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BLESSINGS – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – bitter-sweet family drama that harks back to the swinging 60s Gary Webster and Emily Lane, photograph by Lidia Crisafulli BLESSINGS  written and directed by Sarah Shelton  Riverside Studios, London – until 26 October 2025 running time: 90 minu…

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It’s my birthday today but had a scare earlier. Was out running and behind me for about a mile, just in my periphery, there was a figure all in black on a bicycle. I thought it was DEATH. But turns out it was an old man taking it v.slowly on his push bike. Most unsettling. AGE😱

Just watched Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis devouring ‘Wheels Of A Dream’ from the new #LincolnCenterTheater #Ragtime on Colbert…. Am proper uglycrying. It’s good to let it all out sometimes. Can’t imagine what I’ll be like when I see it in person. Embarrassing probably.

GET DOWN TONIGHT – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – fabulously cast disco jukebox musical is big on tunes but short on script Ross Harmon and company, photograph by Danny Kaan GET DOWN TONIGHT – The KC and the Sunshine Band Musical book by J F Lawton  music and lyrics by Harry Wayne Casey inspired by a true sto…

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ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Orton’s vintage black comedy returns in a mixed bag of a production Tamzin Outhwaite and Jordan Stephens, photograph by Ellie Kurtz ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE  by Joe Orton directed by Nadia Fall The Young Vic, London – until 8 November 2025 running time: 2 …

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Clarkston with Joe Locke West End review – lacking in scope but brimming with heart The UK premiere of the Samuel D Hunter play continues until 22 November at the Trafalgar Theatre

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50 First Dates musical review – An emotive show that won’t soon be forgotten The world premiere stage adaptation, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, is running at the Other Palace until 16 November

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Had to laugh just now when I saw this outside the Aldwych, which is all done up for Elf The Musical. This quote is from my WOS review for the 2022/3 Dominion season, and it was describing leading lady Georgina Castle who isn’t even in it this time round. 😂🥴 strange choice

Chomping through a tube of Santa’s secret flavour Pringles and I feel like I am so close to guessing what the flavour is. It’s on the tip of my tongue (literally)…I feel like it’s something I’ve tasted recently. 🤔 I just hope it’s nothing yucky. Hmmmm….

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – highly unusual Norwegian take on the Sondheim classic but it’s still more treat than threat Lena Kristin Ellingsen, Kăre Conradi, Mari Maurstad, photograph by Lars Opstad A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim  book by Hugh Wheeler Norwegian dramaturg: Olaf Torbjør…

This review is mainly for #Sondheim geeks (like me) I guess - NIGHT MUSIC in Oslo

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Visiting the Ibsen museum in Oslo and it’s pretty hilarious that one of his main motivations to write was the portrait of rival playwright August Strindberg staring down at him from his study wall. It’s kind of nice to see that even great artists can be so human at times.

Safe to say that the Norwegian National Theatre version of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC doesn’t look like any other production we’ve seen before - but it’s got some fabulous things in it - more thoughts to follow #sondheim #oslo

Currently at MUNCH in Oslo. Never realised he was a dead ringer for John Lithgow. What a scream.

Trying to get the perfect photo from the roof of the Oslo Opera House and this bleeder was NOT moving 😂

to be fair, it does look like he/she is actually singing in this pic. I bet it’s Wagner

Coward’s Fallen Angels is so seldom done but now we’ve got the Menier Chocolate Factory in London producing it this year then Roundabout NYC reopening the refurbished Haïmes with it early 2026. It’s ALOT of fun.

That wonderful feeling when you’re boarding a flight, feeling pretty zen, then in the queue behind you a small child starts screeching (not crying, actually screeching and wailing, implacably)…and it’s a pretty small plane…. 🥴 yeah that

SEAGULL: TRUE STORY – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – raw theatrics, boundless imagination and fierce performances make this New York import an absolute must-see Photograph by Tristram Kenton SEAGULL: TRUE STORY created and directed by Alexander Molochnikov written by Eli Rarey Marylebone Theatre, London – until 12 October 2025 running time: 2 hours 2…

Gotta say, I don’t know what the critics that gave SEAGULL: TRUE STORY only 3 stars were watching 😂 - I thought this was electrifying and wholly delightful. Here’s my review.

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NOT YOUR SUPERWOMAN – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – superb, multi-layered mother and daughter drama is roaringly funny but full of feeling Letitia Wright and Golda Rosheuvel, photograph by Richard Lakos NOT YOUR SUPERWOMAN  created and written by Emma Dennis-Edwards  created and directed by Lynette Linton Bush Theatre, Londo…

So much to love in this star-studded new offering @bushtheatre.bluesky.social
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I’m on a TUBE TRAIN - what a magical and unfamiliar feeling 😂😜

THE CHAOS THAT HAS BEEN AND WILL NO DOUBT RETURN – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – a spiky little beauty of a play with an epic title Photograph by Harry Elletson THE CHAOS THAT HAS BEEN AND WILL NO DOUBT RETURN by Sam Edmunds directed by Sam Edmunds and Vikesh Godhwani Southwark Playhouse Borough – The Little, London &#821…

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Invasive Species at King’s Head Theatre – review Michael Breslin’s production of the Off-Broadway hit runs until 3 October

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Final day of EVITA at the Palladium today. Love it or hate it (personally I loved it) this production has done more to raise interest in West End theatre than any other show in years. Hope they get a Broadway run “some kind of coming home in triumph is required” 🇦🇷♥️

REALLY GOOD EXPOSURE – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – the underbelly of the showbiz dream explored in sad but sassy solo show Megan Prescott, photograph by Damian Robertson REALLY GOOD EXPOSURE  written and performed by Megan Prescott  direction and dramaturgy by Fiona Kingwill Soho Theatre London – u…

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“I hate to seem churlish, ungrateful, I don’t like to moan” ….but only ten tracks on the Palladium Evita cast album?! Only TEN?! It’s like the Original London Cast highlights fiasco all over again…. Can’t we have the whole score?

Cannot think of a better duo to invent Post-its than Laura Bell Bundy and Kara Lindsay. Phenomenal casting for #RomyAndMichelle off-Broadway

Drained & exhilarated after INTER ALIA at the NT. I guess that’s Rosamund Pike with all the Best Actress in a Play awards in the bag then. Like all great actors, she’s also a superb comic, not that there’s anything remotely funny about the territory this play goes to. Stunning.

BORN WITH TEETH – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Shakespeare and Marlowe fight and flirt in flashily staged new play, with starry casting Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel, photograph by Johan Persson BORN WITH TEETH  by Liz Duffy Adams  directed by Daniel Evans  Wyndhams Theatre, London – until 1 November 2025 runn…

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Only popped in for a quick wee* on my morning run but gosh I do enjoy it here.

*-a premium pee, if you will

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So glad I got to catch #LauraBenanti #NobodyCares tonight at UnderbellyBoulevard - a tart, wise, hilarious hour of outrageousness, humanity and cracking musicianship- she’s a Broadway star for a reason (and her kids sound AMAZING) - tonight EVERYBODY cared 😍

JUNIPER BLOOD – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Mike Bartlett’s ambitious but uneven new play gets a terrific cast and an uncompromising staging Hattie Morahan and Sam Troughton, photograph by Marc Brenner JUNIPER BLOOD by Mike Bartlett  directed by James Macdonald  Donmar Warehouse – until 4 October 2025 running time: 2 hou…

My review of the new Mike Bartlett at the Donmar (I liked it a lot better than Unicorn, but is that saying much?!) ajhlovestheatre.org/2025/08/30/j...