WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHERE: Vaudeville Theatre
WHEN: 20/4, press night 3/5, runs to 14/7/18
There are 3 compelling reasons to see this production: Frances Barber, Freddie Fox (pictured above) and Oscar Wilde.
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 17/4/18, final series begins on BBC2 in May
‘Every Saga ends’ reads the promo line for the 4th and final series of The Bridge which airs on BBC2 in May – but it might all have finished much earlier.
WHEN: 12/5/18
WHERE: Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
The 63rd Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Portugal for the 1st time ever and we’re predicting the tightest voting for many years with at least half a dozen songs in contention.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Leicester Square Theatre
WHEN: 13/4, runs to 14/4/18
We’ve always been big fans of John Barrowman but why have we never heard of the wise-cracking pianist and interviewer Seth Rudetsky who brings out the very best of the Torchwood star here?
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Royal Court Theatre
WHEN: 9/4, press night 13/4 runs to 19/5/18
Hari and Max are mourning the loss of their son but have found a novel coping mechanism, they are going to build a flat-pack replacement of him.
WHEN?: 10/5/18
WHERE?: Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Semi 1 is the appetiser for a much stronger semi 2 where we find the first three of four potential winners.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Dominion Theatre
WHEN: 6/4, press night 19/4, runs to 28/7/18
We’d do anything for our love of musical theatre but, given we’re no great fans of Meatloaf, would we do that – and enjoy new Jim Steinman musical Bat Out Of Hell?
Our favourite venue marks its bicentenary with events around the 11/5/18 weekend including an open house, street party, variety night headlined by the Olivier Award-nominated Atim, who starred in Girl From The North Country here last year, and ball. We shortlisted Atim for our 2016 monsta for Best Theatre Actress for her star turn in the all-women Shakespeare Trilogy and she won our 2017 Best Performance Of A Song (see below). We’ve loved how Matthew Warchus has transformed the OV with an emphasis on gig theatre, family entertainment and work with messages. Tickets
WHEN?: 8/5/18
WHERE?: Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Fan theories would have it that this is the more difficult of the two semis but we’re not so sure. This is where our favourite sings (Finland’s Saara Aalto pictured above) and the UK votes.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Empire Cinema Haymarket
WHEN: 1/4 (matinee) runs to 2/9/18
The setting is England in 1938 and members of the cast dressed as ushers and usherettes meet us in the foyer of this cinema venue to serenade us to our seats.
