WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Theatre
WHEN: press night 27/11, runs to 10/1/16
‘Have you ever been taken up the Alps?’ Yes, it’s panto season, we love a good one and we’re kicking ourselves for not checking out the rumour earlier that the UK’s best was right under our very noses a mere sprint across Greenwich Park from home.
Adele has announced a 36-date European tour less than a week after the release of her album 25.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Menier Chocolate Factory
WHEN: 20/11, press night 2/12, runs to 5/3/16. Transfers to Savoy Theatre and runs 9/4/16 – 2/7/16.
In July we declared that Imelda Staunton was giving the best performance in the West End in Gypsy.
Our favourite four little Christina Aguileras sang Ain’t No Other Man (performance clip below) and survived Saturday’s shock elimination by the skin of their teeth. This week the public chose I’ll Be There by the Jackson 5 for them to sing in Saturday’s Juke Box show.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: 20/11
TRACKLIST: Hello; Send My Love (To Your New Lover); I Miss You; When We Were Young; Remedy; Water Under The Bridge; River Lea; Love In The Dark; Million Years Ago; All I Ask; Sweetest Devotion.
What’s that we hear? The sound of business as usual and no risks being taken.
WORTH A LOOK: ****
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN: 19/11 runs to 13/2
This 50th anniversary production of Harold Pinter’s unsettling play has attracted a stellar cast including Gemma Chan (who starred in Channel Four’s Humans), John Simm, Gary Kemp and Keith Allen.
The undisputed Queen of Pop’s Rebel Heart tour arrives for two nights at The 02 from 1/12 and we’ll be reporting from there for you. This will be the 6th time we’ve seen Madge live and she’s reportedly more comfortable playing some of her oldest hits. Photograph via Facebook courtesy Madonna from Montreal copyright Kevin Mazur. Tickets here.
Read on for reasons 2 to 10 including Star Wars, Marina and the Diamonds, Guys and Dolls and Brian Cox
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 16/11
It is hard to imagine characters more different for Dame Maggie Smith to play than Downton Abbey‘s Countess of Grantham and the titular Lady In The Van here.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: National Theatre
WHEN: 11/11 (matinee), runs to 5/3/16
The unforgettable stage transformation from 21st century office to Forest of Arden is our abiding memory from this playful production by Polly Findlay.
