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.
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...
This is a curate’s egg of a show. It’s good in parts, indeed very good. But some of it is pretty bad, particularly the story. Well, it fits into the...
If you are going to this show, be sure to take earplugs with you. Not because the music is bad. It mostly consists of well-known hits by Queen, and ...
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...
