 | Icons
20 November 2009
There is something terribly beautiful about the rawness of Michael Twaits’ work and something rather spiritual about it too. He’s not afraid to reveal all to his audience, offering himself up complete....
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 | Jest End
20 November 2009
When Forbidden Broadway closed in New York earlier this year, some commentators predicted a gloomy forecast for showbiz satire, blaming factors ranging from TV casting and the death of the diva, to th....
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 | Led Easy
19 November 2009
Produced by Cardboard CitizensReviewed at Toynbee StudiosIt's difficult to rate a piece of Forum Theatre. After all, the success of a session depends largely on the calibre of audience contributions, ....
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 | When Henri Met Oscar
19 November 2009
It’s always exciting to look into the lives of those artistic giants who have shaped our modern culture and delight in the surprises to be found there. Mark Rothko’s hatred of Andy Warhol,....
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 | Secrets
19 November 2009
The premise of the Cock Tavern’s latest show Secrets is intriguing. A devised semi-autobiographical piece directed by Danielle Coleman (who has past experience in the genre), it weaves to....
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 | Scouts in Bondage
18 November 2009
Enter a lost world where men were men, boys were boys and boy scouts were - well, something else altogether. In the tradition of Ripping Yarns, with a nod to the double entendre world of I’m ....
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 | The Making of Moo
16 November 2009
Kenneth Tynan hailed the late Nigel Dennis’ The Making of Moo, a 1957 satirical play of ideas about the evils of organised Christianity, as the first outright assault on religion on the British stage.
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 | Salad Days
16 November 2009
We said we wouldn’t look back, as the song goes, but we have no choice in the matter with Salad Days, the charmingly fey and silly 1954 musical by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds that ran for over f....
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 | The Misanthrope
13 November 2009
The White Bear, KenningtonAhead of the star-laden West End production of The Misanthrope, in which Keira Knightley will make her stage debut, you'd be wise to take in this revival (of Tony Harrison's ....
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 | A Man of No Importance
13 November 2009
If you shy away from the word ‘charming’ when applied to musicals, don’t see this one. Likewise ‘bittersweet’. A Man of No Importance (book by Terrence McNally) is bas....
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