What was supposed to be a charity concert turned into a fully-fledged performance of Seth Rudetsky’s hilarious Broadway comedy
Category: Review
School of Rock, New London Theatre, London ★★★★
Some of this musical’s best moments are lifted verbatim from the source film, but this is Lloyd Webber’s most fun work in a long while
The Mirror Never Lies, Cockpit Theatre, London ★★
Barbara Pym’s novel is rendered inert by this adaptation into a musical
There’s No Place Like, Brasserie Zédel, London ★★½
The meaning of ‘Home’ is explored in Lilac Yosiphon’s play
Learned Friends, Central Criminal Court, London
A courtroom drama, played out in the world’s most famous court
The House of Usher, Hope Theatre, London ★★★
Poe’s short story in musical form
A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer, National Theatre ★★★★
As a musical alone, it’s missing something: but when that fourth wall comes down…
Moby Dick, Union Theatre, London ★★
More white elephant than great white whale
Ragtime, Charing Cross Theatre, London ★★★★½
Flaherty and Aherns’ best musical gets a masterful revival
Cathy, Pleasance Theatre, London ★★★★
Cardboard Citizens updates Cathy Come Home to 2016
Murder Ballad, Arts Theatre ★★★★
A new one-act musical takes the narrative murder ballad style and crafts an enjoyable, if short, mystery
Conviction, Above the Arts, London ★★★½
Conviction in one’s own beliefs leads to drastically different lives in Rebecca Morgan’s 1950s drama
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