First published in 1936, the children’s novel ‘Ballet Shoes’ has enjoyed two screen adaptations, but it wasn’t until 2024 that the classic tale of found family, childhood, performance and dreams made its way to the stage, calling the National Theatre home for a highly successful run. So successful in fact that it returned for another run over the festive period in the Olivier auditorium, much to the delight of theatre goers as this production charms all and raises smiles from

The Tube, the rat run, the pain in the backside, call it what you will but the London Underground is perhaps one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, connecting the city and inspiring many similar infrastructures around the world. Millions upon millions use it, and whilst many of us may not look up from our phones and books to truly take in what is happening around us as we travel under London, Cockfosters, back for another sell out run, explores it in great and hila

The festive season in the UK comes with plenty of traditions, from the famous Christmas dinner, crackers, television specials and lights, to travel chaos, overcrowded shops and adverts that don’t always make sense, but perhaps one of the most iconic festive traditions is the good old fashioned pantomime, with its cheesy lines, pop favourites, familiar gags and water pistols, guaranteed to bring a smile to the face to even the most scrooge like of audience members.   This year

It’s like painting the Forth Bridge, as soon as you finish you start again. It’s only been a couple of months since the Piccadilly Hotel closed up shop at the Noel Coward Theatre when ‘The Comedy About Spies’ played its final performance (let’s hope it comes back one day) but it is no rest for the wicked for Mischief Comedy, the masters of funny, as they present their second new production of 2025 ‘Christmas Carol Goes Wrong’.   Having premiered as a BBC Festive special back

Having celebrated its 19th anniversary back in September, the Apollo Victoria theatre was that famous shade of green long before the cinema screens. Wicked, known in full as Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz has been delighting audiences for much longer than a clock click of the Time Dragon, ever since its San Francisco tryout way back in 2003, and its much more recent star studded two-part film adaptation has sent its popularity to supersonic proportions, not tha

February 1895 ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, the play that would go on to be known as Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, premiered both representing and mocking late Victorian society with its story of double lives, society ideas and romance, sending Oscar Wilde to new higher levels of fame.   Just 3 months later in May 1895, Oscar Wilde was arrested for ‘Gross indecency for Homosexual acts’   Now, 130 years later, Max Webster’s staging of that masterpiece fresh from a festive pe

Just as I made a ‘if I had a nickel’ joke between ‘Vagabond Skies’ and ‘Saving Mozart’ just a few months ago, I feel compelled to make another, for if I saw two shows that push the once hidden stories of musically gifted sisters overshadowed by their brothers and forced to be the traditional wife, I would have two nickels, which wouldn’t get you far in today’s expensive world, but it is a little odd. But, whilst ‘Saving Mozart’ celebrated the story of Nannerl Mozart with soar

In a time whilst some may argue that London is simply flooded with jukebox bops, screen to stage adaptations and revivals, new and original musicals are deservedly celebrated as breaths of fresh air, injecting a taste of something new on the horizon and ‘Bloody Mary and the Nine Day Queen’, having spent its recent and short London run nestled under the Southwark and Waterloo arches of the Union Theatre, may hear the bright lights of bigger venues calling its name sometime soo

Making a name for itself as the ideal London home for Disney musical spectaculars, the glistening winter of ‘Frozen’ has transformed into...

Whilst some shows have showcased a strong sticking power, hanging around for decades with productions that continue to both delight and...

Is a man innocent until proven guilty? How do you prove a case of murder without a corpse? And how exactly do you solve a crime that...

75 years ago, the imagination of countless readers was captivated by the creation of Narnia, fresh from the mind of C S Lewis, that...

‘It’s 12 noon in London, 7am in Philadelphia, and around the world it’s time for Live Aid’   That was nearly exactly 40 years ago, when...

If I had a nickel for every time I saw a musical about a troubled artist who died too young, died before they really had the chance to...

Returning once more to Assembly’s Gordan Aikman Theatre, Fringe favourites ‘Murder She Didn’t write’ are back creating murder mysteries,...

Six people who used to be the best of friends at University, but have subsequently grown apart, are all mysteriously invited to take part...

Back at the Edinburgh Fringe for the fifth time due to phenomenal demand, Say It Again Sorry’s ‘… Earnest?’ Continues to deliver its...

Four generations of women gather for the birthday party of great grandmother Eileen in Northern Ireland, sounds simple enough. But with...

You know a show has that perfect balance of high quality goodness, catchy musical numbers, relatability, entertainment, slickness and fun...

When pretty much any space could become a performance venue at the Edinburgh Fringe, the imagination is given the freedom to roam, after...