Every week, a group of regular, dedicated, independent theatre bloggers gather together for intelligent discussion “from the audience’s perspective” about plays and musicals they’ve recently seen in London. Lively, informed and entertaining.
In this special edition, editor Tim Watson rounds up reviews from the past year for shows that triumphed Sunday Night at the 2016 Olivier Awards. Did the blogger critics agree with the Olivier judges?
Olivier Award-winning shows discussed (with timings) in this edition’s podcast. Hyperlinks to those still running:
- The Father – Wyndham’s Theatre [00:20]
- People, Places And Things – Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre [06:35]
- Hangmen – Royal Court Theatre [17:42]
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre [25:05]
- Three Days In The Country – Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre [45:25]
- The Winter’s Tale – Garrick Theatre [54:23]
- Nell Gwynn – Apollo Theatre [1:01:11]
- Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Apollo Theatre [1:17:49]
- In the Heights – King’s Cross Theatre [1:24:58]
- Oresteia – Almeida Theatre [1:36:32]
- Gypsy – Savoy Theatre [1:54:32]
- Kinky Boots – Adelphi Theatre [2:09:23]
The bloggers featured in this compilation are:
- T R P Watson – www.londontheatregoer.com
- Gareth James – garethjames.wordpress.com
- Nick from Partially Obstructed View – partially-obstructed-view.blogspot.co.uk
- Phil from West End Whingers – westendwhingers.wordpress.com
- Webcowgirl – webcowgirl.wordpress.com
- Julie Raby – julieraby.com
- Johnny Fox – johnnyfox.london
- PaulInLondon – www.paulinlondon.com
- Scott Matthewman – matthewman.net
You can also listen to this podcast on ayu-londontheatre.org.
Founded in January 2011 and produced by T R P Watson, the (still) As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast is recorded every Sunday and released the following week. Regular AYULTP talking heads include My Theatre Mate Johnny Fox, as well as Gareth James, Rev Stan and Phil from West End Whingers.
Watson explains: “The contributors to the podcast are mainly bloggers because I prefer things to be mostly ‘from the audience perspective’. I am happy to do (and have done a few) interviews and would do more but I don’t want to be too much of an insider.” For the full AYULTP archive, visit ayu-londontheatre.org.
Watson explains: “The contributors to the podcast are mainly bloggers because I prefer things to be mostly ‘from the audience perspective’. I am happy to do (and have done a few) interviews and would do more but I don’t want to be too much of an insider.” For the full AYULTP archive, visit ayu-londontheatre.org.
