Reviews

  • Avenue Q – Review

    Two decades after it first took the West End by storm, the classic musical Avenue Q returns with its naughty, funny and relatable puppet driven comedy. Read more

  • Mark Simmons: Jest To Impress – Review

    Mark Simmons has built a reputation as one of the UK’s sharpest joke-writers and Jest to Impress proves exactly why. This is stand-up stripped back to its purest form: relentless, meticulously engineered punchlines delivered with Simmons’ trademark laid-back charm. Read more

  • Ottilie – Review

    The Barn Theatre continues to prove itself as one of those rare venues that gets it right. Small in scale but consistently high in quality, it’s a welcome change from perching in the gods, half watching a show while debating whether you’ve got enough change left for those slightly tragic seat back binoculars. Here, there’s… Read more

  • Hadestown – Review

    The new West End cast of Hadestown is nothing short of electrifying — a production that feels both deeply rooted in its storytelling and thrillingly alive through its sensational performances. Read more

  • Loot – Review

    A revival of Joe Orton’s famous farce ‘Loot’ is the latest offering from The Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch. Orton’s 1965 dark comedy remains a sharp swipe at authority, religion and respectability and this production embraces the play’s anarchic spirit — even if it sadly doesn’t always land its punches cleanly. Read more

  • Pete Firman: ‘Tricks & Giggles’ – Review

    On a lively Friday evening at Tunbridge Wells’ intimate Trinity Theatre, Pete Firman’s latest tour ‘Tricks and Giggles’ delivered exactly what its title promises – a blend of jaw-dropping magic and good-natured cheekiness.  Read more