UK / WEST END THEATER REVIEWS

Mike Leigh's new play, his first in twelve years has created a great deal of excitement among theatre goers. ...

When I first heard about the musical Miss Saigon in 1989- everyone was referring the helicopter alone. I wanted to know what the show was about but people just kept on referring to the huge gob smacking special effect that appears on stage....

Oh no, another jukebox musical in the vein of We Will Rock You or Jailhouse Rock, only this time to the strains of Meat Is Murder and This Charming Man! Well, no not quite. ...

Saturday Night Fever seems to have a new lease of life at the moment....

With so many big West End shows seeming like a severe case of the emperor's new clothes as they are either hastily put together juke box musicals or song and dance versions of films, it is wonderful to see something that is truly original....

The King and I remains an important piece of work, and with Jerome Robbins' choreography in tact, this revival is a is a sumptuous feast of colour and sparkle...

Capturing the essence of social despair and eternal hope, Billy Elliot raises the game for film to stage adaptations...

Karen Louise Hebden's production of Company at the Derby Playhouse starring Glenn Carter as Bobbie...

Ahead of a West End transfer, the Birmingham Rep's production of The Birthday Party intrigues but fails to grip...

The action is now set in London and the time is the Sixties with a pulsating medley of hits signalling the passing years......

Marti Pellow appears as Billy Flynn in the UK tour of Chicago....

A perfectly cast show with some interesting artistic ideas fares well on the whole, but are there too many ideas 'flying' around..?...

Three more closures, including Thoroughly Modern Millie, and - with or without Justin - Rent makes a comeback.. as a concert! ...