WORTH A LOOK? ****
WHERE?: Greenwich Theatre (studio) RUN TIME: 80 minutes (without interval)
WHEN?: 3/2, touring UK until 4/3/19 Details
Navigating the challenging terrain of social media is tough enough for adults but what must be it like for teenagers at a time when cyber bullying is rarely out of the headlines?
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: now
The true test of a pop act with heritage is whether they can release new material which sits comfortably within the greatest hits set of its past.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Harold Pinter Theatre RUN TIME: 120 minutes (including interval)
WHEN?: 1/2/19, press night 6/2/19, booking to 23/2/19
Danny Dyer might be familiar to you as father of Love Island‘s Dani, his Henry VIII connection, from EastEnders or because of a memorable ‘trotters up’ Brexit quote but you might not know he was twice directed by Harold Pinter, in 2000 and 2002.
WHEN?: BBC2 8/2/19 7.30pm
WHERE: Media City, Salford
This year’s UK Eurovision selection has an interesting twist: 3 songs will each be performed by 2 different artists with the winner in each duel competing against each other in the final round.
WHEN?: 7pm (UK time) 2/2/19 on SVT (link at the bottom of the page below)
WHERE: Gothenburg
Only a fool would predict the outcome of Saturday’s #GreatestShowOnEarth Melodifestivalen Heat 1 on the basis of the snippets available (see below) – but we’re going to have a go.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE?: Finborough Theatre RUN TIME: 90 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: Last night 26/1/19
In April Sheila Atim (pictured above) won the Best Supporting Actress in a Musical Olivier and tonight we’re in the front row at this 50-seater theatre above a pub to see her in a production of a new play she has also composed the music for.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Hampstead Theatre RUN TIME: 110 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: 25/1, press night 31/1, booking to 2/3/19
Author Martyna Majok is a Polish-American playwright familiar with homelessness, grief and working multiple jobs to pay her way and weaves those subjects seamlessly together here in her play which won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Our 1st live Melodifestivalen experience was in Stockholm’s Globen 15 years ago when Ann-Louise Hanson joined Towa Carson and Siw Malmkvist to compete with earworm C’est La Vie (pictured right above and immediately below).
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith RUN TIME: 120 minutes (without interval)
WHEN?: 21/1, press night 24/1, booking to 16/2/19
Former pop stars have co-written our favourite new musicals of the last 2 years (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Eugenius) and so we approached this collaboration between Doctor Who writer Matt Jones and Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke with much excitement.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
RUN TIME: 132 minutes
WHEN?: Released in the UK 25/1/19
Christian Bale reportedly gained 40 pounds rendering him almost unrecognisable to play former US Vice President Dick Cheney and for us this transformation and quiet, authoritative performance makes him the main rival to Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) for this year’s Best Actor Oscar.
