Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet, directed by Sam Yates at The Richmond Theatre, review by John O’Brien. It may be ugly, it may be vulgar, it is certainly shocking, but this is a slice of American pie that is well worth tasting. “You stupid fucking cunt” is the most […]
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 film “The Lady Vanishes” has been adapted for the stage by Bill Kenwright’s The Classic Thriller Theatre Company. This company specialises in abridging and adapting film thrillers for the stage. Since 2006 they have presented Agatha Christie favourites “Witness for the Prosecution”, “And Then There Were None” […]
“The Girl on the Train” (2015) is currently showing at Richmond Theatre and has been required reading for millions of train commuters – over 20 million copies sold – and a very successful film starring Emily Blunt was released in 2016. Its latest incarnation as a play has been adapted […]
John O’Brien certainly enjoyed Peter Pan at the Richmond Theatre and here is what he has to say about it:- As a Citizen Smith fan back in the 1970s it is a real thrill to see Wolfy (Robert Lindsay) after all these years as Captain James Hook. Robert Lindsay looks […]
The Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company have adapted the justly famous Hollywood film Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, for the stage. It’s currently touring Britain before hopefully transferring to the West End. It’s on all this week at the Richmond Theatre and is a terrific production […]
“High Society,” is currently on at Richmond Theatre. One of the classics of modern musical comedy written by the great Cole Porter has been wonderfully revived and rethought in a sparkling new production from the Bros Theatre Company. Cast, crew and creatives have done a fantastic job in putting on […]
My friend John O’Brien has just seen The Habit Of Art at Richmond Theatre and here is his splendid review:- The Habit of Art (2009) by Alan Bennett is a play about a play. Think of Velasquez’s great masterpiece Las Meninas (1656) for an analogy. The set shows a rehearsal […]
My friend John O’Brien went on my behalf to review Salad Days at Richmond Theatre, on this week. Salad Days is an utterly delightful musical comedy. Written in 1954 it is has become a classic of English wit and whimsy. It is said to be The Queen’s favourite musical. It […]
Sasha Regan’s All Male Iolanthe is absolutely delightful. I can’t think of a better way to spend a couple of hours on a May evening. Having an all-male cast wonderfully doubles all the Victorian humour in Gilbert & Sullivan’s original comic opera. Sixteen male fairies on stage in ballet kit […]
Part romance-fraud, part gas-lighting thriller, “Love From A Stranger” – Agatha Christie’s gripping psychological drama – is showing this week at the Richmond Theatre in a winning revival directed by Lucy Bailey. Last year Lucy Bailey made her name with her production of “Witness for the Prosecution” in the atmospheric […]
Really fascinating play. “Pressure”, written and starring David Haig is a “thriller about the weather”. It’s about James Stagg (David Haig) the weather forecaster for D-Day, Monday the 5th June 1944. He averted a catastrophe and saved 80,000 lives by persuading General Eisenhower (Malcolm Sinclair) to delay the invasion, against […]
A fine and timely adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic “Great Expectations” is on all this week at the Richmond Theatre. Adapted for the stage By Ken Bentley and directed by Sophie Boyce Couzens, this classic novel written in 1860 stands the test of time and has much to say […]
