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.
This is not the first time that the circus has come to the West End. Underbelly, with its big tent, is now a regular visitor to London’s Theatreland ...
No, this musical is not set amid the gorse-strewn banks and braes of Bonny Scotland. It is set in an American high school, an establishment which wou...
Never before have I been so out of kilter with an audience. I thought the show was terrible. But the theatre was absolutely packed, and at the end, ...
Only two weeks ago the New Wimbledon Theatre, opening at last after so many months of ‘restrictions’, was packed with fans of the musical Waitress, an...
Titania Gethsemane McGrath is “a spoof radical intersectionalist poet”. When I read that before the show, I was puzzled. What on earth is an interse...
‘Waitress’ may not (yet) have gone the way of ‘actress’, but Waitress has come to Wimbledon with a whoosh. Last night may have been Press Night, but ...
A world champion BMX Flatlander, two champion break dancers, an internationally acclaimed basketball freestyler, a world-renowned cyr wheel artist, a ...
The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays, and once again the tiny Jermyn Street Theatre has proved that small can be beautiful and the ver...
It takes more than a spot of Coronavirus to keep the crowds away from the New Wimbledon Theatre. There were few empty seats on the opening night of th...
