones to Fur
By Phil Willmott Sunday, May 14 2017, 20:12
It's been announced that Natalie Dormer, who's utterly magnificent in TV's Game of Thrones, will be returning to the stage in a new production of Venus in Fur which previously had a short but attention-grabbing run on Broadway. She'll be playing an actress who, one rainy night, bursts in on a director insisting he auditions her for the lead role in a play about sadomasochistic sex based on the 1870 novel Venus In Fur by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
09 May
Reviews
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at the Union Theatre
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, May 9 2017, 10:15
In the interests of full disclosure I should reveal that this production has been directed by one of our regular critics, Andy Bewley, and is running at the the Union Theatre where I direct a lot.
It's with considerable relief then that I'm able to report that this revival of Romeo and Juliet, with gay men as the star crossed lovers within the context of two rival Verona football clubs, is packed with good and engaging ideas.
09 May
Reviews
Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, May 9 2017, 09:57
Angels in America, all seven and a half hours of it, is the best soap opera in town.
If that sounds derogatory think of the very finest TV (melo)drama with heroes, heartbreak, extraordinary villains, epic bravery against the odds, deathbed confessions, revelations and reconciliations, love lost and found, and a journey to self discovery. That's what the National Theatre are currently serving up, either over two evenings of three hour drama or over one extraordinary day which begins at 1pm and spits you out, emotionally and intellectually bruised and battered, to stagger home just before 11pm.
05 May
News
ANNIE’s on her way!
By Phil Willmott Friday, May 5 2017, 08:18
There's no bad news about the musical Annie. I absolutely love it so it’s exciting to learn that rehearsals have started and to learn a little about what we can expect when the vintage Broadway show is revived again at the Piccadilly Theatre, starring TV favourite Miranda Hart, who's best known for her role in drama Call the Midwife and for her own, much loved sit-com Miranda.
04 May
New Shows
The Arts Theatre turns Toxic this Autumn
By Phil Willmott Thursday, May 4 2017, 10:24
It’s always good to hear that a fringe show is moving to a bigger, more central venue and that’s exactly what will happen on September 28th when musical, The Toxic Avenger, transfers to the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited 10-week season.
It began its London life at Southwark Playhouse attracting sold out houses and 6 Off West End Award nominations including Best New Musical.
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