Transferring to London from a sold-out season in New York, Nice Fish sets a high precedent for itself. Written by Academy Award winner and ex-artistic director of the Globe Mark Rylance alongside Minnesotan contemporary prose poet Louis Jenkins, Nice Fish is based off Rylance’s life growing up in the freezing American Midwest, and for the most part, features two friends out on an ice-fishing trip musing about … Continue reading Review: Nice Fish at the Harold Pinter Theatre

It’s honestly surprising how it’s taken this long to bring Dreamgirls to the West End (a whopping 35 years since its debut on Broadway), but when you have a show with such high production value, the wait was well worth it! Inspired by R&B groups such as The Supremes, Dreamgirls follows the rise of fictitious R&B girl group The Dreams as they grow up and find their way in … Continue reading Review: Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre

Award winning playwright Lucy Kirkwood has never been afraid of touching on difficult topics in her work. This time around, the Royal Court Theatre presents her latest piece: The Children, an affecting play about aging, life and letting go. The Children is set in an isolated coastal English house, the sound of waves discernible from inside. The cottage is inhabited by an elderly couple, Hazel (Deborah … Continue reading Review: The Children by The Royal Court Theatre