What could be more festive than a show opening at The Wyndhams Theatre entitled Christmas with the Rat Pack? To the many in the audience this would be the perfect start to celebrating the season, and so the theatre was packed with an eclectic mix of people… including Timmy Mallet. Productions have being touring The [...]

As suggested in last Monday’s issue of The Guardian, puppetry is having a bit of a “theatrical moment”. Tim Caroll’s recent adaptation of A Christmas Carol endorses this. The three man show (Dominic Gerrard as actor, Alexis Bennett as violinist, and Scrooge as a life-sized ageing puppet with a mottled green face and a gaping [...]

When one starts a review by remarking on how amazing the set is, it is easy to assume that this is because the other aspects of the show were less satisfactory. Rest assured that this is not the case with The Ladykillers, it’s just that Michael Taylor’s revolving, lopsided set really is stunning. Sean Foley [...]

An evening with Fascinating Aïda, now in its third incarnation, makes you understand why fans will not allow this group to disband (even though they have tried… twice). With comedy that is well observed, intelligent and has a dusting of Ab Fab campery, the three performers (Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Sarah Louise Young) create [...]