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November 5, 2017 Susan Elkin

King Lear’s Buttons

Phil Daniels (Fool) Ian McKellen (Lear) Sinead Cusack (Kent) Chichester Festival Theatre 2017 production. Credit: Manuel Harlan “Pray you, undo this button:...

November 1, 2017 Susan Elkin

Our House (Susan Elkin reviews)

Our House continues at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley until 28 October and then tours until 25 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩...

November 1, 2017 Susan Elkin

Pinocchio (Susan Elkin reviews)

JASMIN VARDIMON COMPANY This show is rivetingly original. Staged in the sort of dim light usually reserved for puppetry, it includes a...

October 29, 2017 Susan Elkin

Full marks to the busy, buzzy Marlowe

Few bits of theatre news have delighted me more this year than hearing that Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, has taken possession of the...

October 25, 2017 Susan Elkin

9 to 5: The Musical

This is a strange show which never seems quite to decide what it’s meant to be. Based on a movie, it is...

October 25, 2017 Susan Elkin

Jekyll and Hyde (Susan Elkin reviews)

Evan Placey’s fascinating ‘version’ of the familiar Jekyll and Hyde is much more a topical. intelligent, thoughtful, feminist take on Robert Lewis Stevenson’s novella...