Category: Theatre Reviews

2nd show of my first ever 3 show day was my first trip to Wilton’s Music Hall.

I got a restricted view seat with a pillar in view but the pillar was thinner than most.

It isn’t get to win prizes for luxury but it was functional and the seat was comfy enough. It was also easy enough to combine with theatres in the West End – although it is slightly tucked away down a footpath and the outside is a bit anonymous looking.

The show was funny and covered 7 shows (Aladin, Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Jack & Beanstalk, Dick Whittington and Christmas Carol all within 1 hour 40 (with a 20-minute interval).

It pokes fun at the stories, had a little bit of political humour and was very funny.

8/10

On a trip to Brighton I managed to catch the touring production of Twelve Angry Men.

It was a good adaptation of the drama film with some amusing bits about a jury trying to decide a verdict. The table and chairs are on a revolve on the centre of the stage with turns 360 degrees very slowly over the course of the play.

It was my first visit to this theatre. It is surprisingly big inside but the outside is being renovated, and the theatre is a very big fan of view blocking pillars around the auditorium – I’m not.

8/10

I got a Rush ticket from TodayTix.

This play is about how Gareth Southgate changed the mentality of the England Men’s Football team so that they could better cope with the pressure they are put under.

It was amusing, but if you are more familiar with people in the football wold you would probably find it funnier as they imitate them and various Prime Ministers

7/10

I got a stalls seat for over 50 %off in the TodayTix Black Friday Sale.

It was a fun show, with a party atmosphere and despite that the audience were a lot better behaved than some other shows. There are standing immersive tickets where you are closer to the action and get to dance with cast members at the end, but you do need to stand for nearly 3 hours and are moved around due to the ever changing stage units.

It was an enjoyable afternoon at the theatre.

I got a £25 Rush Ticket from to say is for this, saving over 2 thirds on face value.

This is a comedy with some farcical elements about the Queen Mother and her flamoyanr Page of the Backstairs, Billy Tallon, and a potential scandal.

The ending was a bit odd but overall it was well performed, and funny with some farcical elements – and included some corgis.

8/10

I got a rush ticket for the stalls. There was a lot of big musical names in this concert style show performing songs from various Sondheim shows.

There were a couple of short moments that were blocked by the circle overhang but it wasn’t very much.

I hasn’t seen any Sondheim shows live before, but I had seen film versions of few. I would of preferred it of the program had said which show each song was from in the running order, but it was a enjoyable few hours.

8/10

This is a musical version of the recent film Mrs Harris Goes to Paris.

It is a gentle comedy about a widowed cleaner who dreams of getting her very own Dior dress from Paris, and how her kindness affects those around her.

I got this as a £15 Rush Ticket from to say is andiy was my first visit to Riverside Studios. It has theatre spaces, tv studios and a cinema with quite a bit of space to wait inside.

7/10

This is the play by George Bernard Shaw that was later turned into the musical My Fair Lady and also used as a basis for otger stories where one character tries to change another.

The set was very sparse and it had a very small cast with all but Higgins, Eliza, Pickering and possibly Freddie playing multiple roles, but if you tried to ignore that it was an enjoyable couple of hours.

7/10

I got a £20 offer the week before the so saved over half price on opening night tickets.

I had seen the West End version a few years ago. This was seemed to be on a significantly smaller budget with a lot of projections – which looked slightly distorted from the dress circle. Other changes included a taller Lord Farquad. Also they didn’t have all the merchandise available.

However, it was still an enjoyable enough evening despite a delay at the start and end of interval.

7/10

This was the second performance of this official touring production and the first time I’ve seen the show since it’s original tour about 9 years ago.

It was just as hilarious with a couple of changes updates from the original version and the TV adaptation.

It is a farce about an amateur drama group putting on a production of Peter Pan – and chaos ensures.

As with other Mischief productions there is a pre- show that starts about 20 minutes before the show which involves various cast searching the auditorium for a hammer, electricity problems, an over-enthusiastic Max waving at the audience and Lucy trying to escape.

They also had a bigger selection of Mischief/Pan related merchandise than I have seen before.

10/10