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Posts tagged Richmond Theatre

  • THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN REVIEW

    Posted by Family Affairs on 14-02-2019 in REVIEWS tagged with Girl on a train / Richmond Theatre
    Feb142019

    “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 […]

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  • PETER PAN REVIEW AT THE RICHMOND THEATRE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 17-12-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with pantomime / peter pan / Richmond Theatre / Robert Lindsay
    Dec172018

    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 […]

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  • RAIN MAN REVIEW

    Posted by Family Affairs on 14-11-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with Rain Man / Richmond Theatre
    Nov142018

    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 […]

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  • HIGH SOCIETY REVIEW

    Posted by Family Affairs on 04-11-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with Cole Porter / High Society / Richmond Theatre
    Nov042018

    “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 […]

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  • THE HABIT OF ART REVIEW

    Posted by Family Affairs on 18-10-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with Alan Bennett / Richmond Theatre / The Habit Of Art / theatre review
    Oct182018

    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 […]

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  • REVIEW OF SALAD DAYS AT RICHMOND THEATRE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 14-09-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with Richmond Theatre / Salad Days
    Sep142018

    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 […]

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  • IOLANTHE AT RICHMOND THEATRE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 19-05-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with Gilbert and Sullivan / Iolanthe / Richmond Theatre / Sasha Regan
    May192018

    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 […]

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  • LOVE FROM A STRANGER – RICHMOND THEATRE REVIEW

    Posted by Family Affairs on 04-05-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with Agatha Christie / Love From A Stranger / Richmond Theatre
    May042018

    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 […]

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  • “PRESSURE” AT RICHMOND THEATRE REVIEW

    Posted by Family Affairs on 22-03-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with David Haig / pressure / Pressure at Richmond Theatre / review / Richmond Theatre
    Mar222018

    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 […]

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  • GREAT EXPECTATIONS REVIEW AT RICHMOND THEATRE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 15-03-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with Dickens / Great Expectations / Great Expectations Review / Miss Haversham / PIP / Richmond Theatre
    Mar152018

    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 […]

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  • SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM REVIEW AT RICHMOND THEATRE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 08-03-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with "Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em" / Jo Pasquale / reviews / Richmond Theatre
    Mar082018

    John O’Brien saw “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em” on behalf of the blog this week at Richmond Theatre:- I was 13 years old when “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em” was first broadcast on BBC 1 back in 1973. Written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford it ran for three […]

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  • THE WEIR REVIEW AT RICHMOND THEATRE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 01-03-2018 in REVIEWS tagged with Conor McPherson / review / Richmond Theatre / The Weir
    Mar012018

    My friend John O’Brien reviewed “The Weir” at Richmond Theatre for the blog last night:- “The Weir”, written By Conor McPherson in 1997, when aged just twenty five, is a gem. It is on all this week at the Richmond Theatre and is directed by Adele Thomas. They have a […]

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