WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: via livestream 10 July 2021, runs to 17 October 2021
RUNTIME?: 110 minutes (no interval)
There’s a screen above the stage which alternates statements and statistics to highlight the mental health issues raised in this tragedy but also how young people are affected today.
Sutton Foster replaces Megan Mullally (Will and Grace) in this revival of the classic Cole Porter musical set on a cruise ship starring also Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendal (Lettice and Lovage, Menier) and Gary Wilmot (Pantoland at the Palladium) at the Barbican. Runs 23 July through 17 October. Tickets
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHERE?: Digital production 20 March 2021
HOW TO WATCH: Screening online 16-31 March 2021. UPDATE: Now available to 17 April 2021
You probably recognise Fionn Whitehead from Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning World War Two film Dunkirk but we last saw him onstage at the Old Vic in Queers.
WORTH A LOOK?: **1/2
WHEN?: 2/11/20, runs to 7/11/20 (audience will be online only from 5/11/20)
WHERE?: Chichester Festival Theatre (via Royal Court Theatre online)
RUNTIME: 50 minutes without interval
The 4 main characters in this 1-act play by author Sarah Kane are haunted by subjects including rape, incest, paedophilia, anorexia, drug addiction, mental instability, murder and suicide.
Lipa makes the leap from theatres to arenas with the release of this second LP out 3/4/20 although it was actually brought forward a week after it leaked. Her May gigs at London’s O2 have been rescheduled. Tickets The album is very well named as the 11-song collection weaves 80s hooks into radio-friendly dance floor classics. The sound of a coronavirus-beating summer perhaps? Current single Physical is available to watch below.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Wyndhams Theatre
WHEN: 5/5, press night 15/5, runs to 28/7/18
There’s a sense of unfinished business about this production which opened at the Donmar in 2009, transferred to Broadway where it won six Tonys but never made it to the West End.
