There is no questioning the talent of both the cast and creative team here – everyone is competent and able to execute their roles well. But therein is the problem; the show isn’t memorable or extraordinary enough to merit a second viewing.
West End Theatre News and Reviews
14 Nov
Reviews 
Review: HALF A SIXPENCE at the Noel Coward Theatre
By Daniel Perks Monday, November 14 2016, 10:33
11 Nov
Reviews 
Review: DEAD FUNNY at the Vaudeville Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, November 11 2016, 14:24
Slapstick and pathos can make for uneasy bedfellows, it is then perhaps a mark of the quality of Terry Johnson's 1992 play Dead Funny that they marry so well and provide the basis for an evening of wonderful and emotionally moving entertainment.
A superb cast of five - each ideally suited to their part - deliver the subtle and not-so-subtle nuances of this revival, currently enjoying a run at the Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand.
11 Nov
Reviews 
Review: Lulu at English National Opera
By Kit Benjamin Friday, November 11 2016, 12:19
This probably isn’t the place to go into a lot of detail about the rise of atonality and the Second Viennese School in the early part of the twentieth century, so let’s just say that you shouldn’t go to see Lulu and expect to come out humming the tunes. By the time he composed Lulu, Alban Berg, like his teacher Schoenberg, had abandoned conventional melodic and harmonic structures in favour of a completely expressionistic style, so there are no tunes.
11 Nov
Reviews 
Review: ORCA at Southwark Playhouse
By Nastazja Domaradzka Friday, November 11 2016, 12:13
Founded in 2007 Papatango Theatre Company is renowned for championing unique talent and giving new writing, and up and coming playwrights; an opportunity that very often is the start of a prominent career. Directed by Alice Hamilton, Matt Grinter’s ORCA, the winner of this year’s competition; is playing at Southwark Playhouse until the 26th of November.
07 Nov
News 
Be seduced by David Tennant next spring!
By Phil Willmott Monday, November 7 2016, 12:30
Not many dynamic screen actors are equally electrifying on stage but David Tennant is one of them.
As well as becoming a household name as the tenth Doctor in the BBC's DOCTOR WHO, he's also triumphed as the lead in a number of other TV hits including BROADCHURCH and JESSICA JONES.
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