Wuthering Heights continues at the National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre), London until 19 March 2022 and then tours until 4 June 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Like many people with impeccable taste in music, my first exposure to Wuthering Heights was not the classic Emily Brontë novel, but Kate Bush’s 1978 debut […]
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Pinocchio – Lyttelton Theatre – National Theatre
Pinocchio continues at the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ I, like most of us, first came to the story of Pinocchio through the 1940 Walt Disney film. The movie, only the company’s second full-length animated film, helped kickstart the House of Mouse’s tradition of softening […]
Pinocchio at the National Theatre – first look at cast and creatives in rehearsal
The National Theatre has released the first images of the cast and creative team in rehearsals for the eagerly-anticipated world premiere of Pinocchio. Directed by John Tiffany, the director of the award-winning Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Pinocchio has been written by Dennis Kelly, the co-writer of the smash hit Matilda the Musical. Joe […]
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Lyttelton Theatre
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom continues at the Lyttelton Theatre, London until 18 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hard to deny the influence that blues music has had on musical theatre, indeed a great deal of western popular music owes a debt in one way or another to blues, ragtime, and African-American roots […]
