Theatre Review: One Night with Joan - Leicester Square Theatre ✭✭✭✭
One Night with Joan
Leicester Square Theatre
Sunday 14th April: Joan Collins became a household name from her time on the popular US soap Dynasty, and with her new one-woman show, Joan goes about telling us fascinating stories from her early childhood to life as it is today.
This show is like having a stage version of Joan's wikipedia page, minimal set comprising of a large chair and telephone on a pedestal, with video screen showing clips from her film and television roles, commercial appearances, stories about her theatre roles, marriages, liaisons with the stars of Hollywood, anecdotes of working with Frank Sinatra amongst others, and her time of filming Dynasty and the fight scenes between Alexis and Krystle and a few bloopers thrown in for good measure.
The first half is all about the early days and how she got into the business, working for Rank Organisation, filming lots of B-Movies, getting tips from Marilyn Monroe and her rise to stardom. After the interval, it is more about her latest roles, her current marriage and various other stories of rags to riches. At the end is a quick question and answer session from the audience, one of which revealed that Joan would love to appear in 'Benidorm' if given the chance.
Not much else to say really, a nice pleasant evening sitting back, relaxing, drink in hand listening to some fabulous stories from the rather wonderful Joan Collins OBE.
4 stars ✭✭✭✭
Listings Info
Tuesday 16 April, G Live, Guildford
Wednesday 17 April, Orchard Theatre, Dartford
Friday 19 April, The Anvil, Basingstoke
Saturday 20 April, Town Hall, Birmingham
Sunday 21 April, The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 23 April, The Arena, St Albans
Wednesday 24 April, The Pavilion, Bournemouth
London - Leicester Square Theatre
Friday 26 April
Saturday 27 April
Sunday 28 April
all at 7.30pm
