Tag: Theatre Review

  • THEATRE REVIEW | GH Boy – Charing Cross Theatre – The Gay Party scene – Warts and all

    THEATRE REVIEW | GH Boy – Charing Cross Theatre – The Gay Party scene – Warts and all

    Robert seems to have it all but in reality, he doesn’t. His fate is revealed in the new hard-hitting play GH Boy. Now playing at the Charing Cross Theatre until December 20th Robert (Jimmy Essex) has the perfect boyfriend in Sergio (Marc Bosch). Sergio is young, cute, fun and just adores Robert – who in […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Buyer & Cellar – Above the Stag Theatre – Barbra Streisand’s shopping mall!

    THEATRE REVIEW | Buyer & Cellar – Above the Stag Theatre – Barbra Streisand’s shopping mall!

    Take a tour through Barbra Streisand’s underground shopping centre – in her home – in the new play Buyer & Cellar. Is the shopping centre real? That’s for you to decide, but in this brilliant production, you’ll get a bit of insight into the woman who is the most talented, respected and perhaps loneliest biggest […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Sleepless – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre – This is what theatre is all about!

    THEATRE REVIEW | Sleepless – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre – This is what theatre is all about!

    The West End is back, and it’s in Wembley! Sleepless the first major stage productions to open up in London in 6 months (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre opened in Mid-August with Jesus Christ Superstar). Originally scheduled to open on April 1st, it was sidelined, like all other productions, until further notice. But now it […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Priscilla Queen of the Desert – National Tour

    THEATRE REVIEW | Priscilla Queen of the Desert – National Tour

    Everyone’s favourite big, gay bus is hitting the road again, as Felicia, Tick and Bernadette unplug their curling tongs and go bush, travelling across the Australian outback and making their way to perform a show in Alice Springs.  Between the breaking down, bickering and bigotry, the trio learns about life, love and friendship whilst strutting […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Spy Plays, London

    THEATRE REVIEW | Spy Plays, London

    ★★★★★ | Spy Plays, Above the Stag Theatre, London Intrigue. Attraction. Mystery. Lust. Sex. Murder. These are the themes surrounding two plays rolled into one and called ‘Spy Plays’ now at the Above the Stag Theatre. David Thame’s ‘Kompromat‘ and ‘London/Budapest‘ are shown together for the first time, and both based on true life events where the same actors play […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | The Prince of Egypt, London

    THEATRE REVIEW | The Prince of Egypt, London

    ★★★★ | The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre, London Dreamwork’s animated 1998 film ’The Prince of Egypt‘ comes to life at the Dominion Theatre.  With music and lyrics by veteran composer Stephen Schwarz, and directed by his son Scott Schwartz, ‘The Prince of Egypt’ faithfully follows the film in the telling of two men – Moses (Luke Brady) […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | La Cage, London

    THEATRE REVIEW | La Cage, London

    ★★★★ | La Cage, Park Theatre, London When you walk into a theatre and you see that the set is a grand staircase leading into a living room with a large statue of David and various photos of men and drag queens on the wall you know you’re in for a drag of a time. […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Musik: The Billie Trix Story

    THEATRE REVIEW | Musik: The Billie Trix Story

    Artsbitching By Fraulein Sasha Selavie DIVA OF MASS DISTRACTION By Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys When was Billie Trix – the fictional Diva of Divine Degradation – first unleashed in public? Why, 9/11/01 of course, the purrfect date of birth for a one-woman assault on all known taste! How could I possibly forget? Furiously […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Time & Tide London

    THEATRE REVIEW | Time & Tide London

    ★★★★★ | Time & Tide, Park Theatre, London ‘Time & Tide’ is a tale of love in the most unexpected places. Nemo (Josh Barrow) works at a diner but has bigger ambitions in life. He wants to move to the big city of London, to be in theatre, and to get out of his nothing […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – National Tour

    THEATRE REVIEW | Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – National Tour

    Jamie is 16 and is not like his friends at school. His best friend wants to be a doctor, but he wants to be a drag queen. Raised by his mum in a single-parent family on one of Sheffield’s tougher estates, Jamie finds himself, and his alter ego, Mimi Me, with the help of fading […]

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Persona

    THEATRE REVIEW | Persona

    INSISTENCE IS FUTILE! -By- Fraulein Sasha Selavie As Star Trek’s Borg Queen, Alice Krige was instantly, shockingly unearthly, an stunning visual heart-attack, as unlikely as an 8-foot drag queen twerking on crack! An arguable career highlight, the role propelled Krige into the media stratosphere, paving the way for an acclaimed, deeply nuanced run in Spooks. […]