Art (Richmond Theatre) JohnnyFox March 5, 2019 Reviews, Theatre Art might never have seen the light of British theatres had not Sean Connery and his francophone wife seen a Paris production in 1994 and bought the rights. Its author, Yasmina Reza, thought she had written...
Call Me Vicky (Pleasance Theatre) JohnnyFox February 28, 2019 Reviews, Theatre Trudging up the skunk-scented Caledonian Road on an Arsenal home game Wednesday you’re aware how gritty are these off-West-End streets and how little has changed since the 1980s setting of Call Me Vicky. ...
The Great Expedition (Secret Location) JohnnyFox February 27, 2019 Reviews, Theatre Unprepossessing start in the yard of a tyre warehouse in - well, an undisclosed location (till 4pm on the day) on the upper reaches of the Victoria Line. Namecheck, wristbands, an Asahi beer and then through...
Our Town (Perth, State Theatre) JohnnyFox February 17, 2019 Reviews, Theatre I was excited to see Black Swan Theatre’s production of Our Town partly because a version is coming to London’s Open Air Theatre this summer, and partly because I wanted to see an Australian take on...
A Midnight Visit (Perth, Girls School) JohnnyFox February 16, 2019 Reviews, Theatre There is a recipe for these total immersion theatre experiences. First take the biggest, oldest and rambling-est building you can lay your tiny subsidised hands on, then fill it with a random assortment...
Still No Idea (Royal Court) JohnnyFox November 18, 2018 Reviews, Theatre Disabled characters in TV soaps. Ability awareness in theatres. The Paralympics. All good consciousness-raising tropes for the recognition and support of differently-abled actors, and people in general,...
Denim – The Reunion Tour (Soho Theatre) JohnnyFox November 16, 2018 Cabaret, Musicals, Reviews, Theatre Guest reviewer: Gloria Trubshaw Old Spice: If you couldn’t obtain/afford/be bothered to get tickets for the Spice Girls’ re-re-reunion, Denim The Reunion Tour may just be the very thing you’ve been...
The Simon and Garfunkel Story (Vaudeville and Tour) JohnnyFox November 13, 2018 Cabaret, Musicals, Reviews, Theatre I'd been looking forward to The Simon and Garfunkel Story thinking how much theirs was the music of my coming of age years - but It's funny what tricks your memory plays because Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel...
Billy Bishop Goes to War (Jermyn Street Theatre) JohnnyFox November 7, 2018 Musicals, Reviews, Theatre It’s always a pleasure to hear an untold story. In Billy Bishop Goes to War we learn about a baby-faced Canadian teenager who by a string of lucky chances became the world’s most decorated fighter pilot in...
Brexit (King’s Head Theatre) JohnnyFox November 5, 2018 Reviews, Theatre I wonder if in years to come we'll look back on the 'Theatre of Brexit' in the same way we analyse Shakespeare's treatment of Agincourt, or the Trojan Wars in Sophocles? Those sunlit uplands from...