By Stuart King Saturday, June 21 2025, 12:32
The overwhelming majority of UK citizens will not have heard of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti better known as multi-lingual singer Dalida who was born in 1933 to Italian parents based at Cairo, Egypt, where her violinist father died of a brain abscess when she was 12. As the show recounts, it was the first of many tragedies in the short life of the chanteuse, which eventually led to her committing suicide in 1987.
A Tribute to Dalida, Peacock Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, June 20 2025, 12:16
Intoxicated tales from darkest Soho in the form of Matthew Bourne’s THE MIDNIGHT BELL, eschews Noel Coward’s passé and draws favourable comparison with the grittier elements of 1930s London found in the works of Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham.
MATTHEW BOURNE'S THE MIDNIGHT BELL. Danny Reubens and Cordelia Braithwaite. Photo by Johan Persson
By Emmie Newitt Friday, June 20 2025, 10:46
The critically acclaimed new comedy by Jordan Waller heads to London this summer, following its hit premiere at the Barn Theatre earlier this year.
Tanya Franks. Photo provided by production.
By Emmie Newitt Friday, June 20 2025, 10:27
Adam Kinneen’s Dick shows promise with moments of brilliant intensity, but its meandering philosophy had me yearning for more in the second act.
Dick at Riverside Studios.
By Emmie Newitt Friday, June 20 2025, 09:07
Directed by Rob Belfield (Princess Essex), Shakespeare's dizzying tragicomedy heads to the Globe over the summer, with the run starting in August.
The cast of Twelfth Night or What You Will. Headshots provided by production.
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