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Master Class
Tony and Emmy Award-winning American stage and screen actress Tyne Daly starred as Maria Callas-the most influential opera singer of the 20th century-in the Broadway production of MASTER CLASS in...
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Duck!
Ben Miller leads an all-star cast, including Diana Vickers, in the West End premiere of The Duck House directed by Terry Johnson at the Vaudeville Theatre. Written by Dan Patterson and Colin Swash,...
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A Bond Girl
Aptly named, Samantha Bond featured in four 007 films as Miss Moneypenny during the Pierce Brosnan era between 1995 and 2002. The popular British actress has been a regular on the West End boards over...
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What the Butler Saw
Joe Orton’s farce What the Butler Saw premiered at the Queen’s Theatre in London on 5 March 1969 – his last play before he was bludgeoned to death by his partner Kenneth Halliwell in August 1967 at the...
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Drawing: Matthew Fox and Olivia Williams In a Forest Dark and Deep at the...
Neil LaBute’s In A Forest, Dark And Deep received its world premiere in London’s Vaudeville Theatre in March 2011. It starred Matthew Fox in his stage debut and Olivia Williams, and ran for a limited...
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Drawing: Handbagged at the Vaudeville Theatre
Undoubtably one of the theatrical highlights of the past year was Handbagged, Moira Buffin’s latest play tells the tales of the Queen’s weekly meetings with Margaret Thatcher. Premiering at the...
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Drawing: Fiona Button and Elliot Cowan in An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville...
Lindsay Posner’s production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, a classic comedy of political blackmail and corruption played London’s Vaudeville Theatre during the festive season of 2010. Wilde gave...
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Sketch: Jenna Russell, Samantha Spiro and Tamzin Outhwaite in Di and Viv and...
Amelia Bullmore’s hilarious and heartwarming comedy about life’s impact on friendship Di and Viv and Rose finally makes its West End debut at the Vaudeville Theatre for a limited season. It premiered...
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Sketch: Uncle Vanya with Anna Friel and Ken Stott
Lindsay Posner’s wonderful revival of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya played London’s Vaudeville Theatre during the winter of 2012/2013. My favourite critic, The Telegraph’s Tim Walker, gave it five stars in...
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Drawing: Jim Dale
English actor, lyricist, singer and comedian James Smith, better known as Jim Dale is currently playing to packed houses in Just Jim Dale. Known for his appearance in eleven Carry On films, the 79 year...
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Drawing: David Suchet as Lady Bracknell
One of Britain’s most revered actors plays one of theatre’s most iconic roles with David Suchet starring as Lady bracknell in Oscar Wild’s timeless and popular comedy of errors THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING...
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Drawing: Michele Dotrice in The Importance of Being Earnest
I had the good fortune to walk on the (Oscar) Wilde side on Saturday after detouring from The Elephant Man across to Covent Garden to the Vaudeville Theatre’s stage door on my post-matinee meandering,...
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Drawing: Antony Sher and Tara Fitzgerald in Broken Glass
“Arthur Miller’s 1994 play towers over the dismal lowlands of current West End theatre like a majestic mountain peak.” wrote The Guardian’s Michael Billington in his five-star review of Broken Glass....
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Drawing: Hand to God
Described as Sesame Street meets The Exorcist, the irreverent puppet comedy HAND OF GOD took Broadway by storm last year, earning five Tony Nominations, including Best New Play. Robert Askin’s...
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Drawing: Dead Funny
“Painfully funny and funnily painful comedy,” said The Times about DEAD FUNNY, Terry Johnson’s homage to the golden age of British TV comedy. I was lucky enough to see the original production when it...
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Drawing: F Murray Abraham in The Mentor
Oscar winner F Murray Abraham returned to the London stage after a 21 year absence in THE MENTOR at the Vaudeville Theatre in June. Written by the German novelist Daniel Kehlmann and translated by...
View ArticleDrawing: Emma Fielding in A Woman of No Importance
Multi-award winning English actress, Emma Fielding was part of an impressive ensemble in Oscar Wilde’s A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, which completed its run on Saturday after kicking-off the Oscar Wilde...
View ArticleDrawing: Eve Best, Anne Reid and Eleanor Bron in A Woman Of No Importance
Dominic Dromgoole’s ‘compassionate and emotionally engaging’ production of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE launched a year-long season of Oscar Wilde at London’s Vaudeville Theatre late last year. The...
View ArticleDrawing: Grace Molony in Lady Windermere’s Fan
Dominic Dromgoole’s year-long effort to stage all of Oscar Wilde’s plays at London’s Vaudeville Theatre continues with his four-act comedy, LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN. Playing the title role is recent LAMBA...
View ArticleDrawing: Jennifer Saunders in Lady Windermere’s Fan
After a 20 year wait, Jennifer Saunders has returned to the West End, this time as the imposing Duchess of Berwick in Kathy Burke’s production of Oscar Wilde’s LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN at the Vaudeville...
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