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Simon Callow – A Christmas Carol – Arts Theatre – Photo By Laura Marie Linck. A one-person show needs to have everything right if it is to hope to succeed. A great script, fine staging and an actor who can grab an audience and hold them in the palm of their hand. Fortunately,  A Christmas Carol  at the Arts Theatre has all of these elements covered. It may surprise you to learn that Charles Dickens 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, has never been out of print. Over the last 175 years, it has been turned into multiple plays, films, television shows, operas, etc. It follows the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a London-based moneylender, who Dickens describes in these immortal words as “ a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! ” On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old business partner Jacob Marley who is offering Scrooge the chance to change and redeem himself. Well, I’m sure you know the rest and if you don’t then that’s yet ...

https://www.carnstheatrepassion.com/review-woman-white/ ♦♦♦♦ Review By Terry Eastham Are you a fan of Victorian melodrama? Are you a fan of Musicals? And finally, are you a fan of the work of ’The Lord’ – you know who I mean? If you can answer yes to at least two of these, then get yourself down to the Charing Cross Theatre where they are staging a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White. The story begins in as drawing teacher, Walter Hartright (Ashley Stilburn) arrives at the rail station that serves Limmeridge House. Through the fog, Walter sees a woman (Sophie Reeves) running as if from someone. Startled by this apparition, Walter makes his way to Limmeridge House where he is taking up a post teaching drawing to half sisters Marian Halcombe (Carolyn Maitland) and Laura Fairlie (Anna O’Byrne). The reason for this is to find the girls something to do, because the elderly Mr Fairlie (Anthony Cable) wants peace and quiet in his last days. As the days go on a strang...

https://www.lastminutetheatretickets.com/londonwestend/the-importance-of-being-earnest-brockley-jack-studio-theatre/ The Importance of Being Earnest Shakespeare’s plays are very flexible. They can be set in pretty much any time and location and they will still on the whole work. Other writers are not so lucky and are really fixed in time and space. Agatha Christie and Oscar Wilde are two authors that come to mind in this instance. And this theory of mine was borne out with a visit to the Brockley Jack Studio to see  The Importance of Being Earnest . It’s nearly time for tea and butler Lane (Daniel Desiano-Plummer) is setting out the cucumber sandwiches and bread & butter. His master Algernon Moncrieff (Daniel Hall) is expecting guests for tea and wants everything to be perfect. Unfortunately, before they arrive, Algernon gets a visit from his good friend Earnest Worthing (Riley Jones). Normally a welcome distraction in Algernon’s life, Earnest could not have arrived at a...

https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/187451/review-the-mysterious-gentleman-the-courtyard-theatre/ The Mysterious Gentleman (c) James Hall The supernatural includes all that cannot be explained by the laws of nature, including things characteristic of or relating to ghosts, gods, or other types of spirits and other non-material beings, or to things beyond nature. Of course, most supernatural things can be explained away when looked at in the cold light of day but can everything? Are some things truly supernatural? Well, maybe you will be able to decide for yourself after seeing  The Mysterious Gentleman  at The Courtyard Theatre. The American Davenport brothers have been wowing audiences with their spiritualist demonstrations. This is Victorian England and the populace is going loopy over the supernatural. Mediums are popping up all over the place and seances are the latest after dinner entertainment. The time is right for fakes and charlatans to come in and make mon...

https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/172953/review-whitechapel-suspects-lunatics-and-a-leather-apron/ The year is 1888 and the place is East London. As summer comes to an end the area is rocked by the horrific murders of two ‘working’ girls. The murders are bizarre and violent and the locals are running scared. Welcome then to  Whitechapel: Suspects, Lunatics and a Leather Apron  an immersive trip into this world. The experience starts before your actual trip back in time. After booking, the audience members receive various emails giving them information about the murders and the experience they will be going through. Interestingly, among the emails is a disclaimer – something I’ve never had to complete for an immersive production before – which needs to be signed before the adventure begins. At the appointed time, you arrive in a nondescript road in London’s East End standing by a blue door and waiting for kick-off. A friendly local confirms your name – and that you have...