Chris Omaweng

Jack and the Beanstalk - Exeter Northcott Theatre | Review The core trio of Le Navet Bete – which apparently translates, roughly, from French, as ‘The Daft Turnip’ – Matt Freeman, Nick Bunt and Al Dunn, have col

Jack and the Beanstalk - Exeter Northcott Theatre | Review

"this was a panto with plenty of heart, energy and festive spirit"

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A Christmas Carol - Crucible Theatre Sheffield | Review You know the story: a workaholic who has become bitter and moody over time is visited by four ghosts (yes, four – his dead business partner, and then the ghos

A Christmas Carol - Crucible Theatre Sheffield | Review

"A solid, wholesome and hearty production."

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Ebony Scrooge - Sadler's Wells East | Review According to HM Revenue & Customs, 4,409 self-assessment tax returns were filed electronically on Christmas Day 2024. A spokesperson said those people “ca

Ebony Scrooge - Sadler's Wells East | Review

"A pleasant, thoughtful and jubilant production"

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Q. E. D - Drayton Arms Theatre | Review A surprisingly accessible play, given that it was set in ancient Greece and the dialogue was steeped in philosophy. It wasn’t long before Glaucon (Aidan Parso

Q. E. D. - Drayton Arms Theatre | Review

"More thoughtful than comical, the philosophy wins out over the punchlines"

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Below the Treeline - The Space Theatre | Review There’s a fair bit of ground covered in this show, but it doesn’t always drill down as deep as it could into the various topics that come to the fore in a w

Below the Treeline - The Space Theatre | Review

"There’s some trimming to be done here... but this is a striking example of what can happen when people can’t see the wood for the trees"

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Week beginning 7 December 2025
- Handel's Messiah @cadoganhall.bsky.social
- Dracapella @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social
- Daniel's Husband - Marylebone Theatre
- Cinderella @richmondtheatre.bsky.social
- Evita Too @southbankcentre.bsky.social
- A Christmas Carol @oldvictheatre.bsky.social

Paddington The Musical - Savoy Theatre | Review At a time of polarising political rhetoric about those who come to Britain from elsewhere, the arrival of Paddington the Musical in the West End could not have

Paddington the Musical - Savoy Theatre | Review

"Suspension of disbelief, then, is remarkably easy in a thoroughly engaging and heartwarming production. More joyous than sentimental, it’s a show well worth seeing."

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My Fair Lady - The Mill at Sonning | Review My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway in 1956 and is set at the turn of the twentieth century, when there were still plenty of people employed in domestic service.

My Fair Lady - The Mill at Sonning | Review

"It held my attention throughout – which old-school musicals don’t always do, but this production was well-paced – and this heartwarming and captivating show was a pleasure to witness from start to finish."

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Ring Ring - White Bear Theatre | Review Mobile telephones are far from ubiquitous in this play, despite it being called Ring Ring, and a pivotal moment in one of the ten scenes comes as a result of a

Ring Ring - White Bear Theatre | Review

"Ring Ring feels rather tame, playing it safe rather than providing the kind of dramatic tension needed to make the sum of the parts greater than the whole."

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Lovers Actually - The Other Palace | Review This seasonal offering is a barrel of laughs – on one condition: you will need to know enough about the 2003 motion picture Love Actually to properly understa

Lovers Actually - The Other Palace | Review

"Chaos is abound in this energetic and boisterous production."

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David Copperfield - Jermyn Street Theatre | Review Nineteen characters are shared between three actors, or to be more precise, eighteen are shared between two, and the third is the title character and narrator.

David Copperfield - Jermyn Street Theatre | Review

"What proved entertaining in its own right was watching the cast attempt to keep up with the pace of the production..."

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Petty Men - Arcola Theatre | Review I suspect that if you know the script of Julius Caesar as well as actors in a production of it do, there’s much to be gleaned from long recitations of scenes

Petty Men - Arcola Theatre | Review

"I came away with more questions than answers thanks to this intriguing but baffling show."

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A Fairytale for Christmas - Dominion Theatre | Review As the company of A Fairytale for Christmas broke into a rendering of ‘Feliz Navidad’, a song partly in Spanish recorded by singer-songwriter José Felician

A Fairytale for Christmas - Dominion Theatre | Review

"A loud, delightful and enjoyable night out."

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Week beginning 30 November 2025
- Below the Treeline @thespacetheatre.bsky.social
- The Linbury Prize for Stage Design Exhibition 2025 @nationaltheatre.org.uk
- Q. E. D. - Drayton Arms Theatre
- Ebony Scrooge @sadlerswells.bsky.social
- A Christmas Carol @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social

Jack and the Beanstalk - Lyric Hammersmith Theatre | Review I wouldn’t have thought there are very many people who go to the panto for the narrative, and it’s almost always possible to forgive a thin storyline if the

Jack and the Beanstalk - Lyric Hammersmith Theatre | Review

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Contemporary, relevant and above all, a lot of fun."

