WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE? Almeida RUN TIME: 100 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: 12/1/19, runs to 2/2/19
Buckets of blood, soil and water rain down on the cast in director Joe Hill-Gibbins’ 3rd radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare since 2015.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE? Trafalgar Studios 2 RUN TIME: 115 minutes (including interval)
WHEN?: 9/1/19, press night 11/1 runs to 2/2/19
Coming Clean is the 1st play by author Kevin Elyot who is probably best known for My Night With Reg which won many awards including the 1995 Olivier for Best Comedy.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE? Royal Court RUN TIME: 100 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: 29/12 (matinee), runs to 26/1/19
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returned recently to the West End and it was for her part in the original production that Nicola Walker (who we last saw in A View From The Bridge in 2015) won a Best Supporting Actress Olivier.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? New Victoria Theatre Woking RUN TIME: 2 hours and 30 minutes (with a 20-minute interval)
WHEN?: Runs to 6/1/19
We saw Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood in pantomime last year in Southampton when we thought it odd he didn’t dance more and it’s a criticism that’s rectified here.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Theatre Royal Brighton RUN TIME: 2 hours (including interval)
WHEN?: 14/12/18 (matinee), runs to 5/1/19, and then tours regionally
The Rocky Horror Show has been performed in over 30 countries in every continent and translated into more than 20 languages.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Trafalgar Studios RUN TIME: 105 minutes (usually, with no interval)
WHEN?: 10/12 (press ticket) runs to 23/2/19
They say the show must go on but it doesn’t always and it didn’t the last time we saw a cast member taken ill during a performance.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE? Palladium RUN TIME: 2 hours and 45 minutes (including 20-minute interval)
WHEN?: 9/12/18 (matinee), press night 12/12/18, runs to 13/1/19
This year this annual pantomime extravaganza at London’s iconic Palladium won the Best Entertainment and Family Olivier Award.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Bush Theatre (Studio) RUN TIME: 1 hour (no interval)
WHEN?: 4/12 runs to 22/12/18
If you’re looking for the ’10s answer to 1993’s groundbreaking play Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey – with songs – then look no further.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Theatre Royal Haymarket RUN TIME: 2 hours 5 minutes (excluding 20-minute interval)
WHEN?: 3/12 runs to 12/1/19
Do you remember the 1st time?
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE? Greenwich Theatre RUN TIME: 2 hours 15 minutes (including interval)
WHEN?: 30/11 (press ticket) runs to 13/1/19
Broadway said an enthusiastic ‘Hello Dolly’ to Bette Midler this year and we feel exactly the same about Andrew Pollard who returns to the Greenwich Theatre pantomime in 2018 as Delores ‘Dolly’ Crusoe (centre above), mother of the titular hero.
