The delays refurbishing the Victoria Palace Theatre have rather taken some of the shine off the opening of this Tony Award-winning musical which is now in previews from 6/12 with a 21/12 press night. We’ll be reviewing the Boxing Day show (if it’s opened by then). Still the hottest tickets in town
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Apollo Theatre
WHEN: 6/11, press night 22/11, booking to 21/4/18
It must have been tempting for the creative team behind this musical about a teenage drag queen-wannabe desperate to wear a dress to his prom to rest on its laurels.
WHERE?: BFI
WHEN: 3/11
It’s hard to believe that Jodie Foster wasn’t the first choice to play rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling but it was a part she lobbied hard to play.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Other Palace
WHEN: 1/11, press night 7/11, runs to 31/12
Kelsey Grammer is best known for playing Dr Frasier Crane in TV’s Cheers and Frasier and has a Tony, five Emmys and three Golden Globes to his name.
WHERE?: BFI
WHEN: 30/10
‘It’s every Shakespeare play you’ve ever seen in 30 minutes’: Steve Pemberton, author and star of BBC2’s Inside No 9 is describing Zanzibar, the opening episode of the fourth series.
WORTH A LOOK?: (not enough seen to rate)
WHERE: Playhouse Theatre
WHEN: 28/10, press night 9/11, runs to 3/2/18
We’re at the fourth preview of this David Mamet classic when, 10 minutes in, actor Robert Glenister (pictured above) collapses clutching his chest saying: ‘Oh God!’ and the curtain comes down early.
By Carron Stacey
WHERE: Pyramids, Portsmouth
WHEN: 24/10/17
Counting up, this will have been the seventh time I’ve seen this band, and to be honest, they are my other half’s favourite band not mine! But they always deliver, so I always go back.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
WHEN: 24/10, tour runs until 3/11
SETLIST: Never Forget You; Sundown; What They Say; Girls Like; Don’t Let Me Be Yours; Make That Money Girl; TG4M; I Can’t Fall In Love Without You; I Would Like; Ain’t My Fault; Only You; So Good; Symphony; Uncover; Carry You Home; Rooftop; Lush Life
We last saw Zara Larsson two years ago supporting MNEK in Heaven. Tonight she’s headlining Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo as part of her first eight-date UK tour.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Bridge Theatre
WHEN: 21/10, press night 27/10, runs until 31/12
‘Our repertoire will be mostly new plays, with an occasional musical and an occasional classic,’ writes Nicholas Hytner, co-founder of the West End’s first new theatre for 30 years.
By Carron Stacey
WHERE: The Brook, Southampton
WHEN: 21/10
“Kate” as we’ll call her, arrived on stage to rapturous applause and love from the audience, who were mostly men of a certain age, to be honest.
* Read on for reasons including why this is better than the live recording of Before The Dawn
