WORTH A LOOK?: ****
RUNTIME: 75 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: Matinee Saturday 31 July, runs to 4 August 2021
On 19 September Emma Corrin will discover whether she has won an Emmy to add to her Golden Globe for her portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
RUNTIME: 150 minutes (including 20-minute interval)
WHEN?: Matinee Thursday 29 July, booking to 5 September 2021
When Covid-19 closed theatres in March 2020 this production was booking at the Other Palace until May and we said in our February review that: ‘This preview received a rapturous standing ovation, a sign that Be More Chill looks set to be with us when the weather warms up – and perhaps even longer should the West End melt to its charms.’
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHEN?: Matinee Wednesday 28 July 2021, booking to 11 September 2021
RUNTIME: 150 minutes (with a 20-minute interval)
We were at a preview of this production at the Other Palace over 3 years ago and we’re back because we’ve enjoyed its 2 new leads in Bat Out Of Hell (Dominion, Christina Bennington) and & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre, Jordan Luke Gage).
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Tuesday 27 July 2021, running to 21 August 2021
RUNTIME: 135 minutes (including 20-minute interval)
Written in 1994, the same year as film Four Weddings and a Funeral, comedy My Night With Reg could easily have been re-titled ‘two funerals and a housewarming’.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
RUNTIME: 165 minutes (including 20-minute interval)
WHEN?: Monday 26 July 2021, booking to Saturday 25 September 2021
The concept of age-blind casting can have undergone no truer test than here with the 82-year-old McKellen playing the titular role of a character often thought to have been aged about 30.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: matinee Sunday 25 July 2021, opens 4 August, runs to 17 October
RUNTIME: 145 minutes (including a 20-minute matinee)
Sutton Foster won a Tony for her portrayal of nightclub singer Reno Sweeney in the 2011 Broadway production and there are 2 moments here at this 3rd preview where she spurs the enthusiastic audience into mid-show standing ovations.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: via livestream 10 July 2021, runs to 17 October 2021
RUNTIME?: 110 minutes (no interval)
There’s a screen above the stage which alternates statements and statistics to highlight the mental health issues raised in this tragedy but also how young people are affected today.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Friday 25 June, opens 29 June and booking to 11 September 2021
RUNTIME: 150 minutes with 20-minute interval
It’s easy to forget the power of theatre to move its audience and that thought is foremost in our mind as we leave this venue fellow theatregoers clearly wiping tears from their eyes.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: Matinee Sunday 6 June 2021
WHERE?: Above The Stag
Duncan James was the lead singer with boy band Blue and here he sings a selection of songs from his career in a show compered by fellow performer Tim McArthur.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Cabaret Lounge, Above The Stag
WHEN?: Saturday 29 May 2021 (matinee)
Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV aired on BBC2 on Friday nights at 9 and for Paulus, tonight’s star and host, the beloved episodes offered an opportunity to bond and laugh with his mother and sister in their Kent home.
