This year’s Offies Awards ceremony was free and online – and announced winners for the Offies, the OffFest and also the new OnComms for online shows Winners were announced in 25 Offies categories from amongst the live shows that returned to London stages from May 2021, and in eight OnComm categories from online shows from […]
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Call Me Madam – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Call Me Madam continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 10 October 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Whereas the open air in Regent’s Park is reaching the final week of its resolutely modern reimagining of the classic musical Carousel, Upstairs at the Gatehouse is treating us to a most […]
Mark Giesser to direct Rosemary Ashe in Call Me Madam at London’s Gatehouse
Director Mark Giesser will return to London’s Upstairs at the Gatehouse next month with his new production of the classic Broadway musical comedy Call Me Madam. Following on from hit versions of the dark Gershwin satire Strike Up the Band and the rarely-performed Broadway musical Once Upon a Mattress in 2019 and 2020, Giesser will […]
Once Upon a Mattress – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Once Upon a Mattress continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 29 March 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s no easy task to improve upon the elegant and timeless storytelling of Hans Christian Andersen, but Once Upon a Mattress – the 1959 musical comedy with score by Mary Rodgers and words by […]
Strike Up the Band – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Strike Up the Band continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 31 March 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Barely two months after the excellent in-house production of Nice Work If You Can Get It, Gershwin is already alive again with the sound of his glorious music, as played by […]
Sirens of the Silver Screen – Tabard Theatre
Sirens of the Silver Screen continues at the Tabard Theatre, London until 14 July 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Sirens of the Silver Screen is interesting. I’m not sure I can top that with any other flattery. Yes Beth Burrows has a liquid chocolate voice. Her talking voice is rather melodious and easy […]
