- Venue: National Theatre (Lyttleton)
- Date: 30th April 2025
- Directed by: Joe Mantello
- Staring: Rory Kinnear, Tracie Bennett, Jane Krakowski and Denis O’Hare
A swan-song - but what a swan!
At the National Theatre for a preview of ‘Here we are’ – the last of Sondheim’s musicals.
- Venue: Almeida
- Date: 2nd April 2025
- Directed by: Omar Elerian
- Staring: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù; Paul Hunter
Absurdist or absurd?
The Almeida has revived Ionesco’s absurdist 1959 Rhinoceros, and one might wonder why.
- Venue: sohoplace (Soho Place Theatre)
- Date: 31st March 2025
- Directed by: Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin
- Staring: Mark Hammersley (Cover); Jorge Bosch
This isn't about the theory, it's about the practice
Our first visit to the new (to us) Soho Place Theatre (it opened in October 2022) to see the RSC’s Kyoto.
- Venue: Menier Chocolate Factory
- Date: 20th March 2025
- Directed by: Gordon Greenberg
- Staring: James Daly; Charlie Stemp; Safeena Ladha; Dianne Pilkington & Sebastian Torkia.
Gothic Panto with more than a touch of camp
Recently the Menier has been on a bit of a roll, and its Dracula; a Comedy of Terrors is no exception.
- Venue: Wilton's Music Hall
- Date: 27th February 2025
- Directed by: John Savournin; Musical Direction: David Eaton
- Staring: Papageno - Matthew Kellett; Pamina - Alison Langer; 1st Lady & Papagena - Sarah Prestwidge; 2nd Lady - Martha Jones; 3rd Lady - Meriel Cunningham; Queen of the Night - Eleri Gwilym; Sarastro & Speaker - Peter Lidbetter; Tamino - Martins Smaukstelis; Monostatos - Joe Ashmore
Multum in parvo
The first Magic Flute I saw was in 1966, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Papageno, in the Old Theatre at Glyndebourne.
- Venue: Southwark Playhouse (Borough)
- Date: 25th February 2025
- Directed by: Ed Stambollouian
- Staring: Jack Holden
A formidable performance
Another Southwark Playhouse success, this at the Borough branch!