David Scotland
08 Jul
Reviews 
Review: QUEEN ANNE at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
By David Scotland Saturday, July 8 2017, 08:39
The Royal Family has often been a source of material for playwrights. It could be suggested that Shakespeare started the craze in 1590 with his three part depiction of Henry VI. His success with this and other tellings of Kings has inspired generations since to follow suit. One of the most recent additions to this lineage was our current monarch Elizabeth II when she became the subject of Peter Morgan’s 2013 play The Audience. Even her son Prince Charles has had his reign foretold in the satirical King Charles III written by Mike Bartlett and recently adapted for the BBC.
04 Jul
Reviews
Review: THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE at the Park Theatre
By David Scotland Tuesday, July 4 2017, 08:03
A short walk from Finsbury Park tube station, the Park Theatre has two different performance spaces; one 200 seat theatre (PARK200) and one 90 seat theatre (PARK90). The venue has a varied programme from classics through to new writing and it is the latter that currently occupies the smaller PARK90 space.
03 Jul
Reviews
Preview Report: LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL at The Wyndhams Theatre
By David Scotland Monday, July 3 2017, 09:21
West End shows don’t come much more anticipated than Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. A tribute to the late, great Billie Holiday, Lady Day was originally meant to transfer from Broadway to London in June of 2016. But when the star of the show Audra McDonald discovered she was pregnant the production was postponed. Now one year on she finally brings her Tony Award winning performance as Holiday to the Wyndham’s Theatre on Charing Cross Road.
20 Jul
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Review: AMERICAN IDIOT at Arts Theatre
By David Scotland Wednesday, July 20 2016, 16:50
This month sees the UK production of Green Day’s American Idiot return to the Arts Theatre. Directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, it stars The X Factor alumni Amelia Lily and music artist Newton Faulkner.
American Idiot has a big advantage over it’s ‘jukebox musical’ cousins. It does not have the usual cobbled together plot that has no other purpose than to facilitate a tour through a band’s greatest hits. Instead the show takes its title and score from a hit album, which itself was written as a rock opera in the vein of The Who’s Tommy and perhaps less obviously Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar.
17 Jul
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Review: THE KREUTZER SONATA at Arcola Theatre
By David Scotland Sunday, July 17 2016, 14:15
Located in the heart of Dalston, the Arcola Theatre is a venue that is more than comfortable in its hipster surroundings. Across two spaces, it boasts a varied programme of emerging and established artists. As actors go, they don’t come more established than Greg Hicks. A longstanding member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Olivier Nominated for his portrayal of Coriolanus, Hick’s is currently starring in The Kreutzer Sonata in Studio 1 of the Arcola.
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