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‘Slap ’N’ Tickle’s feminist voice has triumphed in this film’: THE MEAT CABARET – Online@TheSpaceUK (Online review)

In Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Louise Penn27th January 2021Leave a Comment

A vicious satire on the beauty industry as depicted in the media, The Meat Cabaret is Slap ‘n’ Tickle’s new show. An abrasive musical which makes up in innovative ideas for any lack of subtlety.

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‘It’s all rather lovely’: ISLANDER – Radio 4 (BBC Sounds)

In Audio, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Louise Penn26th January 2021Leave a Comment

New musicals like the award-winning Islander continue to challenge the status quo of what the genre can offer.

The two-hander cast of Kirsty Findlay and Bethany Tennick p…

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‘Interesting exploration of the seedy side of internet fame’: CONTROVERSY – Living Record Festival (Online review)

In Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn25th January 2021Leave a Comment

A six-part web series about social influencers, Controversy is filmed entirely on Zoom. It is written by Maya Katherine, who stars as Hayley, a student who aims to hit the big time and become famous.

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‘An absurdist piece of mischief’: I STOLE SATAN’S GIRLFRIEND – Thornhill Theatre Space (Online review)

In Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn24th January 2021Leave a Comment

Scott McQuaid’s short play premiered on the virtual Thornhill Theatre Space. At just 14 minutes, I Stole Satan’s Girlfriend feels more like a television comedy sketch than a fully-fledged play, but has moments that amuse.

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‘Part Zoom meeting, part supernatural chiller’: BROKEN LINK – Living Record Festival (Online review)

In Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn21st January 2021Leave a Comment

What starts as a glimpse into a private chat between friends becomes something much more complicated and dark as Broken Link progresses.

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‘Open, thought-provoking, funny & heartbreaking’: OVERFLOW – Bush Theatre (Online review)

In London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn19th January 2021Leave a Comment

New play Overflow by Travis Alabanza returns as a digital stream and proves to be an intriguing hour about the politics of women’s bathrooms and who is allowed in them.

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’An intriguing piece of work’: ALIVE – Online@TheSpaceUK – Season 2 (Online review)

In Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn15th January 2021Leave a Comment

Alive feels a very sensitive exploration of close companionship despite clear differences, and the discussion around “letting go” were starkly presented, slickly directed by Penny Cole.

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‘It’s raw, brave & controlled’: AVALANCHE – Bloom Theatre (Online review)

In Featured Shows, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn12th January 2021Leave a Comment

The beauty of Avalanche is not just in the poetry of its words, but also the honesty it displays on tough subjects within scene changes and forbidding musical motifs.

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‘We need the escapism of entertainment more & more’: All I Want for Christmas Is Theatre / Hopeful Holidays (Online review)

In Features, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn29th December 2020Leave a Comment

A double whammy of festive musical frolics for the festive season reached us with the launch of Thespie’s All I Want For Christmas Is Theatre and The Theatre Channel’s fourth episode Hopeful Holidays.

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‘Dorothy but not as you remember her’: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ – Creation Theatre (Online review)

In Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn22nd December 2020Leave a Comment

The wide range of characters, sound and visual effects, and pithy commentary make for excellent entertainment in Creation Theatre’s The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz.

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‘Delivers both smiles & retrospection’: WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS (Online review)

In Concerts, London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Louise Penn20th December 2020Leave a Comment

Directed by Michael Strassen and produced by Ginger Quiff Media and Guy Chapman, We Need a Little Christmas from St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden is a hearty bowl of punch you will not want to miss.

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‘The perfect accompaniment’: OOPS! I STREAMED IT AGAIN (Online review)

In Concerts, London theatre, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Louise Penn17th December 2020Leave a Comment

Thespie has “done it again” with Oops! I Streamed It Again, a lively concert featuring some of the stars of West End musical on hiatus, & Juliet.

In a pause where the singe…

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‘The atmosphere was buzzing’: SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL – Garrick Theatre

In Comedy, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Louise Penn9th December 2020Leave a Comment

The Showstopper gang haves had a busy time of it in lockdown (including their Alternative Eurovision and an online musical improv) and now they are back for a residency at the Garrick Theatre on Monday nights.

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‘Charms with its songs & sense of showbusiness’: THE FABULIST FOX SISTER – Southwark Playhouse (Online review)

In London theatre, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Louise Penn7th December 2020Leave a Comment

Luke Bateman and Michael Conley have written a piece in The Fabulist Fox Sister which may still have the odd rough edge, and which rushes through their subject’s string of misfortunes later in life, but which charms with its songs and sense of showbusiness.

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‘Glorious, campy & traditional’: JACK & THE BEANSTALK – Online review

In Online shows, Opinion, Pantomimes, Reviews by Louise Penn5th December 2020Leave a Comment

A glorious, campy and traditional pantomime conceived and co-directed by Peter Duncan, Jack & the Beanstalk steams into Everyman cinemas/online from 4 December 2020 and Showcase cinemas from 11 December.

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‘You may want to sleep with the light on afterwards’: ETERNAL – Darkfield Radio (Online review)

In Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn3rd December 2020Leave a Comment

Darkfield Radio is back with a new show, Eternal, this time for one person, in bed. It is just as creepy as the others, using a soundscape through headphones to give you the shivers.

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‘Fizzes with energy’: THE HOUSE THAT JACKSON BUILT – Half Moon Theatre (Online review)

In Children's theatre, London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn30th November 2020Leave a Comment

The Half Moon Theatre has been sharing a wide variety of shows for children during theatre lockdown, and in its latest, The House That Jackson Built written and performed by Justin Coe, they retain their high standards.

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‘Has become more cinematic with each episode’: The Theatre Channel – Episode Three (Online review)

In London theatre, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Louise Penn28th November 2020Leave a Comment

Filmed inside The Theatre Cafe and out and about, this latest episode of The Theatre Channel’s series of musical theatre showcases features songs from rock musicals.

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‘Each minute counts’: SHAKEN – The Actors Centre (Online review)

In London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn27th November 2020Leave a Comment

Currently streaming via The Actors Centre, Shaken is a one-person production by writer/director/performer Mariana Lafón.

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‘Seeing the piece from several angles is liberating’: UNFAMILIAR AT HOME – ArtsDepot (Online review)

In London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn25th November 2020Leave a Comment

Unfamiliar is a sensitive piece of work which explores a facet of queerness and masculinity we do not often see.

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