Benjamin Rubin, who, aged 24 penned his first and only truly groundbreaking work and in later years has literary notoriety but also bills to pay, accepts the invitation of a wealthy foundation to act as temporary mentor to Martin Wegner (played with jittery arrogance by Daniel Weyman) who is their latest ‘voice of his generation’ discovery. The result of this uncomfortable pairing (which seems flawed and motivationally unconvincing), is a week spent in the country: mentoring, nit-picking, fretting about frogs, generally mis-communicating and taking every opportunity to treat the Foundation’s administrator with disdain.
Theatre News and Reviews
03 Jul
Reviews 
Preview Report: THE MENTOR at the Vaudeville Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, July 3 2017, 10:32
03 Jul
Reviews 
Review: ROTTERDAM at The Arts Theatre
By Nastazja Domaradzka Monday, July 3 2017, 10:19
Jon Brittain’s ROTTERDAM stormed the theatre scene when it first opened at THEATRE 503 nearly two years ago. Following its transfer to Trafalgar Studios and to an off Broadway venue, Brittain’s comedy about sexuality, relationships and identity gets another revival, this time at The Arts Theatre.
03 Jul
Reviews 
Review: Bat out of Hell at the London Coliseum
By Monty Leigh Monday, July 3 2017, 09:50
Steinman’s musical surrounds Strat (Andrew Polec) - a perpetually rebellious rocker who is cursed to be 18 forever, and Raven (Christina Bennington) - the daughter of the ruler of the city Falco (Rob Fowler), who he has fallen hopelessly in lust with, although the show characterises this as love.
03 Jul
Reviews 
Preview Report: LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL at The Wyndhams Theatre
By David Scotland Monday, July 3 2017, 09:21
West End shows don’t come much more anticipated than Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. A tribute to the late, great Billie Holiday, Lady Day was originally meant to transfer from Broadway to London in June of 2016. But when the star of the show Audra McDonald discovered she was pregnant the production was postponed. Now one year on she finally brings her Tony Award winning performance as Holiday to the Wyndham’s Theatre on Charing Cross Road.
28 Jun
Reviews 
Review: CLEAN SLATE at the Courtyard Theatre
By Jess Morrissey Wednesday, June 28 2017, 10:25
Why is it a rarity to see real female relationships being depicted on stage? Clean Slate proves that it can be done and it is a very welcome breath of fresh air.
This play, translated from the original French-Canadian production 'Table Rase', tells the story of six school friends who are on a weekend away in a cabin by the lake. It seems to be a bog standard 'girlie weekend' filled with booze and banter but, as the evening unfolds, it dawns on the audience that there is far more to this particular night.
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