Little Lark of London

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

  • REVIEW: Clueless the Musical ⭐⭐⭐

    “Okay, I know what you’re thinking . . .” Walking into the Trafalgar Theatre for Clueless the Musical, audience members are greeted with a fire playlist that brings one straight back into the 1990s, with boy bands, girl bands and pop-rock blasting through the speakers. It makes perfect sense for a musical based on a…

  • 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: Richard II at The Bridge Theatre ⭐⭐⭐

    “Be ruled by me” Richard II marks the return of Nicholas Hytner directing Shakespeare at the Bridge Theatre, this time with Jonathan Bailey taking on the role of the titular king in the tragic history play. This particular production brings Shakespeare’s work into the modern world, with an atmosphere that I would describe as a…

  • REVIEW: Second Best ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “Funny how love makes itself known” Walking into Riverside Studios for Second Best, audience members are greeted by an all-white stage with a range of props and set pieces scattered across the stage – a small television, a hospital bed built into the wall, two shelves of crisps, empty frames, and even Asa Butterfield himself…

  • 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…

  • REVIEW: Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “Ale!” “And well met!” Walking into Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern feels like walking into a Renaissance Faire (and that’s not just because someone from my local Faire is in the cast!), and I have never felt more at home. As someone who is only familiar with the game of D&D because of a…

  • INTERVIEW: Harry Bradley on The Mousetrap

    “When you’re part of something that’s bigger than yourself, it feels like an honour to be involved with that.” Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been on the West End for over seven decades, earning the title of “the world’s longest running play.” For years, audiences have flocked to Monkswell Manor to see if they can…

  • INTERVIEW: Charlie Russell on Birdsong

    “It’s an incredible opportunity to play such a complicated, contradictory character who makes some extremely bold and brave choices amidst her oppression” Birdsong, Rachel Wagstaff’s stage version of the Sebastian Faulks novel of the same name, tells the story of Stephen Wraysford, a lieutenant in the British Army in World War I, and the relationship…

  • REVIEW: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “Time and tide behaved a little differently” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, an adaptation of the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the story of a man who is born at the age of seventy and ages backwards, focusing on the difficulties he faces being ostracised from society by his horrified parents. In…

  • REVIEW: Mamma Mia! The Party ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    Ever wish that you could be on the set of Mamma Mia!? You might be surprised to hear this, but The O2 may be the closest you can get without taking a flight to Skopelos. Mamma Mia! The Party brings audience members, or “party-goers,” to the island where the hit ABBA jukebox movie musicals were…