This cinematic adaptation of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is fabulously enjoyable, led by a fine performance by Max Harwood.
‘Perfectly streamlined in terms of comic timing’: DEATH DROP – Garrick Theatre ★★★★
Death Drop, a contemporary and somewhat naughty tribute to the world of murder mystery created by Agatha Christie, is back to offer some much-needed laughs.
Mark Shenton’s weekly chart of forthcoming theatrical comings & goings has some new entries
This weekly column keeps track of the shows that are coming back, or are newly being announced, as theatres prepare to re-open from next month onwards. It will be updated weekly until such time as it becomes a reality, and from then on will provide a weekly update to that week’s openings and future ones.
Returning & new productions heading for the West End & beyond post-lockdown: Are you up to date?
Meanwhile, I want to start keeping track of the shows that are coming back, or are newly being announced, in a new feature here that will be updated weekly until such time as it becomes a reality, and from then on will provide a weekly update to that week’s openings and future ones.
‘A real tonic’: MYRA DUBOIS – A PROBLEM SHARED (Online review) ★★★★
From humble beginnings as a weekly Facebook live stream during lockdown, Myra Dubois’ A Problem Shared has hit the big time and production values have soared to TWO cameras.
‘Filled with naughtiness & playfulness’: LITTLE DEATH CLUB – Underbelly Festival ★★★★★
If ever a cabaret show was more sexy, bold and as inclusive as Little Death Club is then I have yet to discover it.
‘Unconventional variety & huge amounts of wit’: LITTLE DEATH CLUB – Underbelly Festival
On the one hand, you might consider Little Death Club as just another late night cabaret show, but on experiencing this extraordinary hour, you see that it really is more than that, something ferociously committed to the spirit of defiance in which this form was birthed.
‘A kind of seductive circus of misfits’: LITTLE DEATH CLUB – Underbelly Festival
Little Death Club is a cabaret of the late night variety, a kind of seductive circus of misfits and certainly not for the prudish.
‘There’s a catharsis to her schtick in these strange times’: BLAME IT ON BIANCA DEL RIO – Touring
This Blame it on Bianca del Rio world tour has hit the UK and gone down a storm (or, hurricane); and watching Bianca del Rio’s show grow over a few short years to something so huge is still a real buzz.
INTERVIEW: Edinburgh Festival Spotlight On… DuBois Entendre
Next up in our Spotlight feature is DuBois Entendre, which plays Edinburgh Festival from 3 – 26 August 2017. I caught up with writer and actor Myra DuBois.