West End Theatre News and Reviews

Review: MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD at St. James’ Theatre

By Trevor French Thursday, April 28 2016, 09:17

My Mother Said I never Should The relationship between a mother and daughter can be a tricky one. Triple it; add a few secrets & lies, and the prospect of nothing quite going as smoothly as one would like increases. Charlotte Keatley’s play is the most performed play written by a woman ever, so it’s a surprise to find that it hasn’t been seen in London since opening at The Royal Court in 1989.

27 Apr

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Review: FUNNY GIRL at the Savoy Theatre

By Preece Killick Wednesday, April 27 2016, 15:20

‘Triumphant’ was the metaphor most used when ‘Funny Girl’ opened at the Chocolate Menier Factory last year, and that triumph has now seen it blast its way onto the Savoy stage with a glitzy, high profile production that is sure to grab even more headlines on an extended run until October. Was the hype justified? Not just of star Sheridan Smith, but the production itself?

25 Apr

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Review: SHOW BOAT at the New London Theatre

By Christian Durham Monday, April 25 2016, 10:56

Show Boat - The Musical In 1927 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II took the courageous step of basing a musical on Edna Ferber’s novel exploring 40 years of a theatre company ‘s life on a Mississippi Riverboat. By doing so, they set off a chain reaction in the world of musical theatre that proved that this then trivial art form could comment on more serious aspects of the human condition. In Show Boat, alongside the usual but more developed vicissitudes of love, they threw the spotlight on racial prejudices in society.

25 Apr

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Review: THE FLICK at The National Theatre

By Nastazja Domaradzka Monday, April 25 2016, 09:46

Annie Baker’s Pulitzer winning play THE FLICK an off Broadway hit arrives at the National Theatre this spring. Running at three and a half hours, this story about a falling Massachusetts cinema and the people who work there proves to be a hard watch, yet it’s strength comes from pioneering and unusual directorial choices.