CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE 90’S MUSICAL⚝⚝⚝⚝ THE OTHER PALACE, LONDON We are approaching Cruel Intentions the 90s Musical in the same way we approach a Long Island Iced Tea. It has a lot of great ingredients. Tequila, Yes. Gin, Yes, Rum. Yes, Yes, Yes!. But once they are mixed and drunk they can lead … Continue reading
AfTERGLOW ✩✩✩✩ Southwark Playhouse, London It’s Wednesday, Hump Day, and the irony is not lost on us as the first scene of Afterglow, written and directed by S. Asher Gelman, plunges headfirst down a rabbit hole of naked, balletic grinding. It’s January in London and 0 Celsius outside but the thermostat is turned … Continue reading
GINGER ALL THE WAY ⚝⚝⚝⚝ SOHO THEATRE, LONDON Drag Race UK Season 5 winner Ginger Johnson (Donald Marshall) is living the dream. Self-described as a ‘helium balloon in the shape of a woman’ Ginger has landed disgracefully at the Soho Theatre to share their own happily melancholic version of seasonal mischief. The fiery … Continue reading
Christmas Gaiety ⚝⚝⚝ Royal Albert Hall There is no grander, more romantic concert venue in London than the Royal Albert Hall. Part Victorian Coliseum, part jewellery box, part meringue the biggest challenge for performers is that the building is often the star of the show. A Christmas Gaiety, conducted by Edwin Outwater with Mistress … Continue reading
< Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick ⚝⚝ ⚝⚝ Charing Cross Road Theatre, London It was packed at the Charing Cross Theatre press night for the new pantomime Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick, written by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper, and directed by Andrew Beckett. The VIPs were nose job to nipple ring. At … Continue reading