Read more about the article REVIEW: Carousel, Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park (2021)
The Clam Bake from Carousel (Photo: Johan Persson)

REVIEW: Carousel, Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park (2021)

there is Drew McOnie's astounding and meaningful choreography.  He has taken on board the occupations of these whalers and labourers and his dance is full of muscular exertion and hard work, amazing leaps and jaw dropping pirouettes.  The women haul laundry baskets but dance in pairs with the men controlling them.  The men dance earthily to "Blow High, Blow Low" with water droplets thrown over each other, and picked up by the lights in an image I shall never forget.

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Read more about the article REVIEW: Anything Goes, Barbican Theatre (2021)
Sutton Foster and Company in Anything Goes (Photo: Tristram Kenton)

REVIEW: Anything Goes, Barbican Theatre (2021)

Every so often in London we get a treat which is the essence of a Broadway big musical and this is the case with Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.  This is essentially the production that wowed New York in 2011 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall and winning Tonys. 

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Read more about the article REVIEW: Wonderville,  Magic and Illusion at The Palace Theatre (2021)
The cast of Wonderville (Photo: Pamela Raith)

REVIEW: Wonderville, Magic and Illusion at The Palace Theatre (2021)

What better tonic to bring us out of lockdown than Wonderville a variety show of magic, illusions and mind reading.  This show is suitable for the whole family providing you haven't get children with a circular saw who want to practise sawing mummy in half on the kitchen table!  This show has to come with a Don't Try This At Home warning.

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