Theatre Royal, December 4 6/10 I wracked my remaining brains on the way home, wondering what other musical made the songs its dull parts. Usually, of course, they’re the main event. Not in Pretty Woman: The Musical. Here, the show’s humming along rather enjoyably, and then when they start to…
Category: Theatre Reviews
Ensemble Theatre, December 3 7/10 Without the sharp editing available to a film-maker, on-stage thrillers tend to gurgle down the drain of melodrama. The wonder of this production of Dial M for Murder is that avoids that grisly end. Just. Alfred Hitchcock took Frederick Knott’s original play, and turned it…
KXT on Broadway, November 26 8/10 This is Chekhov’s The Seagull not so much adapted as recooked. The characters remain recognisable despite some renaming, and the story’s intact despite being set in Bellingen during Covid. The big change of ingredient is the dialogue, but even that remains close to the…