- Venue: Bridge Theatre
- Date: 10th June 2025
- Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
- Staring: Susannah Fielding ; Emmanuel Akwafo ; Felicity Montagu; David Moorst
A dream of a Dream
The first time round for this production (2019) we thought we were all ‘Dreamed’ out – so it was only when the crits came in (and friends saw it) that we realised we probably weren’t, and regretted not booking.
- Venue: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Date: 6th June 2025
- Directed by: Jetske Mijnssen with Robin Ticciati and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Staring: John Relyea, Kristina Stanek, John Tomlinson
Sublime? Ridiculous? - You choose
A bit of a change from Wednesday’s Mikado – Glyndebourne’s Parsifal.
- Venue: Wilton's Music Hall
- Date: 4th June 2025
- Directed by: Jeff Clarke
- Staring: Steve Watts; Louise Crane; Matthew Scott-Clark; Kelli-Ann Masterson.
Not Titipu as I recall it, but does that matter?
The Mikado is one of my favourite G&S shows, and Wilton’s a favourite venue and Opera della Luna a favoured company.
- Venue: Theatre Royal, Haymarket
- Date: 29th May 2025
- Directed by: Lindsay Posner
- Staring: Tamsin Greig; Selina Cadell; Finbar Lynch; Nicholas Farrell; Hadley Fraser.
There's a kitchen sink, but that's not where the drama lies
Rattigan is the master, of course, of the well-made play, and this production of the Deep Blue Sea now at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket for a short season pays homage to that.
- Venue: King's Head Theatre, Islington
- Date: 28.05.2025
- Directed by: Kirsty Patrick Ward
- Staring: Colin Tierney; Alan Cox; Hywel Morgan
The Gang's all here!
The Kings Head Theatre has now, somewhat annoyingly, decoupled from the eponymous pub and is now in a deep cellar round the corner with an entrance in (the new) Islington Square.
- Venue: Southwark Playhouse (Elephant)
- Date: 7th May 2025
- Directed by: Nick Winston (director and choreographer)
- Staring: Paul Jacob French; Max Bowden; Tori Allen-Martin
A good effort, but Why?
The 1969 Oscar winning film Midnight Cowboy (the only X rated film to win Oscars) gave Jon Voight screen recognition and sealed Dustin Hoffman as a great movie actor. It is a bleak film which ends badly – so the obvious choice to re-create as a stage musical?