Filled with fascinating facts and statistics alongside some strong photography makes this a book well worth looking at. Did you know that mankind shares 50% of their DNA with bananas? or Inuits buy refrigerators to keep food from freezing? These are just a couple of mind bending facts that are featured in this latest book… Read More
REVIEW: Their Finest
With a strong British cast and spirit, Lone Scherfig’s film doesn’t fail to charm audiences from beginning to end. Catrin Cole is a Welsh secretary living in 1940’s London until one day she is appointed as a script writer to help write the ‘slop’ (gushy words from a woman’s perspective) for propaganda films and is… Read More
REVIEW: Chasing the Sun by Katy Colins
The travel blogger and author brings Georgia Green back for a new adventure – filled with disaster and problems to solve. Live-in boyfriend, perfect career and great friends, it seems like Georgia is only a Tiffany box away from her happily ever after. But when she arrives in Australia for her best friend’s wedding and… Read More
REVIEW: Disco Pigs, Trafalgar Studios
This 20th anniversary production of Enda Walsh’s play directed by John Haidar is chaotic and difficult to get into but beautifully builds up the tension to grip the audience. Enda Walsh’s play is a bit of an oddity – it is both bizarrely brilliant but can also seem at times as a bit of a… Read More
REVIEW: Twilight Song, Park Theatre
Anthony Banks directs this sharp production but Kevin Elyot’s play feels rushed and in need of some more depth and character development to be fully satisfying. Switching between 1961,1967 and the present day, Kevin Elyot’s Twilight Song is a story filled with guilt and secrets that has repercussions for all of the characters involved. Barry’s… Read More
REVIEW: La La Land
Having waited to watch this in order to let the hype die down a bit – was the wait worth it? There is absolutely no denying that this film is beautiful to look at, bursting with eye popping colour in every scene, Damien Chazelle has directed a film that is stylish to look at –… Read More
REVIEW: Grease, New Victoria Theatre
David Gilmore’s electrifying production is plenty of fun to watch but lacking in personality in some of the key performances. This classic musical about a group of teenagers growing up in the 1950’s, learning about love and the bond of friendship is energetically revived in this entertaining production but at the sacrifice of characterisations that… Read More
REVIEW: Yank!, Charing Cross Theatre
Take a wonderfully heartbreaking love story and some classy music and you end up with Yank! that really packs a punch emotionally. Coming fast on the heels of the Pride parade in London, it seems even more poignant to watch Yank! as a reminder of how far we have come and how far we still… Read More
REVIEW: King Kong, The Vaults
From Daniel Clarkson (co-creator of Potted Potter) and director Owen Lewis comes this lively and very silly reimagining of the classic Kong story. I will be the first to admit that I have never seen the appeal of King Kong as a film, a giant monkey that causes chaos and destruction just doesn’t seem like… Read More
REVIEW: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Audra McDonald doesn’t just perform as Billie Holiday, she completely emmerses herself in the character in Lonny Price’s elegant but ultimately tragic production. Billie Holiday is remembered for her distinctive voice as much as her troubled personal life and this engrossing and sophisticated production really brings out her personality and story in a stylish way.… Read More
