WORTH A LOOK?: ****
RELEASED: 28 May 2021
We last saw Sigrid live at a sold-out Eventim Apollo headliner show in November 2019 and 18 months later she releases her 1st new material since Home To You made The Aeronauts soundtrack.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: Matinee Sunday 6 June 2021
WHERE?: Above The Stag
Duncan James was the lead singer with boy band Blue and here he sings a selection of songs from his career in a show compered by fellow performer Tim McArthur.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
RELEASED: 21 May 2021
This fantastic collision sounds like Donna Summer going Goldfrapp and contains a pivotal lyrical moment which may be a signpost for further such delights to come.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Cabaret Lounge, Above The Stag
WHEN?: Saturday 29 May 2021 (matinee)
Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV aired on BBC2 on Friday nights at 9 and for Paulus, tonight’s star and host, the beloved episodes offered an opportunity to bond and laugh with his mother and sister in their Kent home.
We saw the original production of Nick Payne’s awards-garlanded two-hander in the West End starring Rafe Spall and Sally Hawkins in 2012. It was little surprise that this tale of a couple meeting with repeat scenes and meditations on multiple universes should also find Broadway acclaim with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson and now it is ripe for return with original director Michael Longhurst. Opening on 18 June 2021 at the Vaudeville Theatre with Atim (Othello, Globe)) and Ivanno Jeremiah, couples will also include Russell Tovey (Angels In America, National Theatre) and Omari Douglas (Channel 4’s It’s A Sin). Tickets
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN?: Saturday 22 May (matinee)
RUNTIME: 120 minutes
Writer/director Francis Lee’s last film was the monsta-winning God’s Own Country and although the subject matter here is a world apart the themes of same sex love and the differences between the classes are still very much present and correct
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
RELEASED: 28 April 2021
One of the gifts of lockdown for us has been the time it has allowed us to listen to a wider range of music and as a result we are delighted to have finally succumbed to the charms of Jessie Ware and a little embarrassed it took us 4 albums to do so.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHEN?: Friday 21 May, runs to 6 June 2021
RUNTIME: 120 minutes (including 20-minute interval)
It’s the night before the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest but how best to spend it in the West End when theatres have re-opened with social distancing and the audience wearing masks for the first time since December?
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: Last night Wednesday 19 May 2021
RUNTIME: 120 minutes (including 15-minute interval)
This is the 1st West End show we’ve seen since December and the 1st time we’ve been part of an audience that danced at the encore to a fab production in a long, long time.
WHEN?: Saturday 22 May 2021
WHERE?: Ahoy Rotterdam
HOW TO WATCH?: 8pm UK time BBC1
The 1st 2021 semi final took place on Tuesday night and we now have 10 entries including Cyprus’ Elena Tsagrinou (pictured above) to add to the pre-qualified finalists – but what results will they earn on the all important Saturday night?
