WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE?: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN?: 13/9 (press ticket), runs to 20/10 RUNTIME: 2 hours (including interval)
NOTE: now extended until 17/11/18
We shortlisted half a dozen Best New Plays of the year in June and 2, including this 1, make their West End bows this month.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE?: Camden Roundhouse
WHEN?: 12/9/18
SETLIST: Dirty Computer; Crazy, Classic, Life; Take A Byte; Screwed; Django Jane; Q.U.E.E.N.; Electric Lady; Prime Time; Pynk; Yoga; I Like That; Don’t Judge Me; Make Me Feel; I Got the Juice; Cold War; Tightrope; So Afraid; Americans
When Monae encourages BAFTA-winning British actress and screenwriter Michaela Coel to join three audience members, including 1 in a wheelchair, on stage for a dance-off during an extended version of I Got The Juice (see 1h 16m in below), you know that you’re witnessing something extra special.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: BAFTA, London
WHEN?: 10/9, 1st episode airs 13/9/18
‘He’s either a spook, from Special Branch or the work experience,’ observes Joanna Scanlan’s Detective Inspector Viv Deering of the young man in a suit impeding her progress in the investigation which dominates the 1st episode in this 3rd series of No Offence. ‘I’ve got more 5 O’Clock shadow than he has.’
WHERE?: Blackheath (Press ticket)
WHEN?: 8 and 9/9/18
It couldn’t have been more apt that the 5th annual ONBlackheath music festival was opened on its Main Stage by Blackheath singer/songwriter Mancie Baker.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE?: Ambassadors Theatre RUN TIME: 2 hours (including an interval)
WHEN?: 6/9, press night 13/9, runs to 5/1/18
Game Of Thrones star Iwan Rheon plays titular Foxfinder William Bloor and twice removes his top to self-flagellate as he investigates why a farm he is visiting is not yielding the crops expected.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE?: BAFTA, London
WHEN?: 5/9, airs BBC1 9.15pm from 15/9/18
In less than a fortnight we will know whether this show has won the 2 Emmys it is shortlisted for: Outstanding Actress (Sandra Oh, who you may recognise from Grey’s Anatomy) and Outstanding Writing for the UK’s own Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: now
‘What do you think I do all night, Sit here catching up on soaps?’ is our favourite line from the 1st new Soft Cell song in 15 years.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
UK RELEASE: 7/9/18
What distinguishes British writer/director Bart Layton’s docu-film of a real life library heist is that it’s told from multiple points of view and we’re never really sure who is telling the truth.
Should theatre go Netflix? Would subscribing as a member of your favourite theatre make it easier for you to get the most in-demand tickets? We became a member of 11 of our favourite venues and bought two group memberships to see what the value for money is.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: the Other Palace (Studio)
WHEN?: 29/8/18
Fra Fee repeats his award-winning West End role in Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman on Broadway from October and here proves what an outstanding musical performer he is.
