I need to preface this report by reiterating that this production is still in previews, the producers have deep pockets and no doubt it will continue to evolve until the show is “frozen” - a theatre term which means no more changes are allowed before press night to allow the cast to settle in.
West End Theatre News and Reviews
29 Oct
New Shows 
Preview Report: KING KONG at The Broadway Theatre, New York
By Phil Willmott Monday, October 29 2018, 07:14
26 Oct
Broadway Shows
Review: BERNHARDT/HAMLET at the American Airlines Theater, Broadway
By Phil Willmott Friday, October 26 2018, 11:05
I hope we get this scintillating Broadway comedy with its British star, Janet McTeer, in the West End soon. It certainly deserves a transfer. Not only is is an enjoyable backstage comedy and a dramatisation of a fascinating historical event but it also tackles the red hot topicality of women in theatre at a time when so many of us are hungry for women to excel outside of the secondary roles historically allocated to them.
Janet McTeer and Brittany Bradford in Bernhardt/Hamlet. Photo by Joan Marcus
26 Oct
News
Celebrate Halloween in the West End
By Phil Willmott Friday, October 26 2018, 10:03
With Halloween fast approaching there’s plenty of opportunities to enjoy a spine tingling night in the West End.
19 Oct
Reviews
Review: STORIES at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Friday, October 19 2018, 07:17
Playwright and director Nina Raine is extraordinarily talented, almost everything she writes and/or stages seems to attract awards and acclaim like a magnet. Her last major piece CONSENT transferred from the National Theatre to the West End and was a searing, funny and poignant mating dance to rival anything by Strindberg, Chekhov or Ibsen.
18 Oct
Reviews
Review: THE INHERITANCE at the Noel Coward Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, October 18 2018, 13:54
The West End now has TWO era defining productions in what’s shaping up to be a golden year for London Theatre. And both shows opened in the last ten days!
You can read about Marianne Elliot’s triumphant re-conception of Stephen Sondheim’s musical COMPANY here but if plays are your thing you really need to catch THE INHERITANCE at the Noel Coward Theatre.
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