London
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Desperately seeking Liza Minnelli(s)
Jonny Woo’s spectacular Un-Royal Variety is back for its third year running and this year you could actually be part of this totally unmissable star-studded ensemble of talented queens and queers in London’s East End . Mr Woo ……..you many call him Jonny ….. wants to establish a new world record for the number…
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Johnny Ward reviews PLAY SOMETHING at Drayton Arms Theatre in London
Play Something (**) The Drayton Arms Theatre is the embodiment of a London Fringe venue: a cute end-on theatre space above a gorgeous historic pub serving fantastic food and drink. Their current show ‘Play Something’ by Paul T. Davies (also on directing duties) unfortunately doesn’t quite match up to it’s early promise. The concept…
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A Retrospective of Michael Leonard’s Nudes
There is a portrait of HM The Queen from 1986 by the British artist Michael Leonard that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Naturally Her Majesty is fully clothed which is not surprising apart from the fact that 85 year old Leonard is also very famous for his nude drawings and paintings of…
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Peter Harrington reviews MAURICE: a total triumph of a production
E.M. Forster’s MAURICE ☆☆☆☆☆ Having recently seen the wonderful BFI restored 1987 film of Maurice it seemed to me an impossible mission to view this as a play considering the time span and many different scenes and locations. How wrong – this is a stunning, inventive production, David Shields has created a very innovative set…
