I’ve already put pen to paper (keyboard to screen?) looking at some of my ‘must sees’ for 2012 but those shows have been outside the West End. With increasing prices, ‘premium’ seating, restoration fees, booking fees, handling fees etc. before you even start to think about transport, programmes and a second mortgage to buy an…
The sets have been packed away, the lights de-rigged, costumes washed and the actors moved on to learning their next set of lines (or scouring The Stage for that elusive next audition). Unlike some award ceremonies that drag on for days with awards for best use of vegetables, outstanding performance by a second trombone and most…
We are gathered here today to celebrate the 35th birthday of Bobby the eternal bachelor. Or his he? Does he really want to get married or is being single his default state? While his friends are all married, to various degrees of unhappiness, Bobby remains resolutely single. Sondheim’s Company has always given directors a quandary…
After the glut of Sondheim stagings, concerts and celebrations to mark his 80th birthday last year, Southwark Playhouse has waited until the glut died down to produce Company as their first ever musical. It’s an inspired setting as the bare brick of London Bridge railway arches easily conveys Manhattan loft living. Company really works well…
To balance the look back to 2010, it is now time to look forward to 2011. Well to be fair the first half of 2011, as though there is some detail for later in the year, in reality shows come and go quickly so I’m sure there are more delights waiting to be discovered. In…