THEATRE REVIEW: The Maids starring Uzo Aduba, Zawe Ashton & Laura Carmichael
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.
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THEATRE REVIEW: Hand To God starring Janie Dee
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.
THEATRE REVIEW: Mrs Henderson Presents starring Tracie Bennett
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.
THEATRE REVIEW: wonder.land featuring music by Damon Albarn
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.
THEATRE REVIEW: Husbands and Sons starring Anne-Marie Duff
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?
THEATRE REVIEW: Escaped Alone starring Linda Bassett
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Royal Court Theatre
WHEN: 3/2, running to 12/3
We first fell in love with Linda Bassett (pictured far left) in 1999 comedy East is East as an English mother married to a Pakistani Muslim and struggling to raise their family in 70s Manchester.
THEATRE REVIEW: The Master Builder
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Old Vic
WHEN: 29/1, runs to 19/3
Paranoid and egotistical master builder Halvard Solness (Ralph Fiennes) is going through a midlife crisis: he fears the young are seeking to do him out of a job yet is infatuated by a woman many years his junior.
THEATRE REVIEW: War Horse
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: New London Theatre
WHEN: 14/1, runs to 12/3
This production is certainly an old campaigner of the West End and closes in five weeks after almost seven years at its current home.
THEATRE REVIEW: Matilda the Musical
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Cambridge Theatre
WHEN: 28/1 booking to 29/5
Our £40 tickets for this were bought via the Society of London Theatre’s Get Into London Theatre promotion which runs to 12 February, meaning we received £16 off each.
THEATRE REVIEW: Richard II, Henry IV (parts 1 & 2) & Henry V
WORTH A LOOK: *****
WHERE: Barbican
WHEN: 22/1
The Royal Shakespeare Company is marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with this cycle of plays before an international tour.
