We discuss a plethora of theatre we’ve recently seen and recommendations of what’s on now and incoming over a pot of traditional Earl Grey. Productions reviewed in this episode include: Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Tina (Aldwych), Mother Goose (Chichester Festival Theatre), Windfall (Southwark Playhouse), Sylvia (Old Vic), I *** You In My Spaceship & Buff (Vaults Festival), David Copperfield & Cirque Beserk (Riverside Studios).

We discuss a plethora of theatre we’ve recently seen and recommendations of what’s on now and incoming over a pot of traditional Earl Grey. Productions reviewed in this episode include: Best of Enemies (Duke of Yorks), Back to the Future (Adelphi Theatre), Noises Off (Phoenix Theatre), To Kill A Mockingbird (Gielgud Theatre), Frantic Assembly Othello (Lyric Hammersmith) and Smoke (Southwark Playhouse).

We discuss a plethora of theatre we’ve recently seen and recommendations of what’s on now and incoming over a pot of smokey Earl Grey. Productions reviewed in this episode include: Bugsy Malone (Alexandra Palace Theatre), On the Ropes (Park Theatre), Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty (Sadler's Wells), Irrelevant (Seven Dials), Jack and the Beanstalk (Palladium), As You Like It (Soho Place), Allegiance (Charing Cross Theatre) and Witness for the Prosecution (County Hall). Darren also Interviewed Oli Higginson about his upcoming role in Smoke (Southwark Playhouse) and chat about his part in Netflix series Bridgerton.

Natalie and Darren discuss a plethora of theatre we’ve seen in December and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in January over a pot of Jasmin tea. Productions reviewed in this episode include: Moulin Rouge (Piccadilly Theatre), The Great Gatsby (Gatsby Mansion), Bugsy Malone (Alexandra Palace), The Further Adventures of Peter Pan - The Return of Captain Hook (Fairfield Halls), A Streetcar Named Desire (Almeida), Watch on The Rhine (Donmar), Orlando (Garrick) and Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol (Southbank Centre).

Natalie and Darren discuss a plethora of theatre we’ve seen in November and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in December over a pot of Jasmin tea. Productions reviewed in this episode include: Back To The Future (Adelphi), Good (Harold Pinter), 42 Balloons (Vaudeville), A Sherlock Christmas (Marylebone), Life of Pi (Wyndhams), Elf Musical (Dominion), Here to Eternity (Charing Cross), He’s Behind You (Charing Cross) and It’s A Wonderful Life (London Coliseum).

We discuss a plethora of theatre we’ve seen in October and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in November over a pot of Earl Grey tea. Productions reviewed in this episode include: Pretty Woman (Savoy), My Neighbour Totoro (Barbican), Tammy Faye (Aldephi), Blues for an Alabama Sky (National), Moulin Rouge (Piccadilly), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Rose Theatre), The Choir of Man (Arts Theatre), Eureka Day (Old Vic), An Improbable Musical (Hackney Empire) and Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five (Chichester).

We discuss a plethora of theatre we’ve seen in September and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in October over a pot of Jasmin tea. Productions reviewed include: Horse-Play (Riverside Studios), The Tempest (National), Pretty Woman (Savoy), Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales), The Crucible (National), The Committments (Tour), A Different Stage - Gary Barlow (Duke of Yorks), Diva Live From Hell (Turbine), Jack Absolute Flies Again (National), Life of Pi (Wyndhams), Walking with Ghosts - Gabriel Byrne (Apollo) , Cages (Riverside Studios), The Drought (King’s head), Eureka Day (Old Vic), Upstart Crow (Gielgud) and Comedy Store Players at new Soho Place.

We discuss a plethora theatre we’ve seen in August and recommendations of what’s on and upcoming in September over a pot of Jasmin tea. Productions include A Doll’s House Part 2 (Donmar), The Seagull Harold Pinter), Sister Act (Eventum Apollo), The Glass Menagerie (Duke of Yorks), The Drifter’s Girl (Garrick), Much Ado About Nothing (National), Cruise (Apollo), The Narcissist ( Chichester), Crazy For You (Chichester) and Abba Voyage (Abba Arena).

We discuss theatre we’ve seen in July and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in August whilst sharing a pot of Jasmin tea. Productions include Cabaret (Playhouse Theatre) and Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City.

We discuss theatre we’ve seen in June and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in July over a pot of Jasmin Tea. Productions reviewed include: Murder on the Orient Express (Chichester), The Unfriend (Chichester), Rainer (Arcola), Come From Away (Phoenix), Foxes (Seven Dials), The Haunting of Susan A (King’s Head), Pam Ann (Two Brewers), Great Gatsby Immersive (Gatsby Mansion), This is not who I am (Royal Court), The Middle (National), The Southbury Child (Chichester) and we go off on a tangent about ABBA Voyage and the new Baz Luhrman film ELVIS.

In this special Broadway Special podcast we talk about Darren's trip to NYC - a round up of what he saw both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. Productions reviewed include: Take Me Out, Kev Berry is Diana, The Musical, Islander, Paradise Square, The Minutes, The Skin of Our Teeth, Potus, American Buffalo, A Case for the Existence of God, A Strange Loop and Americano!

We discuss theatre we’ve seen in May and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in June whilst sharing a pot of Earl Grey tea. Productions reviewed: Cock (Ambassadors), 2:22 Ghost Story (Criterion), My Fair Lady (London Coliseum), Cinderella (Sadler's Wells), Jerusalem (Gielgud) and La Boheme (King's Head).

We discuss theatre we’ve seen in April and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in May over a pot of Jasmin tea. Productions reviewed include: The 47th (Old Vic), Diary of A Somebody (Seven Dials Playhouse), Rabbit Hole (Union), Julian Clary Born to Mince (Bloomsbury), Maria Friedman & Friends (Menier), The Olivier Awards (Royal Albert Hall) and La Boheme (King's Head Theatre).

We discuss theatre we’ve seen in March and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in April over a pot of tea. Productions we reviewed: Wuthering Heights (National), The Human Voice (Harold Pinter), The Woods (Southwark Playhouse), Mohand and Peter (Southwark Playhouse), To Kill A Mockingbird (Gielgud Theatre), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward) and Darren’s show Diary Of A Somebody (Seven Dials Playhouse).

We discuss theatre we’ve seen in February and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in March over a pot of tea. Productions we reviewed: Small Island (National), A Number (Old Vic), The Glow (Royal Court), Cluedo (Bromley Churchill), Two Billion Seats (Orange Tree), Steve (Seven Dials Playhouse), Broken Wings (Charing Cross), The Chairs (Almeida), Diary of a Somebody (Seven Dials Playhouse) and the What’s On Stage Awards.

We discuss theatre we’ve seen in December 2021 and recommendations of what’s on and coming up in January 2022 over a pot of tea. Productions we reviewed: Hex (National), Trouble in Mind (National), Bring It On (Southbank Centre), The Shark Is Broken (Ambassadors Theatre), A Fight Against (Royal Court), Ocean At The End Of The Lane (Duke of Yorks), The Di Vinci Code (Churchill Theatre), Cluedo (Churchill Theatre), A Number (Old Vic), The Forest (Hampstead Theatre), Two Billion Beats (Orange Tree Theatre), Cyrano (Harold Pinter), Collaboration (Young Vic) and Diary of a Somebody (Seven Dials Playhouse).