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Romeo and Juliet Docklands by William ShakespeareDirector: John SeaforthReviewer: Honour Bayes Admiration Theatre have moved Shakespeare’s tragic tale of fatal young love from the heated Italian streets of Verona to the cold industrial swathes of London’s Docklands in an attempt to make it more understandable to the people of the Isle of Dogs. Sadly this [...]

Berkoff’s Women by Stephen Berkoff Devised by Linda MarloweDirector: Josie Lawrence Reviewer: John RobertsAfter a meeting with long term friend Stephen Berkoff over a coffee in Covent Garden, an idea was planted and it took root and what came out was this one woman show using the hard edged over sexed and dominating women from [...]

Mary Poppins by P.L. TraversOriginal Music & Lyrics: The Sherman BrothersNew Songs & Lyrics: Stiles & Drewe Director: Richard EyreChoreographer: Matthew BourneReviewer: Gemma Longfellow As a collaboration by Thomas Schumacher of Disney (The Lion King, Aida, Tarzan) and Cameron Mackintosh (Cats, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera) I expected a big production full of [...]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Edward Hall Reviewer: Kate Cottrell As a huge fan of Shakespeare I have long loved A Midsummer Night’s Dream as one of Shakespeare’s true classics and by far the funniest of all his comedies so I was eagerly anticipating this performance and longing for it to [...]

West Side StoryMusic: Leonard BernsteinLyrics: Stephen SondheimBook: Arthur LaurentsOriginal Direction and Choreography: Jerome RobbinsDirector and Choreographer: Joey McKneelynReviewer: Jim NicholsonMany “theatre buffs” will have West Side Story clearly identified as the number one musical of all time. So does this touring version, celebrating fifty years since the show was first on a London stage, help [...]

The Graduate by Charles Webb& the motion picture by Calder Willingham and Buck HenryAdapted by Terry JohnsonDirector: Adrian Lloyd-James Reviewer: Ian Cain The Graduate is a powerful rites-of-passage tale of sexual enlightenment, youthful disillusionment and one young man discovering who and what he really is. Immortalised for the silver screen in an Oscar winning iconic [...]

Joseph & his Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatMusic: Andrew Lloyd-WebberLyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Kimberley KnudsenYou have to hand it to Bill Kenwright for this revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph. Any show that can get the audience singing the songs in the foyer before the performance even starts is clearly on [...]

Buddy by Alan Janes & Rob BettinsonDirector: Rob Bettinson Reviewer: Stephanie RoweSetting the scene on stage Adrian Rees’s set design had images painted on the backdrop of various food products and ladies in 1950’s costumes in the centre screen, where a silhouette appears its then you hear a DJ on the radio.It’s Sunday night and [...]