Theatre synopsis: Dirty Dancing Aldwych Theatre, Aldwych, WC2B 4DF – map By: Alexa Williamson The famed movie, which starred Patrick Swayze and included the song “I’ve Had the Time of My Life”, is now on the London stage. It’s the 1963 and Baby Houseman and her family go to a summer holiday resort where Baby [...]
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Theatre synopsis: Dirty Dancing (London, West End)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Dirty Dancing London Theatre, Dirty Dancing West End show, Dirty Dancing West End Theatre London on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Theatre synopsis: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London, West End)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolo, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat synopsis, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat West End L on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Theatre synopsis: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Running time: 2 hours, 30 mins Adelphi Theatre, The Strand, WC2E 7NA – map Synopsis by: Alexa Williamson The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the biblical portrayal of Joseph in the book of Genesis, which tells the story of Joseph and his coat of many colours. [...]
Theatre review: Stomp (London, West End)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged London theatre review, Stomp London review, Stomp review, Stomp West End review, West End theatre reviews on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Theatre review: Stomp Ambassadors Theatre West Street, WC2H 9ND – map Rating: **** (out of 5) Review by: Alexa Williamson This is a great show for people who love performance art and physical theatre. Stomp is high-energy dancing and music making mainly done on the body and with simple items that one finds around the [...]
Theatre review: Simon Munnery’s Annual General Meeting (18-Aug-07)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Edinburgh Fringe Festival theatre theater review, Simon Munnery, Simon Munnery's Annual General meeting review, Theatre reviews on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Simon Munnery’s Annual General Meeting Edinburgh Fringe Festival Rating: **** (out of 5) Review by: Alexa Williamson If you like wry humour, it’s easy to get addicted to this man’s intellectual hilarity. An East Londoner, who likes equally to converse about life or go off on an existential tangent, his annual general meetings (AGMs) are [...]
Edinburgh Fringe Festival theatre review: Into the Hoods (11-Aug-07)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Edinburgh Fringe Festival theatre theater review, Into the Hoods theatre theater review, Theatre reviews on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Into the Hoods (at the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh) Rating: ***** (out of 5!) Review by: Alexa Williamson Tipped as one worth watching by Scotland on Sunday, I decided to get away from the safe comedy shows I usually book and take a chance on this. It was indeed worth the risk as a loose storyline [...]
Edinburgh Edinburgh Fringe Festival theatre review: La Didone (18-Aug-07)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Edinburgh Fringe Festival theatre theater review, La Didone review, The Wooster Group, Theatre reviews on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
La Didone The Wooster Group, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh Fringe Festival Rating: ***** (out of 5) Review by: Alexa Williamson Many words can describe this show. Spectacular. Unique brainchild. Beautiful. Challenging. Therefore, to say “very special” sums it all up. This is modern opera at its most inspired as New York’s experimental arts troupe, The [...]
Edinburgh Fringe Festival review: Fuerzabruta (24-Aug-07)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Edinburgh Fringe Festival review Fuerzabruta, Fuerzabruta review, Theatre reviews on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edinburgh Fringe Festival review: Fuerzabruta Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh Rating: ***** (out of 5) Packed with high-energy performance art, which is choreographed to a house music soundtrack, Fuerzabruta is a show that will captivate both ravers and those who like entertainment that makes you shiver with excitement and pleasure. Fuerzabruta is a dreamscape that captures [...]
Edinburgh Fringe theatre review: Johnson & Boswell – Late but Live (25-Aug-07)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Johnson & Boswell - Late but Live Edinburgh Fringe, Johnson & Boswell - Late but Live review, Theatre reviews on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edinburgh Fringe theatre review: Johnson & Boswell – Late but Live, Traverse Theatre Rating: ***** (out of 5) Review by: Alexa Williamson In ten: sharp, witty, 1773 drunkenness, Scotland bashing, Simon Munnery is god.
Edinburgh Edinburgh Fringe Festival theatre review: Pam Ann – One World Alliance (25-Aug-07)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Pam Ann - One World Alliance Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Pam Ann - One World Alliance review, Theatre reviews on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edinburgh Edinburgh Fringe Festival theatre review: Pam Ann – One World Alliance The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Rating: *** Review by: Alexa Williamson In ten: raunchy, gut-busting, in your face, piss-taking, Aussie humour.
Theatre review: Masque of the Red Death (London, Off-West End)
Posted in Theatre reviews, tagged Masque of the Red Death review, Masque of the Red Death theater review, Masque of the Red Death theatre review on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Theatre review: Masque of the Red Death Battersea Arts Centre Clapham, London, United Kingdom Rating: ***** (out of 5) Review by: Alexa Williamson If you’ve read the story by Edgar Allan Poe, you’ll know that Masque of the Red Death is rich noir experience. And, fortunately, this experience is as equally gothic, morbid and intense [...]
