The Wind in the Willows is given the big musical treatment by the team behind the re-working of Mary Poppins and most recently Half A Sixpence - lyricist Anthony Drewe, composer George Stiles and book writer Julian Fellowes. Going right back to their early days with Just So, through the Olivier-winning Honk! and last year’s Three Little Pigs, there’s something about anthropomorphic animal stories that get Stiles & Drewe’s creative juices flowing and in particular give Anthony Drewe’s rhyming muscles a work out. Full of terrific, freshly-minted lyrics that are a joy to hear (and that can’t always be said for every ear-splitting West End show) we get “foxes” rhymed with “equinoxes”, “prickles” and “vehicles” (as a family of hedgehogs nervously wait to cross a busy road) and more rhymes for Toad then have probably ever been counted.
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Review: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS A Preview Performance at The London Palladium
By Steve Markwick Monday, June 26 2017, 14:54
Review: THE KITE RUNNER at the Playhouse Theatre
By Justin Murray Thursday, June 22 2017, 10:14
Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 novel The Kite Runner has proved one of the runaway hit books of the 21st century, and has since featured everywhere from Hollywood films to exam syllabuses. This simple, at times limited production originated in Nottingham Playhouse, before transferring to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre in June.
Review: TRISTAN & YSEULT at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, June 21 2017, 09:18
It’s been a bit of roller-coaster ride at the Globe Theatre this year.
First the newly appointed Artistic Director, Emma Rice, stepped down; which may or may not have been because venue bosses objected to her introduction of amplified sound and stage lighting to a theatre that had only ever used natural light and sound as in Shakespeare’s day.
Review: GROOMED at The Soho Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, June 19 2017, 12:13
The much loved and respected theatre director, Patrick Sandford turns writer and performer for a gentle hour of confessional drama in which he recounts the sexual abuse he endured as a child and how it has influenced his life since.
He’s joined on stage by a saxophonist who punctuates the action with sharp bursts of music. Otherwise the set is bare except for a few simple props which help tell the story, notably a child’s chair and a toy theatre.
Review: DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA at The Old Red Lion
By Nastazja Domaradzka Sunday, June 18 2017, 11:14
The New York playwright and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley is known for depicting human beings at their most vulnerable whilst exploring the darkest aspects of humanity. In his 1983 play DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA Shanley tells the story of Danny and Roberta, two lonely souls who find each other in the middle of the Bronx, wrapped in their own personal tragedies and ultimately trapped by their own past, the characters find themselves yearning for a human connection.
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