Your essential guide to the best (and worst) of London theatre. The London Theatre Review is packed with the latest news, honest reviews and big name interviews...
By popular demand...we're back! Nancy Durrant, Nick Clark and Nick Curtis kick off season two of The London Theatre Review with a musicals spectacular as they review Titanique, the supercamp, super-funny parody of that famous film - you know, the one with the big iceberg - at the Criterion Theatre. Is it unsinkable, unthinkable, or very very twinkable? And they are reviewing the situation with the new production of Oliver! at the Gielgud. Do they want...more? Plus, West End superstar, the UK's 2017 Eurovision entry and X Factor alum Lucie Jones talks to Nick Curtis about returning to Les Miserables in the show's 40th year. She tells him how it felt to be head to head with Jedward in front of 20 million viewers.Huge thanks to Art of London for sponsoring this season. Visit artoflondon.co.uk for tons of ideas of cultural things to do in London.Email [email protected] if you want to recommend a show or tell us about something you've seen recently, and follow us on Instagram @thelondontheatrereview. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Review of 2024, The Tempest, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Anne-Marie Duff
A bumper pod to end a bumper year of theatre! Nick, Nick and Nancy look back at their theatrical highs (and a couple of lows) of 2024. For their final trips of the year, they take in The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane starring none other than Hollywood royalty Sigourney Weaver, and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Almeida with Normal People star Daisy Edgar-Jones. Plus, Nancy talks to Bad Sisters star Anne-Marie Duff about The Little Foxes at the Young Vic. The London Theatre Review will return in 2025...londontheatrereview.co.ukInsta: @thelondontheatrereview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ballet Shoes, The Little Foxes, Tracy-Ann Oberman
It's thirties week on the podcast as Nick and Nick and Nancy review the National Theatre adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's beloved 1936 children's book Ballet Shoes (spoiler: there's dancing, fossils, and lots of joy) and Lillian Hellman's savage 1939 drama The Little Foxes starring Anne-Marie Duff. Plus, Nick Curtis talks to Tracy-Ann Oberman about the return to the West End of her acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation, The Merchant of Venice 1936. And our competition winner is revealed! londontheatrereview.co.ukInsta: @thelondontheatrereview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Devil Wears Prada, Sharon D Clarke, The Lightning Thief
Final chance to enter the LTR competition to win £200 of Theatre Tokens! Plus this week, the Devil's in the Dominion, as The Devil Wears Prada becomes the latest beloved film to receive a West End musical makeover, with music from Elton John and starring Vanessa Williams as fashion editor Miranda Priestly. Nancy and the Nicks give their verdict.They also discuss another musical, based on Rick Riordan's bestselling Percy Jackson books and set to a rock score. So how does The Lightning Thief musical strike them?And Nancy chats to triple Olivier Award winner Sharon D Clarke about playing Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as four decades of acting, and her love of panto. Insta: @thelondontheatrereviewEmail: [email protected] T&Cs: The prize is non-transferable and non-refundable, and no cash alternative will be offered. The prize does not include any additional or external costs incurred by the winner, including but not limited to travel, accommodation and meals. If a prize is unavailable due to circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control, the Promoter reserves the right to provide a substitute prize. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the promotion where it becomes necessary to do so. Full terms and conditions are here: https://www.theatretokens.com/terms-of-sale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mathew Baynton, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Purists
COMPETITION TIME! Listen to this week's episode to find out how you can win £200 of Theatre Tokens...If that's not enough incentive to tune in, writer, actor, ghost, horrible historian and brilliant person Mathew Baynton is here! He talks about playing Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream for the RSC, running at London's Barbican. [Insert Bottom-related joke here]. Plus the triple Ns do a spot of Bunburying as they assess The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre, starring the best one from Sex Education and the new one from Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa, alongside Sharon D Clarke as Lady Bracknell. [Insert handbag-related joke here]. And the gang review The Purists at the Kiln Theatre, a play about the collision of cultures, and the clash of hip-hop and musical theatre. [Insert something about Hamilton here]. Insta: @thelondontheatrereviewEmail: [email protected] T&Cs: The prize is non-transferable and non-refundable, and no cash alternative will be offered. The prize does not include any additional or external costs incurred by the winner, including but not limited to travel, accommodation and meals. If a prize is unavailable due to circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control, the Promoter reserves the right to provide a substitute prize. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the promotion where it becomes necessary to do so. Full terms and conditions are here: https://www.theatretokens.com/terms-of-sale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Your essential guide to the best (and worst) of London theatre. The London Theatre Review is packed with the latest news, honest reviews and big name interviews from the world of London theatre, hosted by three of the city’s most respected cultural commentators. Nancy Durrant is the former Culture Editor of the Evening Standard and before that an arts editor at The Times for many years. She is the creator of The London Culture Edit on Substack and writes across culture for The Times, Sunday Times, Observer, W Magazine, Opera Now and more, and appears regularly on Times Radio and BBC Radio 4 Front Row.Nick Clark is Head of Culture at The London Standard, covering the cultural landscape in the capital. He was previously features editor of The Stage and the arts correspondent of The Independent.Nick Curtis is Chief Theatre Critic of The London Standard and has written about theatre since 1989. Also a feature writer, editor and an award-winning interviewer, his work has appeared in most major British newspapers, as well as Radio Times, GQ, Harpers & Queen and Tatler, among others.Produced by Tim Bano Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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