Review: The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary – Southwark Playhouse

Review: The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary – Southwark Playhouse

Michael HollandDec 15, 2024

Surreal festive fun and slapstick frolics ‘The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary’, which opened last week at Southwark Playhouse, has a very misleading title.…

Radio Celebrity And Bermondsey People All Lend A Hand in Art Exhibition 

Radio Celebrity And Bermondsey People All Lend A Hand in Art Exhibition 

Michael HollandDec 14, 2024

Rotherhithe artist Ed Gray has led a project called Everyone Lends A Hand that brought together Boutcher Primary School and the Appleby Blue Community,…

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Barbican

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Barbican

Michael HollandDec 14, 2024

The best piece of theatre I have seen this year The RSC’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is larger than life and a prime example…

Review: Nutcracker In Havana: Southbank Centre

Review: Nutcracker In Havana: Southbank Centre

Michael HollandDec 13, 2024

Carlos Acosta Stages A Festive Party  Carlos Acosta reimagines a Christmas classic from a Cuban perspective and with a nutcracker in the form of…

Review: Little Foxes – Young Vic

Review: Little Foxes – Young Vic

Michael HollandDec 12, 2024

Mill Deal Madness and Southern Skulduggery After two pantos in recent days I had to snap out of ‘Oh yes it is’ mode for…

Review: The Producers -Menier Chocolate Factory

Review: The Producers -Menier Chocolate Factory

Michael HollandDec 12, 2024

The performances were near flawless A musical satire about musicals, at the centre of which is a musical love letter to Adolf Hitler is…

Review: Snow White – Churchill Theatre

Review: Snow White – Churchill Theatre

Michael HollandDec 11, 2024

The panto that has everything Here we were at probably South London’s biggest panto with some big names on board for Snow White and…

Review: Dick Whittington – Hackney Empire

Review: Dick Whittington – Hackney Empire

Michael HollandDec 9, 2024

We’ve been tossed, turned and tumbled It was a right mare on Mare Street – the wind was blowing hard and the rain had…

Review: Sleeping Beauty – Catford Broadway

Review: Sleeping Beauty – Catford Broadway

Michael HollandDec 9, 2024

A Pantomime for 21st Century London Opening with flashing lights, swirling dry ice and an enthusiastic live band, the cast keep up their smiling…

Jeffrey is Well Enough for the Coach & Horses

Jeffrey is Well Enough for the Coach & Horses

Michael HollandDec 7, 2024

A celebration of Soho’s chaotic charm Due to overwhelming demand and after two sold-out seasons, Robert Bathurst will once again star in the critically…

Review: Ballet Shoes – National

Review: Ballet Shoes – National

Michael HollandDec 7, 2024

An Ode to Realising Dreams Ballet Shoes was forever a tome on my grandparents’ shelves, amongst the Ballet Annuals that my mum collected when…

Review: The Devil Wears Prada – Dominion Theatre

Review: The Devil Wears Prada – Dominion Theatre

Michael HollandDec 6, 2024

This Musical Struts Down The Runway Emily (Amy Di Bartolomeo)swaggers to the centre of the stage like a true catwalk model and orders the…