WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN: 17/11 (matinee), press night 1/12, runs until 18/2/17
We were in the audience for five-times Oscar nominee Ed Harris’ fourth preview for his West End debut in this Broadway transfer in which he appears alongside his real-life wife Amy Madigan.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Wyndhams Theatre
WHEN: 21/9, runs to 17/12
Never has there been a play in the history of theatre where we’ve disagreed so intently with our companion for the evening about their interpretation of it.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN: 3/6, runs to 13/8
Standing ovations at the end of West End shows are nothing new but the enthusiasm with which this audience appreciated this play from the pen of Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg and in which he also stars surprised even us.
Ashton was shortlisted for a 2015 monsta for best theatre actress for Splendour at the Donmar and headlines here with Orange Is The New Black‘s Uzo Aduba in Jean Genet’s tale of the help for Downton Abbey‘s Laura Carmichael. Performed by the Jamie Lloyd Company, we’re expecting something spiky and stylish. (Pic via Facebook courtesy Jamie Lloyd Company)
WORTH A LOOK: ****
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN: 19/11 runs to 13/2
This 50th anniversary production of Harold Pinter’s unsettling play has attracted a stellar cast including Gemma Chan (who starred in Channel Four’s Humans), John Simm, Gary Kemp and Keith Allen.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios 2
WHEN: 15/10 (matinee), runs to 7/11
Trafalgar Studios 2 has to be one of our favourite theatrical spaces – 80 seats packed tightly around a stage makes for an intimate venue.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Palace Theatre
WHEN: 13/9, runs to 1/11, then tours nationwide
‘The Commitments are a good times band, perhaps even important, catch them before it’s too late’. Not the monstagigz review, we’d be even more enthusiastic than that, but one the band that shares its name with the musical receives during it.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Studio 2, Trafalgar Studios
WHEN: 16 July runs until 1 August
Audience interaction isn’t for everyone but this 30th anniversary of William M Hoffman’s As Is works it brilliantly. Read More
UPDATE: Oresteia transfers to the Trafalgar Studios and runs 22 August to 7 November
Worth a look?: ****
Where: Almeida Theatre
When: 4/7/15 and runs until 18/7/15
Ben Whishaw, star of the next production in the Almeida’s Greek season, is sitting in the venue’s cafe and bar going largely unnoticed as the audience prepares itself for the three-hour-and-40-minute opener Oresteia. Read More
