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Continue reading →: Don Giovanni presented by Welsh National Opera.
Don Giovanni began life in 1630 in form of the drama El burlador de Savilla which translates into The Seducer of Seville by Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina. It certainly lives up to its title as he boasts over 2000 conquests during his travels. Its first documented staged performances began…
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Continue reading →: I Couldn’t Do Your Job by Charlotte Blakemore and Hannah Fayers.
Written during the countries lockdown I Couldn’t Do Your Job explores through a series of frank and relaxed interviews conducted by Alan Emrys in the crew’s staff room. He is collecting research to write a play to honour his father who was a lifelong paramedic. He wants to gain an…
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Continue reading →: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
From The Louvre to Westminster Abbey with a host of stops in between. The Da Vinci Code covers much ground in the quest to break the codes and uncover the mystery surrounding the “holy grail” and the cruel sacrifice style killing of the Louvre curator Sauniere (Andrew Lewis) which takes…
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Continue reading →: Eating Myself by Pepa Duarte.
Latin American performer and writer Pepa Duarte delivers a heartwarming and emotional performance as she explores her lifelong love/hate relationship with food and the lengths to which she is prepared to go in order “not be fat” those are her words not mine. Duarte’s performance recounts her earlier life growing…
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Continue reading →: About 500 by Simona Hughes.
About 500 written and directed by Simona Hughes balances humour, anger, hurt and depression in a sensitive, caring and informative manner. While exploring the scarcely openly discussed subject of infertility and the devastating impact it can have upon intimate relationships and friendships while taking a destructive toll on women’s mental…
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Continue reading →: Beautiful The Carole King Musical.
As a theatre critic, I watch many performances over quite a short period, and it becomes harder to walk out of an auditorium feeling completely in “awe” of the production I have just reviewed. Beautiful The Carole King Musical has proved to be one of those musicals that has achieved…
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Continue reading →: The Children by Lucy Kirkwood.
The unimaginable cost of how damaging living near a nuclear power plant is only truly experienced when something goes wrong. The Children by Lucy Kirkwood explores how the disaster affected residents and the surrounding area after an event. Along with bringing back together, three of the nuclear scientists back together,…
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Continue reading →: Blue Apple presents The Wizard of Oz.
Taking the classic story of The Wizard of Oz and adding their unique twist to the tale. Blue Apple have found Dorothy (Katy Appleford) residing in a local Winchester nursing home. Nobody can explain where she came from or where she goes. However, she certainly has a fascinating tale to…
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Continue reading →: The Fever Syndrome by Alexis Zegerman.
Hampstead Theatre currently plays home to Alexis Zegerman’s play The Fever Syndrome. The first thing you notice upon entering the auditorium is the impressive dominating cross-section of the Myers four-storey ageing family townhouse based in Manhattan created by set builders Harrogate Set Production Services. Families reuniting after a few years…
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Continue reading →: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright.
Suffering, poverty, grief and alcoholism predominantly run through the entire performance of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Christina Bianco in the role of LV certainly has a hard act to follow from the 1999 iconic film performance by Jane Horrocks. However, Bianco doesn’t fail to deliver with an…


















