Though not without some problems, Into The Woods is nonetheless an ambitious and entertaining show, which puts an interesting new spin on a classic whilst retaining the wit and charm of the original. Worth a visit for fairy tale family fun.
‘All becomes a bit of a muddle’: INTO THE WOODS – Cockpit Theatre
A disjointed (and incredibly lengthy) production that takes all of the fantasy out of the musical, making it a wooden watch in more ways than one.
‘The notion of updating the show is an intriguing one’: INTO THE WOODS – Cockpit Theatre
The notion of updating Into the Woods to a specifically 21st-century context is an intriguing one, as director Tim McArthur draws in influences such as The Only Way is Essex, Made in Chelsea and Rab C Nesbitt.
‘Well executed, solid production’: INTO THE WOODS – Cockpit Theatre ★★★
Into the Woods at the Cockpit Theatre is a well executed, solid production with some extremely strong vocal performances.
INTERVIEW: Tim McArthur performs in & directs Into the Woods at the Cockpit Theatre
Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods gets a 21st-century makeover this week at the Cockpit Theatre, as All Star Productions join forces with Trilby Productions to revive Tim McArthur’s adaptation of the popular musical.
NEWS: Mates Mark Shenton & Terri Paddock join Curtain Up Oliviers broadcast
Mates co-founders Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock join the guest line-up for The Curtain Up Show Olivier Awards 2017 Special on Friday 7 April.
NEWS: All Star ends 2016 season with Bernstein’s Wonderful Town revival
All Star Productions are delighted to present a new chamber production of Leonard Bernstein’s 1953 musical WONDERFUL TOWN, which will run at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre in Walthamstow, east London, from 12 to 30 October 2016, with a press night on 14 October.
Weekly Theatre Podcast: Xanadu, French Without Tears, A Little Night Music
This week, the learned London theatre bloggers discuss Rattigan’s French Without Tears in Richmond, Sondheim’s A Little Night Music and the UK premiere of screen-to-stage Broadway musical Xanadu.
Why do we love celebrating Stephen Sondheim so much?
Next weekend, the 85th birthday of American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will be marked (albeit, somewhat belatedly – his actual birthday was on 22 March) in grand, celebratory at the West End’s 2,000-seat Theatre Royal Drury Lane, care of the Sondheim Society.
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC – Ye Olde Rose And Crown Theatre
A Little Night Music is up there as one of the great Sondheim musicals and it’s a nobly ambitious show that Aaron Clingham’s All Star Productions mount at Walthamstow’s Rose and Crown Theatre. Tim McArthur directs a cast of sixteen who cavort their way through the musical rom-com, itself a take on the seminal Ingmar Bergman classic, Smiles Of A Summer Night and there are some gems amongst his company.
Watch & listen: Talking #Oliviers on Sky and Resonance FM
What were your red carpet memories from this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards? A week before this year’s event on Sunday 12 April 2015, having been quietly dropped from the media invitation list since leaving WhatsOnStage, I wasn’t planning to get very involved in the furore this year – apart from, of course, watching the highlights […]
Curtain Up podcast on MyTheatreMates and The Father: When projects converge
I had a curious but highly enjoyable afternoon this past Friday, when I dropped in on lovely chappies Tim McArthur and Nathan Matthews, presenters of the weekly Curtain Up show on London radio station Resonance FM. Initially, I’d been invited in to talk about the launch of the My Theatre Mates website as well as the […]
Review: Into The Woods (Ye Old Rose and Crowne, Walthamstow)
There is a cleverness in both the concept and the execution of Into The Woods that takes All Star Productions into an entirely new category: this must rank as one of the best shows staged at Walthamstow’s Rose and Crowne pub theatre. Firstly, they have abandoned the cardboard cut-out sets and noisy platforms in favour of […]
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Review: Into The Woods (Ye Old Rose and Crowne, Walthamstow)
There is a cleverness in both the concept and the execution of Into The Woods that takes All Star Productions into an entirely new category: this must rank as one of the best shows staged at Walthamstow’s Rose and Crowne pub theatre. Firstly, they have abandoned the cardboard cut-out sets and noisy platforms in favour of […]
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