WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Donmar
WHEN: 31/12 (matinee), runs to 18/2/17
We almost saw lead Gemma Arterton in Nell Gwynn, her film 100 Streets was one of our favourites of 2016 and so we pulled out as many stops as possible to see her star in Josie Rourke’s Saint Joan at the Donmar.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: London Palladium
WHEN: 10/12 (matinee), runs to 15/1/17
Julian Clary plays Dandini, Prince Charming’s ‘right-hand man’ who has ‘handled many balls’.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Old Vic
WHEN: 12/12, runs to 18/2/17
Art is the story of three middle class men whose friendship is tested when one, Serge played by Rufus Sewell, buys a modern piece of art for 100,000 Euros.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Almeida
WHEN: 9/12, runs to 21/1/17
‘A majority does not mean a thing is always in the right’. There aren’t many laughs in this but it’s a moment of hilarity for this north London audience.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Savoy Theatre
WHEN: 24/11, runs to 6/5/17
You may have heard the rumours about Glee star Amber Riley’s (pictured right above) showstopping performance in this first West End production of this 1981 Broadway hit sparking multiple midshow standing ovations. They’re all true.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Theatre
WHEN: 25/11, runs to 8/1/17
We can remember going to a pantomime each year as a child and wish, in retrospect, that they were as Pan-tastic as the annual festive treat served up at Greenwich Theatre by Andrew Pollard (pictured above).
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Donmar at King’s Cross Theatre
WHEN: 18/11, runs to 17/12
‘Cel-e-ry, cel-e-ry, She won’t come unless you tickle her bum with a lump of celery.’
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN: 17/11 (matinee), press night 1/12, runs until 18/2/17
We were in the audience for five-times Oscar nominee Ed Harris’ fourth preview for his West End debut in this Broadway transfer in which he appears alongside his real-life wife Amy Madigan.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Garrick Theatre
WHEN: 12/11
The Kenneth Branagh Company’s year-long run of six plays at the Garrick Theatre closed tonight on its highest high with its star taking the lead in The Entertainer.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Vaudeville Theatre
WHEN: 2/11, runs to 4/2/17
This consistently joyous revival of Terry Johnson’s 1994 hit comedy is notable for including the second example of full-frontal male nudity we’ve seen in London theatreland in less than a week.
