Articles by Johnny Fox
By Johnny Fox

Farewell Dame Edna Everage: Eat, Pray, Laugh! @ London Palladium

Last chance to see a legend of nearly fifty years.

By Johnny Fox

Bright, Elusive Butterfly of Love: Puccini's All-Time Favourite @ London Coliseum

You may never see the story staged more vividly.
By Johnny Fox

Starry Performances In No-Star Comedy

Would you pay to see Barking in Essex?
By Johnny Fox

Be Haunted By Thark

No vicars or lost trousers, just sparky farce.
By Johnny Fox

Giving Titanic The Sendoff It Deserves

A grand and glorious production at Southwark Playhouse.
By Johnny Fox

Private Lives At The Gielgud Theatre

Anna Chancellor and Toby Stephens go at it hammer and tongues.
By Johnny Fox

Brotherly Love In A Cold Climate: Gutted @ Theatre Royal Stratford East

Fierce in language and fearless in subject matter, Rikki Beadle-Blair's shocking and courageous comedy Gutted is a landmark in his writing.
By Johnny Fox

Train Of Events: Travels With My Aunt

Graham Greene's picaresque Aunt Augusta brought electrically to life at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
By Johnny Fox

Away With The Fairies: The Weir At Donmar Warehouse

Don't go expecting 'Father Ted' but there's a rich seam of comedy in Conor McPherson's play The Weir.
By Johnny Fox

A Voyage Round My Father. And Mother. Alan Bennett’s Untold Stories

Alan Bennett. National Treasure. But is it doing the great man justice?
By Johnny Fox

Project Colony: Dystopian Drama In A Dance Hall Setting

Kafka's 'In The Penal Colony' reimagined by resourceful troupe Fourth Monkey at Trinity Buoy Wharf.
By Johnny Fox

Theatre Review: The Audience @ Gielgud Theatre

Helen Mirren's almost scarily accurate portrayal of Her Majesty in 60 glorious years of imagined gossip with 12 prime ministers.
By Johnny Fox

Theatre Review: Trelawny Of The Wells @ Donmar Warehouse

A local play for local people?
By Johnny Fox

Opera Review: The Magic Flute @ Riverside Studios

Panto season rousingly extended. A joy.
By Johnny Fox

Theatre Review: Overruled @ The Old Red Lion Islington

Three hilarious short, sweet, snappy and well-staged miniature comedies.

By Johnny Fox

Theatre Review: Privates On Parade @ Noel Coward Theatre

An Eastwards-shifted ‘It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum.
By Johnny Fox

Opera Review: Carmen @ London Coliseum

Updated to the last days of Franco, Carmen is opera for people who don't even like opera.

By Johnny Fox

Theatre Review: Our Boys @ Duchess Theatre

A well-acted and interesting period glimpse into squaddie life at the height of IRA atrocities.