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Review of ‘CATS’ (2026, Regent’s Open Air Theatre): “Impurrfect production passes by a whisker”
Let’s be honest — this musical has never been a masterpiece. If you think my claws are showing, I will clarify that I do think there’s an element of genius to it. But that doesn’t make it flawless. Or great. Yet, there is a reason why Andrew Lloyd Webber’s feline-driven folly became the cultural phenomenon…
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Review of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Regent’s Open Air Theatre, 2026): “Rustic production comes out too mechanical”
Comparisons are odious. But what else can you do if two major productions of arguably Shakespeare’s most popular comedy are running in London at the same time? Especially, if one of them is faultless and all you can say about the other, if you want to be kind, is that at least they tried. And…
