• White Christmas @ Dominion Theatre, London

    White Christmas is an all-singing, all-dancing Christmas explosion. This West End stage version of Irving Berlin’s classic, originally a 1954 film starring Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, fully encapsulates the 1950s jazzy, happy spirit. White Christmas tells the tale of an army captain and a private who, unbeknownst to the captain, catch...
  • King Lear @ Nottingham New Theatre

    It would be wrong to dismiss tonight’s cast as a ‘great stage of fools’, as I think nerves were partially to blame for the many blundered lines in tonight’s opening performance of King Lear. It would equally be wrong for me to not address the fluffed lines in my...
  • The Adventures of Anne Marie de Bourbon @ Nottingham New theatre

    The Adventures of Anne Marie de Bourbon – an existentialist ‘puppet drama’ showing as part of the New Theatre’s Fringe season – stubbornly resists classification. An absurdist comedy, pantomime, musical, pirate story and even a lecture, the writer of this theatrical pick-and-mix (Chris Trueman) has found the perfect platform...
  • The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas @ Nottingham New Theatre

    As the sound of demonic laughter rang through the auditorium, we knew we were in for a treat. As the lights came up around the source of the noise, Nick Jeffrey (Gorge Mastromas) could be seen wiping sprawls off a blackboard whilst hysterically laughing, before slowly tramping to the...
  • An Evening with Noel Fielding @ Theatre Royal Concert Hall

    Having previously seen Noel Fielding in what he described as the worst gig of his life, my expectations going into ‘An Evening with Noel Fielding’ were pretty high. This performance had to wipe out that previous gig in my memory with something better and I knew the moment I...
  • Sleeping Beauty @ Nottingham Playhouse

    Pantomime season is back and Nottingham Playhouse is delivering a potentially perfect production. The performance was perfect in the sense of a traditional pantomime, because let’s face it – panto isn’t anything without the spontaneous and unexpected one-liners. The show is introduced by a short rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping...
  • MissImp Improv @ Nottingham Glee Club

    MissImp’s website states that “Comedy improv is the fusion of sketch and theatre, with the script lying ignored on the floor. We’ll take you to places you’ve never been”, and they certainly didn’t disappoint. The show was a whirlwind of different locations and characters, with funny and gloriously bizarre...