WORTH A LOOK?: **
WHERE: Phoenix Theatre
WHEN: 31/1, runs to 22/4
When we ask at the bar why this new musical’s soundtrack is not available to buy in the foyer we’re told it has something to do with the charity it is fundraising for. Which seems unlikely.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Duke Of York’s Theatre
WHEN: 28/1 runs to 29/4
We’re sat in the dark at the end of the third row in the second half of this Broadway transfer and suddenly become aware that audience members around us are crying.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Aldwych Theatre
WHEN: 7/1 (matinee), runs to 22/7
Carole King can lay claim to the title of the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century with more than 100 US hits to her name between 1955 and 1999.
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.’
