Off-West End & Fringe

Saturday 5th October ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by Shaun Tossell Following a critically acclaimed run in New York, Broadway star Jeannette Bayardelle brings her one-woman musical Shida to The Vaults for its UK premiere. Based on the true story of the childhood best friend of Bayardelle, a young African-American girl, Shida Brown, Continue Reading

30th September 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by Shaun Tossell Linus Karp brings the controversially titled one-man play from award-winning playwright Rob Hayes to Bristol, which is currently on its UK tour. The description of this show reads “One-night stands are awkward. One-night stands with animals are more awkward. And when you’re Continue Reading

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 19th September 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell World’s End is the debut play from James Corley, a love story that explores war, single parenthood and sexuality. World’s End is shown as part of The King’s Head Theatre 2019 Queer Season, which is a celebration of the most interesting and Continue Reading

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 31st August 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell Paul Taylor-Mills has a launched a brand new theatre – The Turbine Theatre. Located on the banks of the Thames next to the iconic Battersea Power Station, in the heart of the new development. The Tubine Theatre’s inaugural season opens with Torch Continue Reading

⭐⭐⭐ 14th September 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell The Scullions Neoterics present an interactive, modern story with their first original play – In Limbo. In Limbo opens with three people from different walks of life, that have never seen each other before, trapped in a room with no way out. Continue Reading

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 24th August 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “…Semper Fi, Do or Die!..” The final production of The British Theatre Academy 2019 summer season is here, the beautifully poignant Dogfight. Dogfight is based on the 1991 movie starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul composed the Continue Reading

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14th August 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “…MAMA WILL PROVIDE!..” The British Theatre Academy has chosen recent Tony Award-winning Once on This Island as their premier production for their summer season. Does this show build on their run of successes at the Southwark Playhouse? Once on This Island, which Continue Reading

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10th August 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “…Some Kind of Paradise…” Max Vernon’s smash-hit musical, The View UpStairs, makes it’s way to London after a Off-Broadway run in 2017. The View UpStairs is inspired by the true story of a 1973 arson attack in New Orleans. It was the Continue Reading

⭐⭐⭐ 17th July 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “… It will all fade away but you…” The Bridges of Madison County finally comes to the UK, the musical adaptation of the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller and film that starred Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, after a brief Broadway Continue Reading

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 8th June 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “…God, that’s brilliant” Operation Mincemeat is based on the unbelievable true story of the covert mission that helped win World War II. A group of secret agents hatch a plan to trick the Nazis with fake secret plans and a corpse. What could Continue Reading