Emilia: The West-End Not Ready for Clever Women?
Like many of us, Emma Bentley was not happy to see Emilia close early. Here, she ponders why: bad ticket sales? bad marketing? The white men at the 'top'? W...
Vaudeville Theatre
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: Potted Sherlock, Vaudeville Theatre
It would be unfair to compare Potted Sherlock to its Potted counterparts Panto and, most famously, Potter so I won’t (but if I were to I’d say that Potted Potte...
Review: Forbidden Broadway, Vaudeville Theatre
Forbidden Broadway, the musical aiming to spoof all others, has been in existence since 1982 and its latest incarnation (transferred from the Menier Chocolate F...
Feature: Sally Cookson – “we have to celebrate storytelling and imagination”
If you’re unfamiliar with the name Sally Cookson, it’s likely that you will at least be familiar with her work. She is an associate artist at the Bristol Old Vi...
Review: The Duck House, Vaudeville Theatre
The Duck House can't decide if it wants to be a satire, a farce, or both, and is consequently frustrating. Ben Miller is fun as Labour MP Robert Houston, who is...