Heather Deacon

Heather is a blogger and budding playwright living in London, who splits her time between fringe theatre, art exhibits, charity shops and youtube. She has a degree in Theatre and enjoys conversations about lighting, backstage gossip and reviews. You can find her blog here.
Tightie-whitie travesty: The London Cuckolds at the Pleasance Theatre

This company and this show certainly can't be accused of lacking energy. The London Cuckolds takes you to 1920s London, where everyone seems to have the values of a sinner, lying, cheating and conning their way into each others tightie-whities. At the Pleasance Theatre.

Tuesday 7th May 2013 Read more...
Rock out: ROOMS - the Rock Musical at the Finborough Theatre

ROOMS - The Rock Musical is a fun mother-rocking ride. Seriously, take your Mum: she remembers the 70s, she'll love it. At the Finborough Theatre.

Monday 29th April 2013 Read more...
Drugs and shag carpets: Smack Family Robinson at the Rose Theatre Kingston

Richard Bean's latest shows up the suburban Kingston family-of-five for the drug dealers they are, starring Keith Allen and Harry Melling and directed by Richard Wilson. In true Bean style, even little old ladies found themselves tittering as much at jokes about neighboring towns as at drug induced hallucinations. Great fun. At the Rose Theatre Kingston.

Wednesday 10th April 2013 Read more...
Michael Caine: A living cockney legend at the Museum of London

This small gallery exhibition among the many huge rooms of the Museum of London does its best to illustrate Michael Caine's drive, charisma and success with clips, portraits, timelines and choice quotes, celebrating another institution in this city of cockneys, royalty and landmarks.

Tuesday 9th April 2013 Read more...
Epitome of intimacy: Mydidae at Trafalgar Studios

A bathroom is a private place, a theatre is not. Both, however, are the epitome of intimacy. At Trafalgar Studios.

Tuesday 12th March 2013 Read more...
Swinging Sixties Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet at Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Upstairs at the Gatehouse presents an ambitious production from Zoe Ford and Hiraeth Artistic Productions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This time, the comedy drama is set in the swinging 60s when tension between the Mods and Rockers was strife and providing a perfect situation to slap the Montagues (Mods) and Capulets (Rockers) straight in the middle of.

Wednesday 13th February 2013 Read more...
Medieval and apocalyptic: David Breuer-Weil's Project 4 at The Vaults in Waterloo

David Breuer-Weil presents his Project 4 in the tunnels of The Vaults in Waterloo. There is a delightful complexity to these imaginative and mind-bending metaphysical pieces, which medidate on the nature of humanity, its struggles and its desires in Breuer-Weil's warped and distorted worlds. 

Wednesday 13th February 2013 Read more...
Kafka's bizarre beast: Metamorphosis at the Lyric Hammersmith

Starting its tour in 2006 at the Lyric Hammersmith, this show has been presented all over the world and now returns to its original venue as bizarre a beast as the renowned original novella by Franz Kafka envisions.

Monday 28th January 2013 Read more...
Politics and morality: American Justice at the Arts Theatre

A prison room as unremarkable and empty as prisoner Lee Fenton’s dreams is the setting for Richard Vergette's American Justice, playing at the Arts Theatre. The remote setting promotes the hopelessness of politics and morality in the play as John Daniels (Peter Tate) and Lee Fenton (Ryan Gage) live out eight years of their lives thinking they are growing smarter in their endeavours.

Friday 18th January 2013 Read more...
Olga's Disturbing Room at Arcola Theatre

It is a harrowing tale, not easily watched, but one that stays with you all the way home as you reflect on this almost unbelievable piece of history. At the Arcola Theatre.

Wednesday 16th January 2013 Read more...
Flighty: Feathers in the Snow at Southwark Playhouse

Philip Ridley premieres his new show at the Southwark Playhouse this winter. Teaming up again with Tender Napalm director David Mercatali again, Feathers in the Snow is an energetic epic that spawns from a decision between brawn and brains.

Monday 17th December 2012 Read more...
Banging: American Idiot at the Hammersmith Apollo

Think metal spiked belts with chains, gelled hair with a flash of colour, baggy t-shirts with purposefully clumsy tears, eyeliner on both sexes and plenty of sticking it to the man. At the Hammersmith Apollo.

Friday 7th December 2012 Read more...
Understated punches: The Seagull at Southwark Playhouse

Anya Reiss rewrites The Seagull to include mobile phones as the norm and a laptop tragedy amongst the skittish characters, pre-occupied by their insipid day-to-day lives on the Isle of Man, despite apparent fame and fortunes. It’s cleverly quiet and unassuming with a cast of extraordinary subtlety. At the Southwark Playhouse.

Thursday 15th November 2012 Read more...
A Great British Musical for a Great British Cause: Our House at the Savoy Theatre

The celebration at the Savoy Theatre on the 11th of November triumphed (especially considering the minute amount of preparation and rehearsal time) and reminded everyone in attendance of the humour and morality that makes a musical great.

Thursday 15th November 2012 Read more...
Impersonating a man impersonating a woman: Victor/Victoria at the Southwark Playhouse

Victor/Victoria is a show about love and fame consumed in a story of confused sexuality, double-cross-dressing and show business – a plot for a musical if ever I heard one. This new production is provocatively but precisely presented in the surprisingly cabaret setting of the stripped bare Vault at the Southwark Playhouse.

Monday 5th November 2012 Read more...
A sightseeing time machine: William Klein and Daido Moriyama at Tate Modern

William Klein and Daido Moriyama, two of the most important photographers of cities in this century, are the subjects of this new exhibition at Tate Modern. The exhibition highlights the similarities between the two artists, and features many of their iconic images of New York and Tokyo.

Monday 22nd October 2012 Read more...
It's easy if you know how: You Can Still Make A Killing at Southwark Playhouse

You Can Still Make a Killing follows two friends, Edward and Jack, as both are affected by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008. While both lose their morality and most of their dignity, Pierpan’s writing and Matthew Dunster’s direction combine to create a smart, snappy and systematic production. At Southwark Playhouse.

Wednesday 17th October 2012 Read more...
It's total Bedlam in the Old Vic Tunnels

The Old Vic Tunnels are full of weird and wonderful works of art inspired by Bedlam. As the director of the Tunnels puts it, you could once "for a penny...peer into their cells, view the freaks of the 'show of Bethleham' and laugh at their antics". Now, centuries later, you can do it for free and let imagination drive you mad. 

Tuesday 16th October 2012 Read more...
Slow, sad Macarena: I Heart Peterborough at the Soho Theatre

I Heart Peterborough is as unconventional as it is incomparable: with a set of keyboards, crummy wallpaper and hooked sparkly dress, you are welcomed into the weird and wonderful world of the characters. At the Soho Theatre.

Monday 15th October 2012 Read more...
From Barry to Barack: The President and the Pakistani at the Waterloo East Theatre

For those unaware, the President of the United States of America once lived in a rather dingy flat in Harlem, New York with an immigrant from Pakistan. For some, this might be the roots of a scandal; for others, like Rashid Razaq, writer for London Evening Standard as well as a playwright, it is a plotline. At the Waterloo East Theatre.

Wednesday 10th October 2012 Read more...
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