We have observed before how carefully one must choose the title of one’s show lest critics, sub-editors or even pesky bloggers get their hands on it and turn it on its head an here is Peter Michael Marino doing it to himself, sort ...
Another week, another theatrical first.* Well, a first for us. Though sadly what led to this first is becoming a norm.
Barely two weeks after leaving Children of the Sun with a fire alarm – triggered by a stage effect – ringi...
We are not in the habit of issuing public service announcements but…
Check your tickets. Emily Mackay-ishly thinking to intimidate us by the use of quarter-hours, evening performances of Othello start at 7.15pm. Arrive on time so y...
There were uncomfortable shards of recognition at Alan Bennett‘s autobiographical Untold Stories.
Phil discovered that the contents of his kitchen cupboard are not dissimilar to those of Bennett’s parents: the long-forgotten ...
Thrilling!
Now here’s a first and a SPOILER ALERT but as this was a first preview we cannnot guarantee it will happen again.* Pity.
Maxim Gorky’s Children of the Sun** may have begun with a whimper but it certainly ended with...
The Whingers have been on something a journey with Bruce Norris plays at the Royal Court.
The Pain and the Itch and The Low Road top and tail Dominic Cooke‘s tenure at the Court. The former saw a rare Whingers’ schism, the la...
Bit late in the day with this one and frankly we weren’t going to bother writing it up as it closes on Saturday. But we’ll forget that we saw it otherwise. That’s not to say it’s forgettable. It’s just us.
A...
“It’s got an on-stage bar where you can buy your drinks during the interval!” *
Phil knew how to persuade Andrew to take in Once. That’s all it took.
In fact, it won last year’s Tony Award for Best Musical, ...
Two years ago we threatened this might happen but rather scarily it has turned into a reality.
In 2011 the Whingers were inspired by The Thinking Drinker’s Guide to Alcohol in Edinburgh and jokingly suggested they might one day cre...
