“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…
Category: Theatre
CASSIUS HACKFORTH IS A VERSATILE TALENT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
Cassius Hackforth has been blowing people away in theatre and film for a while now, and his career is only just getting started at the tender age of 23. He has been in TV shows such as Casualty and Doctor Who and was in the recent Indiana Jones movie in 2023. He is taking to the…
THE PSYCHIATRIST: A RAW LOOK INTO MENTAL HEALTH, EVEN WITH A STAND IN
I wanted to start by saying when watching this play, it was unfortunate that I didn’t see Julian Bird who is the writer and star of The Psychiatrist and plays Dr Andrew Faulkner in the key role. A day before press night he sustained an injury, so the producer Alistair Brown stood in for him,…
EXCLUSIVE: THE STARS OF NEW PLAY THE PSYCHIATRIST TALK TO OVER THE SHOULDER
Julian Bird and Stephanie Okoye are appearing in this new two-hander that is making its premiere at the White Bear Theatre from the 8th to the 26th of April and they couldn’t be any more excited to start the run. Based on Julian’s real experiences, it tells the story of a psychiatrist’s struggles with poor resources and…
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING RELIES TOO MUCH ON GLITZ AND GLAMOUR
Shakespeare is one of the best playwrights and poets in history. My favourite play is Much ado About Nothing which is on at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, so I was really looking forward to seeing how they could turn it into something different with a minimalistic set. Jamie Lloyd who directed it normally makes his…
WHITE ROSE: A STORY THAT SHOUTS TO BE HEARD AND DESERVES A WEST END RUN.
“We will not be Silent”. ” Stand Up and Resist”. “Truth, Freedom and Honour”. These words are the bedrock of this morality tale that is also a true story of speaking truth to power. I didn’t know the true story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, but it can’t be repeated enough so that…
SARAH CAMERON-WEST IS HITTING LONDON WITH HER ONE-WOMAN TOUR DE FORCE SHOW, “KAREN”
Sarah Cameron-West has already blown people away at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and is returning to London with her solo comedy performance as the protagonist in a story of an office ripe with doomed love affairs and office politics. With rave reviews and packed theatres Sarah has come a long way since graduating from Drama…
EXCLUSIVE: MAMMA MIA STAR TOBIAS TURLEY TALKS ABOUT HIS JOURNEY, FILM PODCAST ‘SCENE STEALERS’ AND NEW PLAY WHITE ROSE THE MUSICAL
What a couple of years it’s been for breakout musical star Tobias Turley. After winning Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream in 2023, Tobias then completed a successful run in the West End playing Sky in the worldwide smash hit. If that wasn’t enough, Tobias also created a movie podcast and performed with the Royal…
EXCLUSIVE: FONTANELLE, JORDAN BROOKES AND THE TITANIC ARE A COMEDY MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.
Over the Shoulder sat down with Jordan Brookes as he was preparing to launch his new Titanic comedy musical in the West End. We talked about his hopes for the show, as well the inspirations for it and where and how his comedic talent began. Congratulations on your show Fontanelle which is opening at the…
ASA BUTTERFIELD IS ANYTHING BUT “SECOND BEST” IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY ONE-MAN SHOW.
“LIFE IS NOT ABOUT WHAT WE DIDN’T DO, ITS ABOUT WHAT WE DID DO” When getting the tickets for this production I was really intrigued. First, because I have never seen a one man show and second because of the plot and its promise of being a poignant original comedy. To tell you the truth…