'Benjamin Button' Review: The West End's Newest Musical Hits Home Deeply But Doesn't Travel Far
There is much to enjoy about this folk-infused, upbeat musical, but they come at odds with the flatness of the musical itself.
top of page
The Arts and Culture Magazine
LONDON'S
AWARD-WINNING
STUDENT-RUN
MAGAZINE
Angelika Etherington-Smith
Nov 122 min read
'Matilda' to Welcome Another School Year at Crunchem Hall with Discounted Tickets
The Royal Shakespeare Company is releasing special £10 tickets for all Matilda performances.
Gillian Choy
Oct 315 min read
'Barcelona' at the Duke of York's Review: It Doesn’t Just Sightsee, But Leaves A Permanent Mark
This is an evocative play about the past, present, and future; one word for Collins and Morte’s performances: brilliant.
Sophie-May Ward-Marchbank
Oct 224 min read
An Ageing Tale, Finally Interrogated: 'The Taming of the Shrew' at the Globe, Explained
So hysterical was the acting that it was easy to forget that the thematic undercurrents driving this story are less than comedic.
Gillian Choy
Oct 213 min read
Performance and History Collide at the Southwark Playhouse: 'Land of the Free' Review
The cast must be applauded for breathing life into the best elements of this play.
Ashley New
Oct 154 min read
It's What Really Happened To Him: Reviewing 'The Fear of 13' at the Donmar
An emotive and narratively-driven account of a wrongful convict's life story, told with extraordinary candour and humanity.
Amy Calladine
Oct 125 min read
“DON’T LOOK AT ME”: ‘The Other Place’, A Play That Begs You to Avert Your Eyes, Explained
This play is a twisted and singular success, with echoes of Antigone's tragedy in its melodrama.
Arianna Muñoz
Oct 114 min read
The Brothers Fall, But The Epic Play Rises Triumphantly: Reviewing The Lehman Trilogy's West End Return
This sweeping, if somewhat flawed, epic tells a grand tale of change and a corrupting American dream.
Rowan McDonnell
Oct 104 min read
A True Risk Worth Taking: ‘Nancy’ Becomes A Five-Star Review
To take a page out of the show's book, "I'd Do Anything" to watch this get all the awards and transfers it deserves.
Gillian Choy
Oct 73 min read
Reviewing The National's 'Coriolanus': Lay The Play and The Man to Rest
While everyone has been itching to stage this play in the last decade, it takes work to make an exceptional adaptation.
bottom of page