Month: June 2010

You may have noticed that a World Cup football competition is going on, and Brazil! Brazil! catches the mood, and the fever, in a beguiling display of soccer skills, acrobatics, samba, street music and martial […]

If it’s a feel-good dance show you are after, little beats Tap Dogs. Dein Perry’s Australian tap-fest is not subtle, not new, and, in truth, some of the routines lack focus, but the all-boy troupe […]

The Tricycle Theatre’s new cycle of 12 plays, Women, Power and Politics, exploring the history and current role of women in UK politics, premiered this week.Directed by Indhu Rubasingham with associate director Amy Hodge, the […]

Away from the celebratory flag-waving and vuvuzela-blowing of the World Cup, a much darker aspect of South African life is on show at the Arcola Theatre. Protean Productions’ British premiere of Athol Fugard’s Coming Home […]

Russ Abbot, who last year stepped in as a temporary replacement for the injured Rowan Atkinson, returned to the role of Fagin last night at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.Abbot, who also starred in Sam […]

A new musical about the colourful and ultimately tragic life of football legend George Best will premiere at Belfast’s Grand Opera House in the summer. Dancing Shoes: The George Best Story, runs from 28 July […]

As his take on Chess prepares to launch a nationwide tour from Newcastle in August, director-choreographer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood returns first to his home base at the Watermill Theatre in […]