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Jobsworth - Park Theatre | Review Watching this narrative unfold, I was reminded of a recent tribunal claim for unfair dismissal brought by Mulikat Ogumodede, who worked 17 hours per day as a cl

Jobsworth - Park Theatre | Review

"The hustle and struggle is real in this comprehensive and focused performance."

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End - National Theatre | Review Set in north London in 2016 – the year of ‘that’ referendum, this deeply personal play’s two on-stage characters have other things on the forefront of t

End - National Theatre (Dorfman) | Review

"Overall, a thoughtful and poignant experience."

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Ride the Cyclone - Southwark Playhouse Elephant | Review The critical incident in Ride the Cyclone has already happened before the narrative kicks in: The Cyclone is a rollercoaster ride. Or at least, it was, until a

Ride the Cyclone - Southwark Playhouse Elephant | Review

"Strangely delightful and beautifully devoid of sentimentality, it’s a baffling yet boisterous production."

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Drifting - Southwark Playhouse Borough | Review This play is a wonderful example of how telling a story in forward chronological order works, and works well. Having been hit by a bout of fatigue in the twelve

Drifting - Southwark Playhouse Borough | Review

"A nuanced and intriguing production that underlines how we are, in the end, masters of our own destiny, and not merely victims or survivors of circumstances."

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Precipice - New Diorama Theatre | Review It’s bad enough when a show insists on timehopping between decades. This production goes to what is naturally the next level up from that, timehopping between

Precipice - New Diorama Theatre | Review

Timehopping between centuries, badly. Didn't work for me.

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Week beginning 23 November 2025
- A Fairytale for Christmas @dominiontheatre.bsky.social
- Petty Men @arcolatheatre.bsky.social
- David Copperfield @jstheatre.bsky.social
- Lovers Actually @theotherpalace.bsky.social
- Ring Ring - White Bear Theatre
- My Fair Lady - The Mill at Sonning

Possum Trot - Theatre at the Tabard | Review Some people have concerns about the number of people moving into their area, or to be more specific, the lack of new housing and infrastructure being built to a

Possum Trot - Theatre at the Tabard | Review

"...there were moments of humour in amongst the despair and bad news that restore one’s faith in humanity. A thoughtful and engaging production."

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The Gardening Club - New Wimbledon Theatre | Review Roe v. Wade was an important case in American history: in January 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Constitution of the United States

The Gardening Club - New Wimbledon Theatre | Review

"In a world that seems overly slanted towards anger and aggression, this story, told with sensitivity and compassion, deserves a wider audience."

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After Sunday - Bush Theatre | Review Wowsers. There’s a new play out there that tells its story in forward chronological order, and doesn’t confusingly bounce back and forth between years or ev

After Sunday - Bush Theatre | Review

"A gritty and heartfelt portrayal of a world which relatively few people, by default, know very much about."

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Coven - Kiln Theatre | Review For a show set in Lancashire, far too many characters’ accents were from somewhere significantly further south. Accordingly, this isn’t a show that even att

Coven - Kiln Theatre | Review

"...the ‘happy ending’, inverted commas mine, doesn’t ultimately feel entirely earned, given that there were no winners in this dark chapter of England’s past."

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The Talented Mr Ripley - Richmond Theatre | Review I struggled to connect with what is essentially a story of sheer self-indulgence, with Tom Ripley (Ed McVey) waxing lyrical, in what were sometimes long, intens

The Talented Mr Ripley - Richmond Theatre | Review

"Atmospheric tension and all that were there, but not nearly as strongly as I would have expected a psychological thriller on stage to be."

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Week of 16 Nov 2025
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child
Precipice @newdiorama.bsky.social
Drifting @swkplay.bsky.social
Ride The Cyclone The Musical @swkplay.bsky.social
End @nationaltheatre.org.uk
Jobsworth @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social
Jack and the Beanstalk @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social

Disposable - Union Theatre | Review A pink carpet awaited patrons arriving for press night of Disposable, a production in a fundraising partnership with Women’s Aid, a charitable organisation th

Disposable - Union Theatre | Review

"there is such a thing as being too inconclusive, and I find myself in the unusual position of wanting a show to be twenty minutes longer as a result"

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Fatherland - Hampstead Theatre | Review I had initially thought the storyline was reasonably realistic. On second thoughts there has to be an element of creative licence going on – which isn’t pro

Fatherland - Hampstead Theatre | Review

"A highly observational play that glides through legal technicalities and family conflicts with equal effectiveness."

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Even More... Ghost Stories By Candlelight | Review This is the third part of a trilogy, which isn’t the same as a sequel to a sequel, and being a collection of short stories, if you’re not particularly enjoy

Even More... Ghost Stories By Candlelight - Battersea Arts Centre | Review

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"a sufficiently disquieting and unsettling experience"

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