5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ My Neighbour Totoro Nicole Vardon-Martin 20/10/2022 If you haven’t seen the film, the story is about two sisters, Mei and Satsuki, who move with their father away from bustling Tokyo to be closer to the...
2.0★ ★ Trump L’oeil Nicole Vardon-Martin 11/09/2022 Donald Trump is an enigma, and rich material for a musical. There have been many attempts to stage his personality, affects, etc in drama, film and mu...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The King Symphonic: The Music of Elvis Presley Nicole Vardon-Martin 18/06/2022 Today is the hottest day of the year so far, and the air-conditioned Cadogan Hall is only two-thirds full. Is the weather keeping people away? Have pe...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs Nicole Vardon-Martin 14/05/2022 The Ministry Of Lesbian Affairs is about a lesbian choir set on making it to the main stage for this year’s Pride festival. As marketed, “harmony is m...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Collaboration by Anthony McCarten Nicole Vardon-Martin 25/02/2022 I was really excited to see The Collaboration for completely selfish reasons. In another life, I stage-managed a beautiful show called A Thousand Mile...
3.0★ ★ ★ Steve: a story about modern love versus the fairytale Nicole Vardon-Martin 16/02/2022 The Actor’s Centre, closed for some time now, reopened its doors in a blustery February renamed and rebranded as the Seven Dials Playhouse, and the sh...
2.0★ ★ Vanishing Point’s INTERIORS; a little overwintered… Nicole Vardon-Martin 05/02/2022 Vanishing Point’s INTERIORS is a co-production inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck’s play of the same name. Note, "inspired"; the show itself is not a ret...
3.0★ ★ ★ Gatsby: a healthy dose of sunshine Nicole Vardon-Martin 29/12/2021 In the book the show is based on, F.Scott Fitzgerald writes "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." I'd only...