Arriving at the specially refurbished theatre space at London's Hippodrome Casino, I was greeted by an enthusiastic young man eager to know if I was excited for what I was about to experience. My honest answer was ...I wasn’t sure.
Theatre News and Reviews


Review: MAGIC MIKE LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino
By Nicola Wright Sunday, September 8 2019, 14:54


Review: THE CROWN DUAL at Wilton’s Music Hall
By Stuart King Friday, September 6 2019, 09:18
The charmingly fusty environs of Wilton’s Music Hall play host to one of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe successes - THE CROWN DUAL - a frenetic, sometimes slapstick homage to (and parody of), the Netflix multi-award winning drama about the royals.


Review: HANSARD at the National Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, September 4 2019, 17:01
Tory politicians have been much in the news of late. At the National’s Lyttelton, another (this time fictitious) Eton-spawned grandee, is placed front and centre in newcomer Simon Woods’ first commissioned play, HANSARD.
Diana (Lindsay Duncan) and Robin (Alex Jennings) in Hansard at the National Theatre. Photo by Catherine Ashmore


Review: THE SECRET RIVER at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, September 3 2019, 14:35
There’s so much that’s satisfying and so much that’s frustrating about Andrew Bovell’s adaptation of Kate Grenville’s novel about early British settlers in Australia.
It’s a production by Sydney Theatre Company from 2013 that is apparently something of a classic in antipodean theatre.


Review: THE SON at Duke of York’s Theatre
By Stuart King Tuesday, September 3 2019, 07:27
Michael Longhurst directs THE SON, the final segment in lauded french playwright Florian Zeller’s loose trilogy (The Father, The Mother, The Son) which has just begun a limited West End transfer at The Duke of York’s theatre.
Amanda Abbington (Anne), Laurie Kynaston (Nicolas) and John Light (Pierre). The Son. Photo by Marc Brenner.
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