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Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre, London UK
Reviewed by @boardtreader | 2nd April 2012
Let’s cut to the chase Complicité’s version of The Master and Margarita is a magnificent piece of work. Before I took to my seat at the Barbican I had some reservations about how this story could be effectively staged. There are certainly [...]
The Wyndhams Theatre, London UK
Reviewed by Paul Grace @PaulGraceUK | 23rd March 2012
David Seidler originally wrote The King’s Speech as a play, but adapted it for the screen before it was ever staged. And its origins show in the film with its two central characters, small supporting [...]
Menier Chocolate Factory, London UK
Reviewed by Paul Grace @PaulGraceUK | 19th August 2011
Menier Chocolate Factory have made reviewing this show very difficult: I just can’t fault it! By every measurable standard, this production is perfect.
The story follows the lives of Addison (Michael Jibson) and Wilson (David [...]
Victoria Palace Theatre, London UK
Reviewed by David Sanders | 25th July 2011
As PG Wodehouse never said, there are two sorts of people in the world; those who have seen Billy Elliot and those who want to. For a long time I was in the second group but only recently managed promotion to the [...]
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London UK
Reviewed by Paul Grace @PaulGraceUK | 24th June 2011
It’s impossible to approach this production without comparison to the film. the story itself, while containing action scenes like the festival at Duloc and the dramatic battle with the dragon (both all but cut [...]
Gielgud Theatre, London UK
Reviewed by Paul Grace @PaulGraceUK | 23rd June 2011
The curtain rises at the Cleveland Grand Opera on the dress rehearsal of Verdi’s Otello. The only thing missing is Otello himself as the great Tito Merelli is running late. And so the show opens with [...]
Criterion Theatre, London UK
Reviewed by Paul Grace @PaulGraceUK | 14th June 2011
On my second time of viewing John Buchan’s ‘The 39 Steps’ I was just as thrilled, amused, excited and delighted as the first.
Rufus Wright’s dashing Richard Hannay provides a solid and consistent anchor on which [...]
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