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The episodic tale remains intact. Poor puppet-maker Geppetto longs for a son and makes a wish for one of his puppets to turn into a real boy. Pinocchio comes woodenly alive but has to be tested through a series of adventures and misfortunes to prove he deserves the ultimate transformation into flesh and blood. John […]
Do If there are little ones in your household with a few hours’ energy to burn off, let them loose at Kidtropolis. The live children’s show visits London’s ExCel from tomorrow until Thursday with TV characters including Fireman Sam, the Octonauts and Peppa Pig. Dance troop Flawless will be showing off their moves and Basil […]
You might already be familiar with Holding The Man: its source material, a memoir by Timothy Conigrave, was adapted for film in 2015, and this production of Tommy Murray’s play is not to be confused with the one that played at the Brockley Jack – just five miles from this Vauxhall studio – a few […]
We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community what was the worst thing that ever happened to them on stage. Here are some of the most horrific submissions. 1.The drink swap: “We were doing a production of The Wedding Singer and there’s one scene where the main character starts taking shots. One of the cast members decided […]
PR / REUTERS Sienna miller and Daniel Radcliffe have both bared all on the stage The latest actress to get naked is Sienna Miller who is starring in Tennessee Williams’ classic Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. The play doesn’t call for nudity. The author never imagined it but we get it all the same […]
Rarely has Disraeli’s axiom been brought into sharper relief than by Committee, a musical treatment of the Parliamentary investigation into the collapse of Kids Company. As the five MPs, led by committee chairman Bernard Jenkin, question the company’s charismatic founder Camila Batmanghelidjh and its complacent chairman Alan Yentob they repeatedly question the sums of money […]
Visit See how post-war politics wreaked havoc in the German city of Weimar in a new exhibition at Tate Liverpool. Portraying A Nation: Germany 1919-1933 looks at the country between the world wars through the eyes of painter Otto Dix and photographer August Sander. More than 300 paintings, drawings, prints and photographs depict German society […]
BOOK Wireless Festival is back in London’s Finsbury Park this summer. Our wonderful weather won’t stop the party, so whip out your emergency wellies, slap on the sun cream and get ready for a rap-filled rave in the park. From July 7-9, headliners Chance The Rapper, Skepta and The Weeknd will rock the main stage, […]
Sally Cookson’s adaptation of La Strada is not a full-scale musical in the manner of Lionel Bart’s version, which ran for one night in 1969 on Broadway. Benji Bower’s melodies establish atmosphere rather than crystallising emotion or advancing the plot. Devoid of Fellini’s magical images the drama seems slight and, in its final stages, both […]
Having premiered on Broadway in 1944, On The Town took musical theatre into uncharted territory thanks to the killer combo of Leonard Bernstein’s music, Jerome Robbins’ choreography and words and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. For this vivacious revival, director/ choreographer Drew McOnie pays tribute to the original while adding a few grace […]
