Murder In The Cathedral by T.S. Eliot at Southwark Cathedral | Review

Murder In The Cathedral by T.S. Eliot at Southwark Cathedral | Review

Death has a hundred hands. And walks by a thousand ways. “Suicide by Cop” is a twenty-first century concept drip-fed to us through the news and tv and film so its interesting to discover, here in T.S. Eliot’s poetic masterpiece, that we have Martyrdom by Knight. Becket knew he was going to die, he wanted…

Queen of the Mist at Charing Cross Theatre – Review

Queen of the Mist at Charing Cross Theatre – Review

You climb Everest because it’s there. You trek to the South Pole to pit yourself against the daunting challenge of nature. And you wedge yourself into a barrel and allow yourself to be swept over Niagara Falls because… well I’m not really sure. It’s brave – probably; it’s daring – indubitably; it’s heroic – arguably;…

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | Tara Arts Theatre

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | Tara Arts Theatre

Ever been taken for a ride? I mean a ride in a rickety old brake (carriage), with a set of wonderful eclectic characters, down gentle English country lanes, in a lost-forever time (early last century) with bosses and workers and artists and would-be politicians and a works outing (beano) with a once-a-year pub crawl? Sounds…

Before It Starts by Naked Frank Theatre at Blue Elephant Theatre | Review

Before It Starts by Naked Frank Theatre at Blue Elephant Theatre | Review

Don’t go to this play… unless you want to get poked in the eye, slapped round the head, smacked in the gob and kneed in the crotch: but if you’re brave enough and hard enough then this show is definitely for you. I’m talking metaphorically of course but Naked Frank Theatre delivers a hard-hitting, provocative…

Siobhan McMillan’s Mirrors at Leicester Square Theatre | Review
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Siobhan McMillan’s Mirrors at Leicester Square Theatre | Review

The Lounge at the Leicester Square Theatre is a warm, intimate studio space with comfortable individual seats and its own bar snuck away in the corner. With the rain lashing the Square it’s a welcome retreat and, suitably accompanied by a glass of Rosé, one can settle down to be theatrically indulged. Mirrors is a…

We Are The Lions Mr Manager at Tara Theatre – Review
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We Are The Lions Mr Manager at Tara Theatre – Review

Grunwick, 1976-1978 – pickets: small pickets, large pickets, mass pickets, flying pickets. Police brutality. Yes, Grunwick was an industrial dispute on an industrial scale. So how do you successfully tell the tale of this momentous event – the strike went on for nearly a hundred weeks – with all the mass meetings, and the crowds…