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.
The Cher Show is cheer delight! Little did I imagine, while I watched Top of the Pops on a black-and-white television set back in 1965 and saw Sonny ...
It started life as a novel in 1986, was made into a film in 1991, and was finally adapted for the stage in 2013. Ten years after first opening to pop...
This is not the first time that the circus has come to one of the capital’s long-established concert venues. Cirque du Soleil, for example, is now a ...
Heigh ho, heigh ho – it’s off to work I go, writing this review. But it’s more pleasure than work. They’ve done it again at the New Wimbledon Theatr...
The programme for this show is rather unusual. It contains photographs of the actors along with their CVs, as well as the names and CVs of the princi...
If the title of this excellent show reminds you of a popular competition on BBC1, you will have a clue as to what it is about. This will be confirmed...
Based upon one of Conan Doyle’s four full-length books featuring the world’s most famous sleuth, this adaptation is an ambitious project. There are a...
“Umpire, you can’t be serious!” Well, Dorothy L. Sayers was being rather serious when she wrote Love All, which premiered in 1940. It is not actuall...
What a tour de force! I had not been expecting anything this good. But just with some lighting and sound effects, and a few props, Gabriel Byrne was...
Like C.S. Lewis in a different context, I was “surprised by joy”. Back in the 1970s I was clinging on to the counter-cultural pretensions of the hipp...
