Listings - British Theatre Guide
WEB3 days ago · The Chronicles of Atom and Luna. Murray Lachlan Young. Funnelwick Limb. Half Moon Young People’s Theatre, London. 28 September 2024.
101 Dalmatians the Musical - British Theatre Guide
WEB101 Dalmatians is a new-ish musical, with music and lyrics by Douglas Hodge and book by Jonny McKnight. It is based on a stage adaptation by Zinnie Harris of Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel, The Hundred And One Dalmatians, and it was first seen at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2022.This new, updated production opened last week in Wimbledon, and it comes to Birmingham as the next stop in a ...
Theatre review: Murdered to Death at Theatre Royal, Nottingham
WEBThe title should leave you in no doubt what to expect: Murdered to Death is a parody of an Agatha Christie whodunnit. The Queen of Crime and Peter Gordon may produce in a similar fashion contrived scenes leading to a murder—but the comparison ends there. Murdered to Death is the first of a trilogy featuring bumbling Inspector Pratt whose ...
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice - British Theatre Guide
WEBThe dialogue remains a wonderful mixture of malapropisms and genuine cracking lines—"If you’re agoraphobic you can get out." All of the characters in the play seem unable to face reality. Mari Hoff is written as mutton dressed as lamb, struggling to convince herself she retains some of her fading sex appeal.
Theatre review: The 39 Steps at Curve Theatre, Leicester
WEBPlanes, a train and an automobile plus a dashing hero with a pencil-thin moustache, this fast-paced version of The 39 Steps is some way removed from the rather staid and serious 1915 novel by John Buchan and Hitchcock’s subsequent and classic 1935 thriller.. Patrick Barlow’s adaptation opened in 2005 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, transferred to London and became the fifth longest ...
Theatre review: Peter Pan Goes Wrong at Theatre Royal Bath
WEBPeter Pan Goes Wrong is franchise theatre. Mischief formulated a slam-dunk of a show in The Play That Goes Wrong with its absurd, pantomime-like gaffs and break-the-fourth-wall, tongue-in-cheek humour. The comedy theatre troupe now has a strong catalogue of worldwide hits. Their style has spilt into a new genre, or perhaps era, of farcical comedy.
Theatre review: Mother Goose at The Lowry - British Theatre Guide
WEBThis is the penultimate stop on the tour and tickets may be hard to come by, but if you do get the chance to see it, expect a great night of just pure joyous (occasionally suggestively filthy) fun. Theatre review of Mother Goose (Jonathan Harvey) from Ambassador Theatre Group Productions at The Lowry - reviewer: David Chadderton.
Theatre review: Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! at Sadler’s Wells
WEBCredit: Johan Persson. Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! is back, “newly designed and refreshed”, for its 30 th anniversary year, and thank goodness, what a fabulous dose of festive spirit…. Certainly the mask-free young ladies in the row in front of me think so with several bottles of it stashed under their seats.
Theatre review: Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe
WEBWith traditional costume and music as well as a strong plot and excellent cast, this Much Ado deserves to be at least as big a hit as the one with the starry names in the heart of the West End. Time will tell. Theatre review of Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare) at Shakespeare's Globe - reviewer: Philip Fisher.
Theatre review: The Years at Almeida Theatre - British Theatre Guide
WEBDirector Eline Arbo uses just a single live video shot as her finale that is typical of the economy and good judgement of the whole production. It makes a celebration of womanhood and of its five excellent actors. Theatre review of The Years (Adapted as De jaren by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain, based on Les Années by ...