- Venue: Gielgud Theatre
- Date: 31st October 2023
- Directed by: Cameron Macintosh (Production and Concept); Stephen Mear (choreography); Matthew Bourne (staging - with Julia McKenzie)
- Staring: Bernadette Peters; Lea Salonga; Janie Dee; Christine Allado; Clare Burt; Bonnie Langford; Damian Humbley; Bradley Jaden; Gavin Lee; Jason Pennycooke; Joanna Riding; Jeremy Secomb; Jac Yarrow, Marley Fenton; Beatrice Penny-Touré.
What friends, what a night. What fun!
Halloween at the Gielgud, to see Sondheim’s ‘Old Friends’ – compiled and produced by Cameron Macintosh in honour of his old friend Sondheim, and made up extensively of excerpts from Cameron Macintosh’s Sondheim productions.
- Venue: Richmond Theatre
- Date: 13th October 2023
- Directed by: Richard Eyre
- Staring: Rupert Everett; Julian Wadham
...worth the trip!
Back at Richmond to catch John Mortimer’s A Voyage Round My Father.
- Venue: Hampstead Theatre
- Date: 2nd October 2023
- Directed by: Anna Ledwich
- Staring: Myanna Buring; Dakota Blue Richards; Yolanda Kettle; Abigail Thaw
It's not all about AI, it's about us
Good seats at The Hampstead Theatre to see Anthropology, Lauren Gunderson’s new play.
- Venue: Menier Chocolate Factory
- Date: 23rd September 2023
- Directed by: Ben Elton
- Staring: Elena Skye; Steven Serlin; Hannah-Jane Fox ; Matt Corner
A woke take on Twiggy, what's not to like?
Another Ben Elton (Writer and Director) musical mash-up, choosing popular or relevant and timely songs from Twiggy’s life (actually, from her parent’s marriage) until, broadly, her Royal Variety Performance of her Broadway Gershwin extravaganza in the 1980s.
- Venue: Old Vic
- Date: 7th September 2023
- Directed by: Richard Jones
- Staring: Bertie Carvel; Patsy Ferran; John Marquez; Michael Gould; Sylvestra Le Touzel
Talk about speed dating!
Tonight at a preview of Shaw’s Pygmalion at the Old Vic.
- Venue: Richmond Theatre
- Date: 29th August 2023
- Directed by: Sam Yates
- Staring: Andrew Scott (one man show)
A great acting journey...but reaching the right destination?
Firs show this year for me at Richmond, to see Vanya, the second preview of a play due to open at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 15th September after a further period of West End Previews.