Kat Pope

Theatre

MACBETH: The Rose Theatre: Review

Sitting on a gantry watching Lady Macbeth lying in a pool of red silk, whilst a witch whistles across the black space below, I wonder just what’s down there. A compacted, dusty floor is my best bet, seeing as I’m on the archaeological site of Bankside’s first ever theatre, and only London’s fifth. S

By Kat Pope • 4 min read

Theatre

THE LADYKILLERS: The Vaudeville Theatre in London: Review

It was always going to be difficult to reimagine one of the best loved British comedy films of all time, but Father Ted creator Graham Linehan made an excellent fist of it when his Ladykillers emerged for the first time on the London stage in 2011. Now, two years later the revival, complete with bra

By Kat Pope • 4 min read

News

Pink Fringe does Pride

If you thought Pride was just a long, sweaty, happy march through town think again as there’s culture in them thar pink hills too, courtesy of PINK FRINGE which this year presents a trio of performance events to compliment the hedonism of the rest of the fest. First up at the DOME Studio Theatre on

By Kat Pope • 2 min read

Theatre

THE AMERICAN PLAN: St James Theatre, London: Review

Richard Greenberg’s wryly comic 1960s-set drama about a rich German-Jewish émigré family’s summer in the American Catskills makes its transfer from Bath to the St James Theatre in London this month for a short run, and I’d advise you to get booking soon as this is going to be a hot ticket. Diana Qui

By Kat Pope • 2 min read

News

WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT: The Lyric Shaftesbury Avenue: Review:

Based on the much loved picture book written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, We’re Going On A Bear Hunt settles into the daytime slots at the Lyric in Shaftesbury Avenue this month, while Thriller continues its night moonwalk. Padding out the five minute read-out-loud story to a

By Kat Pope • 2 min read

Arts

Up4aMeet, Dreamboy?

There’s no doubting Big Brother hunk Benedict Garrett is a dreamboy. No, really, he IS actually a Dreamboy, with a capital D, although stripping and contorting for a group of drunken hens is only one of his many jobs, most of which involve sex in one way or another. He’s a porn star, an escort, […]

By Kat Pope • 5 min read

Food & Drink

Pudding on the Ritz

It was a chilly July evening when I ventured over to Worthing seafront with my 14 year old son Sid. Unlike most of our other outings I didn’t have to bribe him into this one. The magic words ‘pudding night’ were enough to get him out of the house. And to be frank they were […]

By Kat Pope • 4 min read

Arts

Kat calls!

Hello again m’dears. So my much-vaunted weekly column of ‘stuff I’ve been up to’ came to a grinding halt over a fortnight ago as I got a touch of the Stephen Frys. One day I was maniacally off on my merry little way – watching this, writing that – and the next I was stuck in […]

By Kat Pope • 16 min read

News

Boeing Boeing: Devonshire Park, Eastbourne: Review

In the Devonshire Theatre and Talking Scarlet’s latest offering, a 1960’s Marc Camoletti farce called Boeing Boeing, we get to live the impossible dream: well, someone’s impossible dream anyway, but probably not yours or mine. Bernard (Ben Roddy) is a successful architect living in a nice apartment

By Kat Pope • 3 min read

Arts

Madame Butterfly: Opera Holland Park: Review

To be frank, the set looked tatty. Bare plywood covered with strips of black material, and an equally cobbled-together-looking raised stage platform with rough, canvas edging didn’t bode well. But Neil Irish’s design for Opera Holland Park’s latest open air outing, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, had a

By Kat Pope • 3 min read

Arts

‘LET IT BE’: The Savoy Theatre: Review

“Is it like Jersey Boys?” I asked the usherette. “Does it have a story?” “Not really,” was the dispiriting reply. “It’s just the greatest hits and a bit of gab between songs.” And so it was. No gritty ‘how the band got together’ tale in this tourist-trap of a Beatles show now playing in the […]

By Kat Pope • 5 min read

Music

Lloyd Webber and the ‘Profumo Affair’

Love him or loathe him, a new musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber is big news. And today, therefore, is a big news day   Stephen Ward (yes, that’s it’s rather mundane name) will premiere at the Aldwych Theatre on December 3 this year, and tickets go on sale as of today. With music by Lloyd Webber and […]

By Kat Pope • 1 min read