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Articles Culture National Theatre News Originals Theatre Trouble in Mind

NT’s Trouble in Mind is a smart consideration of racism in the rehearsal room – review

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Nancy Medina’s revival of Alice Childress’ 1955 satire about racism in theatre has opened at the intimate Dorfman Theatre in the National Theatre. Trouble in Mind is one of those plays that still feels completely relevant today, even though it was first staged more than 60 years ago. It tells the story of black actress Wiletta (the excellent Tanya Moodie), who has taken a leading role in a new play about racism being directed by two somewhat tone-deaf white men. The play-within-a-play format means we actually see very little of…

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Articles Culture Music News Originals The Choir of Man Theatre

The Choir of Man delight audiences at new West End home – review

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The Choir of Man has taken up residence at the Arts Theatre in Covent Garden, presenting their show created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay. We caught the male voice choir earlier this year when they presented a one-hour version of this show at the Underbelly Festival over the summer. The production now has a new home in Covent Garden in an expanded 90-minute format, with additional songs and a full band. Is it as good second time around? Absolutely – if anything, it’s even better. The concept remains the…

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Articles Culture News Originals Stockard Channing Theatre

Stockard Channing stars in gripping revival of ‘Night, Mother – review

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Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama has been revived at the Hampstead Theatre – where it originated – in a new production directed by Roxana Silbert. London’s Hampstead Theatre is continuing its 60th anniversary retrospective season of reviving plays which received their UK premiere there with ‘Night, Mother, Marsha Norman’s 1985 two-hander focusing on the lives of mother Thelma (Stockard Channing) and daughter Jessie (Rebecca Night). A shocking revelation early on in the play reveals that this may be the last night the pair spend together – over the course of…

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Articles Culture Jersey Boys Music News Originals Theatre West End

Jersey Boys returns to the West End with a night of lighthearted musical entertainment – review

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The jukebox musical, based on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, is the first show to open at the refurbished Trafalgar Theatre, directed by Des McAnuff. If you’re not a fan of the Four Seasons, never fear – their back catalogue is so ubiquitous that you’re guaranteed to know many of the songs in this musical. Jersey Boys tells the story of the band – the highs, the lows, the bust ups, the addiction, the incarcerations – over the course of their career, from early beginnings singing…

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Articles Culture National Theatre News Originals Paradise Theatre

National Theatre’s Paradise is powerful, political and surprisingly funny – review

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Kae Tempest’s electrifying re-imagination of Sophocles’ Philoctetes, starring an all-female cast, has opened at the National Theatre in a production directed by Ian Rickson. We’re big fans of the National Theatre: we went to check out Under Milk Wood there a few weeks ago, their first production post-pandemic, and we really enjoyed our return visit – it’s one of our favourite theatre spaces, and we adore their programming. In particular we’re looking forward to The Normal Heart – set in New York during the early 1980s, it’s one of the…

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Articles Carousel Culture Music News Originals Theatre

Carousel is a visually-striking update of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical – review

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The classic musical has been refreshed and updated in a new production at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, directed by Timothy Sheader. Carousel is a tricky musical to stage in the present day. The story and relationships that it presents are not just extremely outdated but actually pretty unpleasant to watch – seeing the toxic masculinity exhibited by the male leads, and the way it’s largely accepted by the female characters feels uncomfortable, especially coming out of a lockdown where we know that levels of domestic violence have been…

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Articles Culture News Originals Tennessee Williams Theatre

The Two Character Play is a challenging and experimental revival – review

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Tennessee Williams’ two-hander has returned to The Hampstead Theatre, where it originally debuted in 1967, for a revival directed by Sam Yates. We’ll start by saying that The Two Character Play is a well put-together piece of theatre. Tennessee Williams’ complicated play-within-a-play, which follows the lives of brother and sister duo Felice (Zubin Varla) and Clare (Kate O’Flynn), is an impressive achievement. The staging looks the part, there’s some clever use of tech throughout and we enjoyed the musical elements. Having said all that, this is one of Tennessee Williams’…

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Articles Culture News Originals Rachel Tucker Theatre

Rachel Tucker and Lewis Cornay shine in updated John & Jen – review

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The musical by Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald has been revamped in a new production at the Southwark Playhouse, directed by Guy Retallack. John & Jen is an ambitious piece of theatre. We’re introduced to John and Jen in the 1980s as brother and sister, and the first act follows their stories through school and college, going out into the real world as adults. Act two is very different – we’re still following the same Jen, but she’s older and has had a son that she’s named John after her…

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Articles Culture Long Reads News Originals The Death of a Black Man Theatre

The Death of a Black Man is a challenging consideration of race and gender – review

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Almost 50 years on from its debut, Alfred Fagon’s play returns to the Hampstead Theatre, directed by Dawn Walton. We didn’t expect a play with a name like this to be an easy watch, but The Death of a Black Man presents really quite a challenging evening at the theatre. Over the course of two hours it considers a range of big issues including race, gender, class and cultural appropriation. These are not nice and well-rounded characters; they all have their flaws, while their language and attitudes – which we’re…

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