Admittedly I am a bit of a bah humbug when it comes to the British Christmas tradition of a panto visit - I try it every couple of years and have experienced by now various formats (pub theatre, adult and drag versions included). I do enjoy the festive cheer everyone else experiences around me but … Continue reading Finally a panto for the bah humbugs – Peter Pan at the Greenwich Theatre
I've been intending to watch a performance of the Prospero Theatre for quite a while, and glad I have finally found the time on this sunny but bitingly cold Friday. Prospero Theatre's intention to create and deliver "Exceptional art that speaks with the Voice of an Inclusive Society" has been shared on many summer and … Continue reading A fairytale double-bill: Being a guest of the Prospero Theatre
Its advisable to arrive early at the Polka Theatre when visiting with playful children - after a half-term visit to see Well Done, Mummy Penguin this is my third trip to Wimbledon's children theatre but the first one of today's 8 year old co-reviewer. And so I have only found out today that the venue has a second patio garden with a … Continue reading See it now: The Firework Maker’s Daughter at the Polka Theatre
It is an exciting morning: For the first time I but also my assistant mini-reviewers are visiting the Unicorn Theatre, since 2005 only a few walking minutes away from both London and Tower Bridge. All three of us have committed to confront our arachnophobia this Halloween season ("there is an upside down bucket on the floor … Continue reading Excited about Anansi the Spider – a first trip to the Unicorn Theatre
Salome is the story of a Judean king's unmarried stepdaughter agreeing to perform a taboo-breaking dance for her mother's husband in return of the head of a prophet who has not only defamed her family but further refused her approaches. It is a dance in return for a life, an arousing, risky danse macabre on which her … Continue reading Oscar Wilde’s Salome at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Memories of Japanese summers begin with the chirping sound of the cicada for me - their high-frequented mating call filled every park in Tokyo and Kyoto during a trip of a lifetime. And it is indeed the cicadas' song which take me back, here at the West End's Gillian Lynne Theatre, acoustically illustrating the wonders … Continue reading My Friend Totoro on stage in the West End
What do you do when planning a Christmassy day in the theatre with both children and adults who, combined, cannot stand panto or scares or elaborate musical tunes? You thank children's TV presenter Maddie Moates for putting up an one hour, interval-free, suitable-for-all show on science facts about the festive seasons without a cheesy, moral-heavy narrative which will arm young … Continue reading Advent in the West End: Maddie Moate’s A Very Curious Christmas at the Apollo Theatre
Greenwich Theatre is one of those London venues I have passed plenty of times but never visited. Only a few walking minutes away from Greenwich train station, I arrive for The Luminous just in time to put my name in the theatre's guestbook and to get a ginger beer from the well-equipped bar. The amount … Continue reading Stay safe – RedCape’s The Luminous at Greenwich Theatre
Because half-term cannot surely be all about Halloween, a trip to London's Southbank Centre is scheduled for a stage adaptation of Elmer, the patchwork-coloured elephant with the iconic square pattern: The London Literature Festival is back! And because I do not dare reviewing a kids' show without children in the age range of the target audience, I have two primary schoolers with … Continue reading The London Literature Festival is back: The Elmer Adventure at the Southbank Centre
One of the major buildings surrounding Covent Garden is the London Transport Museum, beloved by locals and international tourists alike, especially as kids go for free and most entry tickets are annual passes automatically. The colloquially called TfL Museum is also a popular event space for corporate fairs but that it has its own theatre … Continue reading The Truth About Harry Beck at the London Transport Museum
Sadie takes the Stage 