Harold and Maude Nicole Kent 01/03/2018 ‘Harold and Maude’ is charming stage version of Hal Ashby’s 1971 movie, which gained cult status in later years. The story is about a rich unhappy tee...
The Woman in White Richard Voyce 06/12/2017 It’s not often that a revival manages so completely to expunge the memory of the original production. However, Thom Southerland’s new staging of The W...
Death Takes A Holiday Richard Voyce 25/01/2017 Death Takes a Holiday, the Yeston/Stone/Meehan musical which has just opened at The Charing Cross Theatre boasts accomplished direction, a great cast,...
Christina Bianco’s O Come, All Ye Divas Richard Voyce 23/12/2016 One-Woman shows are notoriously difficult to pull off successfully and, if I’m honest, I don’t believe O Come All Ye Divas, the American impressionist...
Ragtime Henry Johns 20/10/2016 Here we are squeezed into the grand and squat Charing Cross theatre, the sound of a train overhead like thunder, and bang on cue. A fragmented boardwa...
Titanic Richard Voyce 07/06/2016 There's certainly no lack of ambition in the production of Maury Yeston's Titanic which has just berthed at The Charing Cross Theatre in approximately...
In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel Sam Pengelly 13/04/2016 Tennessee Williams’ 1969 play, In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel is rarely performed, and after watching, I think there is some reasoning behind that. It is...
The Rinse Cycle Owen Davies 22/02/2016 This brilliant show is described by the creative team at Unexpected Opera as “Wagner’s Ring Cycle conditioned with comedy and shrunk to two hours”. Th...
Tinderbox Nicola Watkinson 15/12/2015 Mandy Holliday’s new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Tinderbox is perfect for young pre-school children, with a simple plot and...
Piaf Caroline Perret 06/12/2015 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of most loved French icon singer Edith Piaf, the singing play is strong in musical prowess, emotional s...
