Francis Beckett at TheatreVibe

Jacob Cornish as Linus. (Photo: Simon Jackson)

REVIEW: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Upstairs at The Gatehouse (2023)

Post author:Francis Beckett
Post published:19 December 2023
Post category:London but not West End Musical Review
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Cartoon characters that sing and dance "As I look at the characters on stage, I remember the child that I once was, and the adult I am still trying to…

Jason Fortune-Lloyd (photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: Rock ‘n’ Roll, Hampstead Theatre (2023)

Post author:Francis Beckett
Post published:17 December 2023
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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1968 and all that "The sixties began in 1956 with Soviet tanks rolling into Hungary, and ended in 1968 with Soviet tanks rolling into Czechoslovakia. They opened with the instinctive…

Amalia Vitale, Debra-Gillett, Paul Chahidi, Faye Castelow and Natasha Jayetileke. (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Pandemonium, Soho Theatre (2023)

Post author:Francis Beckett
Post published:14 December 2023
Post category:Comedy London but not West End Play Review
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Satire can’t compete with the real thing "Nobody told me that what we were doing was – as you say – against the rules, that the event in question was…