WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Phoenix Theatre
WHEN: 20/3, runs to 30/10
This Chichester Theatre production is up for six Olivier Awards on 3/4 and we gave it 5* when it opened at the Savoy in December.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Dominion Theatre
WHEN: 29/2, runs to 30/4
The cast for this stadium-sized show which has found its way to the Dominion Theatre is as varied as it is star-studded and features, deep breath, David Essex, Michael Praed, Jimmy Nail, Daniel Bedingfield and Heidi from the Sugababes.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Young Vic
WHEN: 11/3, press night 16/3, runs to 16/4
SETLIST: Anthrax (Gang Of Four); Atrocity Exhibition (Joy Division); Fiction Romance (Buzzcocks); Isolation (Joy Division); Nag Nag Nag (Cabaret Voltaire); What Do I Get (Buzzcocks); Empire State Human (The Human League); Hot On The Heels Of Love (Throbbing Gristle); My New House (The Fall); Memorabilia (Soft Cell); I Know It’s Over (The Smiths); Life Is A Pigsty (Morrissey); Temptation (New Order).
We loved Jane Horrocks in Little Voice and Absolutely Fabulous and when we discovered the premise of this show we were at the front of the queue to buy tickets.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: St James Theatre
WHEN: 12/3, press night 14/3, runs to 9/4
Bovvered? We had no idea Catherine Tate could sing and in this world premiere of a new musical her voice is as fine as she is funny.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Almeida Theatre
WHEN: 4/3 runs to 26/3
Director Robert Icke’s Oresteia which originated here last year has been nominated for three Oliviers and we can see this production of Uncle Vanya proving similarly successful.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN?: 26/2 runs to 21/5
We bought front row seats for this the moment tickets went on sale.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Vaudeville Theatre
WHEN: 19/2, runs to 11/6
Puppet sex? Hand To God’s generated mixed reviews and for us the way it is being sold as a cross between Avenue Q and Book Of Mormon didn’t quite ring true.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHERE: Noel Coward Theatre
WHEN: 9/2, runs to 18/6
We last saw Tracie Bennett in Judy Garland biopic End of the Rainbow at the Trafalgar Studios for which she was nominated for a Tony.
WORTH A LOOK?: **1/2
WHERE: National Theatre
WHEN: 30/1, running to 30/4
A teenage audience member’s face turns sour as she is covered in liquid by a baby doll which appears to be throwing up over the front row at this musical co-written by Blur’s Damon Albarn.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: National Theatre
WHEN: 5/2, running to 10/2
What do you get if you mash-up three of D.H. Lawrence’s greatest dramas set over 100 years ago in a village on the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire where the pit dominates all?
