Louis Gaunt

THEATRE REVIEW: Brigadoon starring Louis Gaunt at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN? Monday 4 August, opens 11 August and runs through 20 September 2025 RUNTIME: 135 minutes (with a 20-minute interval)

This outdoor setting is the perfect venue for this updated musical of 2 crashed World War Two airmen who stumble across a Scottish Highlands village seemingly suspended in time and not on any map.

  • Read on for reasons including how this is a thoughtful re-imagination of a classic which deserves to be seen in this glorious outdoor venue
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PREVIEW: 9 reasons why we can’t wait for August 2025 starring Ncuti Gatwa in Born With Teeth

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  1. Born With Teeth starring Ncuti Gatwa

Former Doctor Who Gatwa (The Importance Of Being Earnest, National Theatre) stars opposite Edward Bluemel (Love In Idleness, Menier Chocolate Factory) in this story of playwrights Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare at the Wyndham’s Theatre 13 August through 1 December 2025. Tickets Our review

  • Read on for reasons including Brigadoon, Steps’ musical Here And Now and Materialists
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THEATRE REVIEW: Peter Pan starring Jennifer Saunders & Julian Clary at the Palladium

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

WHEN?: Sunday 10 December (matinee), runs through 14 January 2024

This year’s Palladium pantomime is dedicated to its former star Paul O’Grady (Goldilocks and Cinderella) and during it Julian Clary says of him: ‘A year ago he sent me a card wishing me a warm hand on my opening adding that these days I probably needed 2.’

  • Read on for reasons including how this show has honed its winning formula with this year’s being the best Palladium pantomime so far
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9 reasons why we can’t wait for December 2023 starring Jennifer Saunders in Peter Pan

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  1. Jennifer Saunders and Julian Clary in the Palladium pantomime

7 years ago Julian Clary starred opposite Paul O’Grady in pantomime Cinderella at this venue in a production that marked a return of the form to a theatre previously renowned for it. We’ve loved the shows that have followed, Dick Whittington, Snow White, Goldilocks, and Pantoland at the Palladium, in both 2020 and 2021, and Jack And The Beanstalk starring Dawn French in 2022. French’s comedy partner Jennifer Saunders stars here alongside Clary and My Son’s A Queer‘s Rob Madge. Runs 9 December through 14 January 2024. Tickets Our review

  • Read on for reasons including David Tennant’s Macbeth, Joe Cole’s Homecoming and new musical Cold War
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