Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

November 16, 2014 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Hayes Theatre, November 9 Mitchell Butel calls his new cabaret show Killing Time, a reference not to the bloody climaxes of action movies, but to that fourth dimension which counts down our lives until we bow out. Dour premise for a show, you might think, but Butel sprinkles it with…

October 8, 2014 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Reginald Theatre, October 3  What an idea James Lapine had. Stephen Sondheim’s collaborator conceived of a show in which arguably the cleverest song-writer and lyricist of the last 60 years would be filmed talking about writing this song or that show, about his childhood and his art. Between snatches of…

September 28, 2014 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Theatre Royal, September 24  Is David Suchet as perfect a Cardinal Benelli on stage as he was a Hercule Poirot on television? No. But this production is studded with moments denoting an exceptional actor, capable of imbuing his character’s power and gravitas with charm. And Benelli needs a layer of…