Theatre is meant to move, divide, thrill and sometimes completely disappoint. From West End giants to smaller gems, here’s my unapologetically honest breakdown of the most overrated, most underrated, and absolute best theatre productions I’ve seen. Agree, disagree this is my stage, and I’m not holding back. THE MOST OVERRATED MUSICAL – Hadestown I’ve already written a full article explaining…
“I kind of feel like Hannah Montana sometimes”, Madie (18) one off the rookie cheerleaders says describing her alter ego performing with the Dallas Cowboys, compared with her normal self. I love the different angle that this season provided. It had vulnerability, emotional depth and had more inspiring stories to tell. This season takes the…
“I could die today. Technically. I feel sick.” These words by white independent film-maker Rob Bliss summed up the danger around him when he decided to walk through America’s most racist states wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt in memory of the 5th Anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. This Storyville documentary…
NETFLIX have released a three-part in-depth documentary that examines the life and crimes of Britain’s most notorious and sordid husband and wife serial killers. It is a harrowing and disturbing story, with no crimes of passion or desire for status and wealth. Just a husband and his younger wife killing for sexual pleasure and their…
Some true crime stories will never be satisfactorily solved. At heart this tragedy is a story of two children called Jack and Sarah Corbett and how they lost their dad. It is also the story of the ‘truths’ we tell ourselves and inflict, sometimes unknowingly on others. Especially children and in this case Jack and…
There are a lot of WW2 documentaries out there that seem to be airing every day on multiple channels, so there is an audience out there. The question is, is there anything new to be said about WW2 and the Blitz in particular? With this new NETFLIX documentary that uses testimony from those who were…
“When you have 1000 people, and you can hear a pin drop that is the best sound of all because that’s when you know you have absolutely got them,” Producer Sonia Freidman says of this Stranger Things theatre production. Director Jon Halperin had made a fascinating, insightful and brilliant documentary. He uses a timeline to…
For a long while now on YouTube there has been a problem with “kid influencers” being exploited by their parents for money, and many don’t have a voice or a choice. Bad Influence: The dark side of Kidfluencing documentary examines the many issues with this part of YouTube and uses the case study of Piper…
I want to start by writing this review with the second episode of APPLE TV’s talking heads show as it was the most powerful. This two-part documentary, which focuses on the struggles and hard-fought gains of black performers in Hollywood was inspirational and educational. An impressive roll call of Oscar winners and superstars told their…
“Are we the sum of our worst actions”, is the moral question that this riveting and thought-provoking documentary series examines. Series 4 follows three crimes where the events and disturbing details are very different, except for the “Sword of Damocles” like threat of the death sentence hanging in the air like a dark ominous cloud….
