Richard McKee is a lawyer, and used to be a judge, but despite that (or because of that) he likes comedy, cabaret and pantomime. These are the things that he reviews for Plays to See, for which – in view of his great age – he is also a trustee. He leaves the serious stuff to the young! But seriously, though, he thinks it is a great idea for young reviewers to hone their critical faculties and communication skills by writing for Plays to See, and feels privileged to be involved in its current expansion.
Preposterous but stunning! And not even that preposterous. The story is based on real events that took place in the 1920s in Chicago when a whole se...
A hit on Broadway in 1981, a hit as a movie with Beyoncé in 2006, and now on tour direct from a successful run in the West End, Dreamgirls played to a...
“Jeez, sport, if that b*****d doesn’t stock Foster’s, I’ll drop him, so help me. I’m that dry, I could drink out of an Abo’s loincloth!” That was ju...
The Mill at Sonning is a long way from the West End, but not too far from civilization. If you’re not driving, there’s a fast train from Paddington to...
Like the director of this fabulous production, I first read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when I was 12 years old. I got it as a prize for doi...
Was it not W.C. Fields who warned actors about the dangers of working with children? The cuties in this production, based on the 2003 Hollywood movie...
The 1960s were a great era for Gothic horror. We had Roger Corman in America, filming the stories of Edgar Allen Poe with Vincent Price, while in Eng...
Who can remember Blue Remembered Hills, the BBC ‘Play for Today’ by Dennis Potter, broadcast in 1979? It was about a gaggle of seven-year-olds roamin...
The house was full, the audience were delighted, the cast sparkled with energy, and the band were superb. What was not to like? You would have to be ...
Shakespeare may have been reduced, but now pantomime has been potted. The dotty duo of CBBC’s Dan and Jeff have got form on genre reduction, having t...
