Little Lark of London

Exploring the cultural world of London, one blog post at a time!

  • REVIEW: Interview ⭐⭐⭐

    “We all want to be seen” Interview tells the story of, as one might guess, an interview between Pierre Peters (Robert Sean Leonard), a former war correspondent, and Katya (Paten Hughes), a young woman – never given a last name – who has made her name as a social media influencer and is now starring…

  • REVIEW: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “Unexpected? Yes, yes it was.” Showstopper! The Improvised Musical begins with a phone ringing, a call from a producer asking for updates on the next musical our writer (Dylan Emery) has come up with. As he has yet to come up with anything, Emery asks the audience for help, claiming that they’re “musical theatre experts”…

  • REVIEW: Birdsong, Alexandra Palace ⭐⭐⭐

    “I’m sure we all have our stories” “I’m sure we all have our stories” Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff, Birdsong is the stage version of Sebastian Faulks’s epic World War I novel of the same name, which follows Stephen Wraysford (played on stage by James Elder), whose life we see before, during and after the war.…

  • REVIEW: Cellino v. Barnes ⭐⭐⭐

    “All great advertising flows from the jingle” Written by Mike B. Breen and David Rafailedes and directed by Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse, Cellino v. Barnes tells the story of Ross Cellino and Steve Barnes, two personal injury attorneys who formed a law firm in 1998, appropriately named Cellino & Barnes, which rose to fame…