Category: Theatre
-
Bill Bailey points out during the beginning of Dandelion Mind that he was recently voted the seventh most intelligent person on TV. In a poll topped, obviously, by should-be Prime Minister Stephen Fry, Bailey is proud and right to make his audience aware of his intelligence. Such a statement may seem egotistical, but he manages…
-
Reviving an old classic is always difficult, and a musical with a plot firmly set in the beliefs of a society totally different to today is even tougher. However, the recent return of South Pacific to the stage makes such a task look easy, with Lincoln Centre Theatre combining a lively and entertaining display with…
-
The stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s ‘War Horse’ is captivating and poignant, bringing the reality of the First World War to London’s National Theatre.
-
One unconventional approach to storytelling later, and Malcolm McDowell would be proud!
-
The Jackass star visits Southampton University on his debut UK stand-up tour, impressing the crowd with his mostly sex-based anecdotes.
-
A pin that gets dropped on the floor; the psychotic ghost of a teenage girl; a magician with superhuman card-shuffling abilities; and a pair of camp bandits who prance their way to escape. Above are just a few of the characters played by The Pajama Men in their live show The Last Stand to Reason,…
-
Francis Pearson defends Stewart Lee from smug Telegraph journalists
-
Often Brits have a perception of American stand-ups as being more crude, degenerate and less sophisticated than our own comedians. While it’s hard to deny that such low brow comics exist across the Atlantic (Cars 2 star Larry the Cable Guy for one), given that the USA has a larger population and a greater amount…
-
A serious piece, but always entertaining; Sandi Toksvig’s drama is a gem
-
mishka catches up with some of Burlesque’s favourite stars
-
Leave your political correctness at the door. Gloriously inappropriate and brilliantly subversive, Avenue Q shows no signs of ageing
-
An irritating sojourn through the bowels of Southampton’s industrial sector, but worth the effort
-
Over the past few years the Nuffield has enjoyed putting on several of Douglas Post’s poignant, powerful plays. Audiences simply can’t get enough. Bloodshot, in which Post presents us with a one-man fifties’ murder mystery, returned at the end of March after a year’s run. The solo show may seem like a concept milked dry…
