Arts PREVIEW: From iconic handshake to Queer bathtime singing – it’s all yours Brian Butler previews another range of shows for your delight, from iconic handshake to Queer bathtime singing – it’s all yours By Brian Butler • 3 min read
A scene from Cinderella @ Gillian Lynne Theatre. Composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book, Emerald Fennell. Lyrics, David Zippel. Directed by Laurence Connor. Lighting by Bruno Poet. Designer, Gabriela Tylesova. Choreography by Joann M. Hunter. (Opening 14-07-2021) ©Tristram Kenton 06-21 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com Arts REVIEW: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cinderella’ Brian Butler is enchanted by Lloyd Webber’s latest musical, slated to close this week By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Divina de Campo Brian Butler talks to a non-binary performer who knows exactly where they’re going By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts FRINGE REVIEW: Clean! The Musical Brian Butler revels in the stories of seven powerful Brighton women By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Mark Smith In 2010 he founded the Deaf Men Dancing company. “I was always being asked if I was the only deaf dancer. I knew there were others, but we didn’t talk about it. I thought: what happens if I put them all together? By Brian Butler • 5 min read
Arts REVIEW: Private Lives @ Theatre Royal A period delight, executed with humour and panache and certainly one for Cowards fans or anyone interested in a certain type of arch, camp dialogue driven relationship comedies with a delicious vicious core. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Hedwig And The Angry Inch @ Leeds Playhouse Brian Butler finds Divina De Campo’s stage debut electrifying By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Anyone Can Whistle @ Southwark Playhouse Brian Butler finds an underperformed Sondheim gem By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Chichester, Crazy Coqs and the Canary Islands Brian Butler looks ahead to Chichester’s 60th, Broadway legends in London and Canary capers By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Beautiful @ Theatre Royal Molly-Grace Cutler as Carole King is touching, she’s totally there, filled with charming vulnerable and buoyant hope, it’s a beguiling performance, hinting at the steeliness at Carols core and her tenacity to be heard on her own terms, and the second half focuses more on her music than the AWOL plo By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts FEATURE: Love, death, craziness and old friends – theatrical treats round the corner Brian Butler looks forward to 4 Sondheim shows and an angry Hedwig By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Is He Musical? Brian Butler falls willingly into the 1930’s Queer sub culture of Soho By Brian Butler • 2 min read
