★★★★☆ (Performance attended 19/12/19) Feline fever dream impresses with its acrobatic skills and musical grandeur, landing squarely on its feet. As a musical that’s stood the test of time and still receives acclaim over 40 years later, the plot of Cats, if you can call it a plot, is incredibly simple. Once a year, the Jellicle Cats gather around what appears to be a junkyard … Continue reading Review: Cats presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 20/12/19) New play tackles the challenges of single motherhood, and shows potential for more. Being a single mother certainly isn’t easy. On top of one’s actual obligations to take care of one’s child more or less alone, the situation is often further complicated by society’s expectations and judgment thrust upon them. The trials and tribulations of single motherhood then are explored in … Continue reading Review: Single Mothers by Dwayne Ng
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 1/12/19) Fairytales as you’ve never experienced them before – now with a feminist twist. LONDON – Most of the fairy tales we grew up with are problematic in their own right, with far too many involving princesses pining for princes riding in on a white horse, or damsels in distress awaiting a hero to come save them. With Red Palace, Shotgun Carousel returns to the … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West-End 2019: Red Palace by Shotgun Carousel (Review)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 5/12/19) A classic fairy tale gets an outrageous, pub theatre treatment. LONDON – What’s a holiday season without a little booze and good cheer? Not Too Tame certainly knows those are the key ingredients to having a good time, as they bring their acclaimed production of Cinderella to the Vaults this holiday season. Written by Luke Barnes and directed by Jimmy Fairhurst, Cinderella takes the classic rags … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: James Seabright presents Not Too Tame’s Cinderella (Review)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 6/12/19) Drag meets sci-fi meets an all-important message of environmentalism for a night of good campy fun. LONDON – Set in 2050, in a galaxy ‘not too far from our own’, Sink the Pink’s Escape From Planet Trash imagines a world so uninhabitable that it’s become the most dangerous place in the solar system, and also, the dumping ground for the entire universe. Unfortunately, … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Escape From Planet Trash by Sink the Pink (Review)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 3/12/19) Learning to find a genuine connection in the digital age with new ways of communication, and the idea of the body on the Internet. LONDON – The beauty of experimental productions lies in how they often bring together completely unexpected methods, ideas and narratives to craft singularly unique experiences in each work. With the Royal Court’s Midnight Movie, a new work by Eve … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Midnight Movie at the Royal Court Theatre (Review)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 2/12/19) Innovative staging depicting the perils of mountain climbing marred by a dragged out storyline. LONDON – Much like other extreme sports, alpine climbers lead dangerous lives as they scale one precarious mountain after another, constantly seeking out the next adrenaline rush with a taller mountain with each expedition. It’s no surprise that plenty of them eventually end up dying in climbing-related … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019: Touching the Void at the Duke of York’s Theatre (Review)
The American Dream as seen through the rise and fall of a 160-year dynasty. LONDON – When top global financial services firm Lehman Brothers collapsed and went bankrupt in 2008, the world economy plunged into a recession, one that it continues to struggle with even today. But who exactly were the Lehman Brothers, and how did an empire as magnificent as this collapse so quickly in … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019: The Lehman Trilogy by National Theatre (Review)
Sugar, butter, catchy songs and a winsome lead marks a recipe for a musical deserving of a blue ribbon. LONDON – It’s frankly quite impressive how even the most independent of films have become hit Broadway musicals, elevating the original source material to new heights thanks to the musical form. With Waitress, a new West End transfer adapted from the 2007 film of the same name, the … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019: Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre (Review)
★★☆☆☆ (Performance attended 5/12/19) New theatre collective shows potential, but lacks clear direction in this original triptych wandering and wondering about the nature of modern love. It’s never too late in the year to make a debut, and for The Assembly Point, December is as good a time as any to make their start on the local theatre scene, with their brand new, original work Affections. … Continue reading Review: Affections by The Assembly Point
