WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE? Almeida Theatre RUNTIME: 2 hours and 55 minutes (including a 15-minute interval)
WHEN? 13/4, opens 16/4, runs to 1/6/19
We were in the audience on Sunday night at the Royal Albert Hall when Patsy Ferran (pictured left above) deservedly won the Best Actress Olivier Award for Summer And Smoke.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE? Alexandra Palace
WHEN? 12/4, tour runs until 17/8
SETLIST: Send To Robin Immediately; Honey; Indestructible; Hang With Me; Beach 2k20; Ever Again; Be Mine; Because It’s In The Music; Love Is Free; Between The Lines; Dancing On My Own; Missing U; Call Your Girlfriend; Trust Me; Stars 4 Ever; With Every Heartbeat; Human Being; Who Do You Love?
Fellow blogger A Humdrum Mum makes clear exactly what sort of fan she is when she reviews a gig and, in tribute, we’d explain here that we think Robyn’s 2010 Body Talk is 1 of our favourite ever albums but that the 8-year wait for follow up Honey meant it could never live up to the heightened expectation.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHERE? Bridge Theatre RUNTIME: 100 minutes (no interval)
WHEN? 6/4, opens 12/4, runs to 11/5/19
Brunhilde Pomsel was a secretary in 1930s Berlin who worked for Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels and this new play is based on testimony she gave shortly before her death in 2016.
WHERE? Emmanuel Centre, London
WHEN: 5/4/19
A mother sitting next to her bullied son thanks Marina on his behalf for replying to his letter to the pop star with words of courage, kindness and inspiration.
WHEN?: 14/5/2019 (screened live on BBC4 at 8pm)
WHERE?: Expo Tel Aviv, Pavilion 2, Israel
Last year’s winner Netta performed Toy 7th in Semi 1 and countries including pre-qualifiers Spain, France and hosts Israel vote here in a show dominated by the controversial Icelandic entry (pictured).
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
OUT: now
It’s our favourite entry in the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in May and the UK votes in the 2nd semi in which it competes with a host of our favourite songs on 16/5.
When we raved about film There’s Nothing Like A Dame we never thought we’d see Dame Maggie tread the boards again but she returns to London for the 1st time in 12 years in a new one-woman play called A German Life based on the actual testimony of Brunhilde Pomsel, who once worked for Joseph Goebbels. Runs 6/4 to 11/5/19. Tickets The Downton Abbey film is expected to be released in September.
By Carron Stacey
WHERE? Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea
WHEN: 28/3/19
I have to start every review by saying what sort of fan I am of the band’s music. Well, I’m not actually. This is not my kind of music really, but I’ve gone with Mr Humdrum.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE? Barbican RUNTIME: 85 minutes (with no interval)
WHEN? 27/3, runs to 13/4/19
Cillian Murphy plays both a grieving husband and the crow who arrives to play havoc with the spirits of his family during this ambitious adaptation of an award-winning novel about love, loss and living.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE? Trafalgar Studios RUNTIME: 100 minutes (without interval)
WHEN? 23/3, runs to 25/5 and then tours UK until 22/6/19
A scorecard encouraging the audience to ‘Check your privilege’ is handed out by theatre staff at the show’s close.
