Bread in Brockley

Bread in Brockley

Michael HollandDec 15, 2022

Hamburg. World War Two is over. Food is still scarce. So, when hungry Hermann creeps into the kitchen to steal an extra slice of…

Dolly Parton’s Humdinger Hoedown

Dolly Parton’s Humdinger Hoedown

Michael HollandDec 15, 2022

A Christmas Carol with music and lyrics by the inimitable Dolly Parton, and adapted from the original by David H. Bell, Paul T. Couch,…

Shirley Valentine Stays For Extra Three Weeks

Shirley Valentine Stays For Extra Three Weeks

Michael HollandDec 13, 2022

Sheridan Smith who just three days ago announced her return to the West End in Willy Russell’s SHIRLEY VALENTINE at the Duke of York’s…

Alice Reigns Supeme

Alice Reigns Supeme

Michael HollandDec 12, 2022

‘This is the best Christmas show we have ever reviewed!’ was the verdict of number one child, a grin on her face as wide…

Award-Winning Comic For Southwark

Award-Winning Comic For Southwark

Michael HollandDec 12, 2022

American comic Alex Edelman is a fully-fledged Anglophile. He fell in love with the people – and Great Britain – after coming over as…

Peter Pan Battles With Captain Hook

Peter Pan Battles With Captain Hook

Michael HollandDec 12, 2022

Fairfield Halls’ foyer was alive with excited scampering kids waving their illuminated cutlasses and making their best pirate noises in anticipation of The Further…

The Music of Mandela

The Music of Mandela

Michael HollandDec 11, 2022

Musicals focusing on political leaders are not a new realm for the theatrical format. From the satirical works of Brecht to full-scale modern musical…

Beautiful But Baffling Hex

Beautiful But Baffling Hex

Michael HollandDec 10, 2022

Beautiful but baffling is how I would describe, Hex, the National Theatre’s seasonal offering. This is the second attempt at running this show, the…

Kerry And The Class War

Kerry And The Class War

Michael HollandDec 8, 2022

‘I’m glad my mum died,’ says Kerry Jackson to her black chef Athena as she walks on stage and elicits subdued shock from the…

Review: Peckham goes Scroogelicious with superb theatre

Review: Peckham goes Scroogelicious with superb theatre

Michael HollandDec 7, 2022

It was my first visit to Theatre Peckham, a place I had only heard about, a community theatre that had been creating a buzz…

Titus Andronicus By Candlelight

Titus Andronicus By Candlelight

Michael HollandDec 6, 2022

Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus will be performed for the first time in the candelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. The deadly revenge tragedy stars Katy Stephens as…

Transfixed By Othello

Transfixed By Othello

Michael HollandDec 5, 2022

You walk into the Lyttleton theatre and there is no hope. You take your seat and there is no hope. You watch the dates…