The Curtain Theatre Reviewers

Saturday 23td May 2026 " Single White Female " Theatre Royal Bath ⭐⭐⭐ (3 Stars) Based on the 1992 film, Single White Female has made it to the stage and is currently touring around the UK, adapted for the stage by Rebecca Reid . The play follows Mother (Allie) and Daughter (Bella) as they welcome in a new flatmate (Hedy) to earn some extra cash as Allie adjusts to a life after divorce. The show is filled with plenty of twists and turns that left me on the edge of my seat. But what left me with a little bit of doubt was the modernisation of the play, placing it within the current time period instead of the era of the film, and phrases and trends are randomly shoe horned in to create relevance but comes across as quite cringe and unrealistic. Leading the cast was Lisa Faulkner as Allie and Kym Marsh as Hedy. Lisa played a believable worried parent while also portraying the vulnerability that the character has within her. Kym played an unsettling Hedy, having me convinced tha...

Thursday 14th May 2026 " Frankie Goes To Bollywood" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 Stars) The concept of the show was based off a true story that has been made into a book by Pravesh Kumar MBE. He is also directing this production. It tells the story of Frankie who goes to Bollywood to follow her mother’s dream of becoming an actor and soon realises how patriotic it is and how becoming famous changes her. She has become ‘arm candy’ to the men. She then decides to stand up against the men and fight for her rights. As we walked up the stairs the music grew louder. We had the joy of listening to the pre show act, Jin and Seetal, who got the crowd going. As we entered the auditorium we were met with a shimmery back curtain and gold arch that frames the stage. This soon turns into a burst of bright colours. Rebecca Brower , did a fantastic job at creating the pizazz you expect from a show. The lighting works very closely with the set to create the scene. The use of moveable lights on stands adds to the...

Friday 8th May 2026 "The Wasp" Southwark Playhouse - Borough ⭐⭐⭐ (3 Stars) Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s The Wasp is back in London, 11 years after its initial debut, now playing at Southwark Playhouse Borough. Carla (Serin Ibrahim) walks on stage, cigarette in hand, busy scrolling through social media while she waits for Heather (Cassandra Hercules), who suddenly asked to meet 20 years after they last saw each other. Their awkward catch-up quickly reveals how different their lives have become since school. The contrast between them is immediately apparent. Carla wears trackies and big earrings and is heavily pregnant with her fifth child, cigarette still in hand. Heather is her compete opposite, a well-off, middle-class woman in refined clothing, holding tight a bright red leather bag. Heather’s seemingly perfect life, with a husband and beautiful home, is falling apart. Not only is the couple struggling to conceive, but Heather has also found out Simon is being unfaithful for two...