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Posts By Stephen Vowles
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999MusicOriginal songs and music from Grindr The Opera: Review by Stephen Vowles
Stephen Vowles listens to The Original Cast Recording of Grindr The Opera – and loves it! Seldom does an original cast recording...
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1.1KGetawaysStation House Hotel, Haslemere: Review by Stephen Vowles
As part or a new series Stephen Vowles puts a spotlight on suggested places to go and stay for a ‘home from...
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1.3KTheatreOne Jewish Boy at Trafalgar Studios 2: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
What is instantly apparent about the two actors – Robert Neumark-Jones playing Jesse and Asha Reid as Alex – is that their...
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1.5KTheatreOn Blueberry Hill at Trafalgar Studios: Press Night review by Stephen Vowles
The first thing to say about Sebastian Barry’s play On Blueberry Hill is that it is one of the most well constructed,...
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1.7KTheatreLipstick at the Southwark Playhouse: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Writer Lily Shahmoon has to be congratulated for writing a play that is so for the moment, where the labels which we...
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1.6KTheatreUnited Queendom at Kensington Palace: Review by Stephen Vowles
Guided tours combined with immersive theatre can be a bit of a hit or miss affair but with Les Enfants Terribles and...
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1.8KTheatreMacbeth at Greenwich Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
The interest in Shakespeare will never wane and with this Lazarus Theatre Company production directed by Ricky Dukes and starring Jamie O’Neill...
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1.9KTheatreSpy Plays – London/Budapest and Kompromat – at Above The Stag: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
I love a ‘so you can hear a pin drop moment’ at the theatre and with David Thame’s sensational double bill London/Budapest...
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1.4KTheatreThe Prince of Egypt at the Dominion Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
The Dominion Theatre on London’s Tottenham Court Road is vast; a huge auditorium that needs a big show in it and the Dreamworks...
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1.7KTheatreThe Importance of Being Earnest at the Turbine Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
Take two distinguished actors, Ryan Bennett playing Graham de Hare and Aidan Harkins as Kevin McKinnon, and have them play all the...
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1.7KTheatreLa Cage Aux Folles [The Play] at The Park Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Jean Poiret’s play was a true original and exceptional as a ground-breaking comedy farce with a gay theme and a satirical look...
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1.3KTheatreOpera Undone at Trafalgar Studios 2: Review by Stephen Vowles
Tosca and La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini are masterpieces and some purists will say that they are not to be mucked about...
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1.7KTheatreUndetectable at the King’s Head Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
When I first saw Tom Wright’s play Undetectable back in March last year when it was receiving its world premiere I immediately...
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1.7KTheatreMusik: The Billie Trix Story at Leicester Square Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Writer Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have created in Musik a made to measure role for...
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1.6KTheatreTime and Tide at the Park Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside’ and James McDermott’s play Time and Tide, set in a crumbling caff at...
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1.5KEating OutProud Embankment: Review by Stephen Vowles
Situated within the construction of Waterloo Bridge, Proud is a rather splendid, majestic, prestigious affair, lavish in decor, dimly lit to create...
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700TheatreFirst Time at the Vault Festival: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
At 16 years of age in 2003, Nathaniel Hall a vey stylish, rakish, chiseled chin young man became HIV positive and this...
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929TheatreBody Talk at the Vault Festival: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
The Vault Festival proudly announces on their programme ‘London’s boldest and wildest arts festival’ and that remark gets a very firm thumbs...
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821TheatreHappily Ever Poofter at the King’s Head Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
With a smirk and a smile and a slap on the thigh Rich Watkins as Prince Henry burst on to the stage...
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1.1KTheatreThe Morning After at Above the Stag: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Everyone loves a happy ending and with Peter Quilter’s play The Morning After that is precisely what you get. Clearly influenced by the...
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942TheatreSex/Crime at the Soho Theatre, Upstairs: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Alexis Gregory’s skill as a writer, activist and actor have to be applauded and with his co-star and best pal Jonny Woo...
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1.1KTheatreFour Play at the Above The Stag Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Jake Brunger’s play is rather good with the four cast members – Keeran Blessie as Pete, Ashley Byam as Rafe, Marc McKinnon...
