Entertaining Murder continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 10 May 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The score is superb, the cast is wickedly talented, and Upstairs at the Gatehouse remains the best pub theatre in London.
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Boys In The Buff – Golden Goose Theatre
Boys in the Buff continues at the Golden Goose Theatre, London until 10 January 2026. Star rating: fours stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’ll be a great start to your holiday season. I’m tempted to see it again.
Tickle – Drayton Arms Theatre
Tickle continues at the Drayton Arms Theatre, London until 1 October 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Tickle is a show which manages to embody a wonderful dichotomy of giggly fun and titillating seriousness; the very same dichotomy that exists within the act of tickling itself. The show, with book, music and lyrics […]
London return for Soho Boy and debut for musical comedy Tickle
New one-man musical Soho Boy will play an encore season at London’s Drayton Arms Theatre following the show’s upcoming performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. Written and composed by Paul Emelion Daly, the musical which charts the joys and perils of moving to London will return to the Old Brompton Road venue from […]
Jewish Hollywood – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Jewish Hollywood continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 17 April 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A solo saxophone wails the opening bars of George Gershwin (Jacob Gershwine)’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’. A musical hint of what’s to come in this high-octane revue. Chris Burgess’ informative and entertaining script takes a […]
Sue Kelvin to bring her Bette Midler show to London’s Garden Theatre
West End star Sue Kelvin will take a trip through the glittering career of stage and screen superstar Bette Midler in Bette Midler and Me at The Garden Theatre at The Eagle next month. Kelvin who cites Midler as the inspiration for her own successful career will perform some of Midler’s biggest hits along with […]
Edinburgh Fringe 2020 – The Fringe that never was
Fiona Orr writes… Normally, our August is the richest month for culture and the arts here in Edinburgh. As we all know, the cancellation was necessary and my heart sank on the day it was announced. Knowing the amount of work, energy, creativity and drive all primed to reach its peak to bring work to […]
Tickle The Musical – King’s Head Theatre,
Tickle The Musical continues at the King’s Head Theatre, London until 26 October 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The world of male competitive endurance tickling is a phenomenon previously unknown to this reviewer, despite there being a film, Tickled, that has won several awards and was kickstarted by Stephen Fry. […]
The MGM Story – The Magic of the Musical – Upstairs at the Gatehouse and Touring
The MGM Story continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse until 25 September, before transferring to the Theatre Royal, Windsor from 27 September until 1 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The MGM Story – The Magic of the Musical is what you might call a ‘Ronseal’ musical – it does exactly what it […]
Devilish! – Landor Theatre
Devilish! continues at the Landor Theatre, London until 29 May. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Slow to start with some very wonky singing in the early numbers, this is a show which improves as the evening progresses. Alex Green is an angel. He arrives from heaven and crash lands in a […]
Devilish! at the Landor Theatre – full casting details
Final casting details have been released for the new British musical comedy Devilish! which will be given its world premiere at London’s Landor Theatre on 4 May. Alex Green (Singin’ in the Rain) will head a cast that includes Gareth James, Victoria Hope, Katie Ann Dolling, Louie Westwood, George Longworth, Helen Ward-Jackson, Laura Hyde, Alice Baker […]
New British musical comedy Devilish! has world premiere at Landor Theatre
New British musical comedy Devilish! will be given its world premiere at London’s Landor Theatre on 4 May. With music by BB Cooper (Bronte) and book and lyrics by Chris Burgess (Sleeping Arrangements), the Artfield presentation will play the Clapham venue until 29 May. Featuring 16 original songs and drawing inspiration from the words of […]
Bette Midler… and Me – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Bette Midler… and Me continues at the Gilded Balloon until 31 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This must be one of the most packed hour shows at Fringe 2015 – studded with an impressive catalogue of Bette Midler songs, this is a super cabaret style evening with three impressive ladies. The stage evokes what Giles […]
Sleeping Arrangements delivers humour and romance in spades
Running at the Landor, London until May 12. It was really only a matter of time before chick-lit, or to perhaps give it its official title of light romantic comedy, began to be considered for adaptation to the stage. Admittedly Helen Fielding’s hugely popular Bridget Jones’ Diary appears to be languishing in development hell at […]
