Carleigh Nicholls

12 months ago

Evita at The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre: A Fresh and Modern Spin on the Eponymous (Anti) Heroine

“Don’t you just love the smack of firm government?” The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s new production of Andrew Lloyd…

1 year ago

Jesus Christ Superstar at the Barbican: A hipsterfied take on the evangelical musical

Carleigh Nicholls reviews The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar now playing at the Barbican. …

1 year ago

Orpheus Descending at the Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre: Strange Talk and Snakeskin

Carleigh Nicholls reviews one of Tennessee Williams’ lesser known works Orpheus Descending, a Menier Chocolate Factory and Theatr Clwyd Co‑Production….

1 year ago

OVO Theatre’s Twelfth Night at the Rose Playhouse: ‘a new perspective on the oft told tale’

Carleigh Nicholls reviews a new adaptation of Twelfth Night at the Rose Playhouse, a musical production accompanied by contemporary pop…

1 year ago

Sweet Charity at the Donmar Warehouse: ‘Rourke’s taxi dancers may be down, but they are not broken’

Carleigh Nicholls reviews the classic musical Sweet Charity, Josie Rourke’s last hurrah as Artistic Director at the Donmar Warehouse. The…

1 year ago

The European Arts Company presents The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Carleigh Nicholls reviews The Trials of Oscar Wilde, a play based on original court transcripts of the famous playwright’s notorious…