This show was my first visit to the venue under the new artistic directorship of Emma Rice. The atmosphere has certainly livened up a bit with a covers band playing blatantly amplified music and the use of stage lighting. Under previous regimes this move away from traditional Elizabethan theatre practices would have been unthinkable, the venue used to be lit with a flood lights giving the same general wash over stage and spectators throughout.
Theatre News and Reviews
22 Aug
Reviews 
Review: 946 THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS at the Globe
By Phil Willmott Monday, August 22 2016, 15:19
19 Aug
New Shows
BAT OUT OF HELL flies into London
By Phil Willmott Friday, August 19 2016, 14:49
It’s been a long time coming but now finally everything’s in place and it’s been announced that Meatloaf’s most theatrical of albums, BAT OF OUT HELL, will be the basis of a new stage musical, to be staged by Obie Award-winning director Jay Scheib.
The music and lyrics were written by Jim Steinman and the songs on the best selling trilogy of albums performed by Meat Loaf have always had a story linking them together.
19 Aug
Reviews 
Review: SHANGHAI BALLET, ECHOES OF ETERNITY at ENO's Coliseum
By Stuart King Friday, August 19 2016, 14:00
Russian dancers fleeing the revolution first introduced the western art form of ballet to the city of Shanghai in the 1920s, with Madame Mao personally promoting the formation of China's national dance school in the 1950s. Xin Lili, herself one of the company's former leading dancers has been director for the past 15 years and advocates interpretation and inclusion of both western-inspired classics and more traditional, Chinese-stylised subjects.
16 Aug
Reviews
Review: CUT THROAT at the Irish Centre
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, August 16 2016, 10:44
Whilst Scotland has the Edinburgh Festival Londoners can enjoy a varied menu of experimental and alternative theatre as part of the extensive Camden Fringe Festival.
I took a stimulating dip into the varied offerings on Monday night and attended the English language premiere of an award winning play from Quebec courtesy of Trip and Guts theatre who are presenting CUT THROAT, an examination of the rights and responsibilities of free speech by Jean-Philippe Baril Guerard as adapted by Matt Cunningham.
15 Aug
Reviews
Review: CHILDREN OF EDEN at the Union Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, August 15 2016, 09:48
If you love the soaring melodies of WICKED you’ll really enjoy CHILDREN OF EDEN at the Union Theatre, by the same composer and lyricist, Stephen Schwartz.
For me it was a rare opportunity to re-discover some of the most popular audition songs I hear as a director in their original dramatic context. I say rare because there hasn’t been a professional production in the UK since the premiere bombed in the West End 25 years ago.
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