Reviews

Whilst Dickens has pretty much cornered the spooky-meets-heart-warming Christmas theatre tradition, Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost (written only some 40 years after A Christmas Carol) makes an interesting festive family alternative without any explicit yuletide subject matter. The work is as droll and arch as you’d expect from the legendary 19th century wit plus offers … Read more The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde at the Unicorn Theatre

Everyone is familiar with the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Yet this new musical & Juliet takes this classic story, shakes it up and breathes literally new life back into the old tale. Imagine if the two had not died and a new future was written for them. Well, here you have … Read more & Juliet at Shaftesbury Theatre, London | Review

Gavin McAlinden’s take on Macbeth is intriguing, insightful and innovative. Coming from Armagh he deploys his understanding of war, civil war and paramilitary violence to create a Macbeth that is located somewhere between the IRA, the Serbian mafia and Isis. Men dressed in sinister black clothing from head to foot, carrying Kalashnikovs and pistols are … Read more Review of Macbeth at Theatro Technis

Mary Poppins has now opened in its highly anticipated return to the West End, telling the much-loved story of the magical nanny who arrives on Cherry Tree Lane to look after the Banks children. It seems that there has been no expense spared in this production, and it is visually stunning and beautifully impressive throughout. … Read more Mary Poppins at The Prince Edward Theatre | Review

Scandi noir is all the rage on TV. Where does this Scandinavian love for all things dark, disturbing and dangerous come from? Geography would seem to be the most plausible explanation. Living in a part of the world where it’s dark for months on end has given the Scandinavians more than their fair share of … Read more Miss Julie by August Strindberg at Theatro Technis | Review