Judi Herman

October 31, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Company ★★★★★

Judi Herman

October 31, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

The 1970 London production of Company was my first experience of a Sondheim musical and for me a revelation and a game-changer. I was enchanted by the marriage of music and words, the sophistication of both and the wit and precision of the man’s lyrics (he once said…

Judi Herman

October 23, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Bromance: The Dudesical ★★★★

Judi Herman

October 23, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

There’s a cartoon quality to Michael Ian Walker and Kyle Ewalt’s lovable ‘dudesical’. And thanks to their catchy numbers and clever rhymes and Sarah Redmond’s spot-on production, it’s a quality cartoon. Think The Three Musketeers meets Seth Macfarlane’s…

Judi Herman

October 3, 2018

Theatre, Interviews

Interview: Hannah Moscovitch and Christian Barry

Judi Herman

October 3, 2018

Theatre, Interviews

Interview: Hannah Moscovitch and Christian Barry

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a touring musical from Canada’s 2b Theatre Company about Canadian refugees at the turn of the 20th century. Judi Herman speaks to husband and wife team Hannah Moscovitch and…

Judi Herman

October 2, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Pinter One and Pinter Two ★★★★

Judi Herman

October 2, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Pinteresque: enigmatic, sinister, comic, dangerous… The adjective coined to describe the great iconoclastic playwright’s style is more than the sum of these. Marking the 10th anniversary of Harold Pinter’s death, this ambitious completist season of his 20+ short works…

Judi Herman

October 2, 2018

Obituaries, Interviews

Denis Norden 1922-2018

Judi Herman

October 2, 2018

Obituaries, Interviews

His voice was somehow dry and warm at the same time. You could hear the wit, the twinkling smile, the delight in finding the funny in everything. Denis Norden was beloved by millions as one half of his partnership with Frank Muir that brought radio listeners (or wireless back then) all…

Judi Herman

September 14, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Square Rounds ★★★★

Judi Herman

September 14, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

In 1992, poet and playwright Tony Harrison – celebrated for the excitement and energy of his verse dramas – came up with this novel way of sharing the stories of scientists behind inventions that changed the face of warfare. Exercised by events during the Gulf War…

Judi Herman

September 12, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Holy Sh!t ★★★★

Judi Herman

September 12, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Kilburn’s Tricycle Theatre, now Kiln Theatre, has been lovingly refurbished to incorporate beautiful original tiles, stone and woodwork uncovered during the works, sensitively harmonising with new artwork and décor. A more spacious auditorium with…

Judi Herman

August 23, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Elephant Steps ★★★

Judi Herman

August 23, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Jewish American avant garde theatre pioneers Stanley Silverman and Richard Foreman’s ‘occult opera upon perception’ first played with audiences 50 years ago, so this European premiere is an anniversary production too. Elephant Steps first ran just a year…

Judi Herman

August 15, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors ★★★★

Judi Herman

August 15, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Writing team Howard Ashman (book and lyrics) and Alan Menken (music) are responsible for a string of award-winning movie music megahits. Most notably Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid, but before they went all Disney…

Judi Herman

August 13, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

Greek ★★★★

Judi Herman

August 13, 2018

Reviews, Theatre

It’s been 30 years since the premiere of this gripping, foul-mouthed opera, its libretto by Steven Berkoff based on his powerful, scurrilous take on the Oedipus myth itself first performed in 1980. Director Jonathan Moore and composer Mark-Anthony Turnage collaborated…