Review: Splendour, Donmar Warehouse
As a play and as a performance there are elements of Splendour that I have not seen bettered this year. At the curtain call, I found myself with a reflex-like c...
Peter McKintosh
Review: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Given its outdated sexual politics, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Seven Brides for Seven Brothers would be an unusually regressive piece for the Regent’s ...
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Vaudeville Theatre
Being one of the classics of the English repertoire, The Importance of Being Earnest is probably the theatre ghost of today – it never really leaves the English...
Review: Harvey, Theatre Royal Haymarket
I’m a little puzzled as to just why Harvey has been revived at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. It’s a sweet and gentle story, but it is also notable in its total l...
Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Savoy Theatre
Praise bejesus Katherine Kingsley hasn't disappeared during Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' current cast change. Instead, Alex Gamound has replaced Rufus Hound as Fred...
Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Savoy Theatre
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels couldn't be cheesier if it tried, but if you can get past that then it's a fun, old-fashioned evening of excellent musical entertainment...