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.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: St James Theatre
WHEN: 31/10, runs to 26/11
The Last Five Years is a triumph of structure over content.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Old Vic
WHEN: 28/10, runs to 3/12
How long is too long in the theatre? It’s a question which crosses our mind during this three-hour-and-45-minute production with one 15-minute interval.
WORTH A LOOK?: **
WHERE: King’s Cross Theatre
WHEN: 27/10, runs to 22/1/17
The original cast recording of this show already sits at number 8 in this week’s midweek album charts as we take our seats for this third preview in a new temporary 800-seat King’s Cross Theatre venue.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Hampstead Theatre
WHEN: 19/10, runs to 26/11
We missed the third act of this three-and-a-half hour epic after receiving some bad news in the second interval.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE?: Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
WHEN: 15/10 (matinee), runs to 5/11
Author Mark Ravenhill was co-creator of ITV sitcom Vicious and this was his first play, now 21 years old, which caused quite the stir in the 90s.
