A Night at the Oscars: Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London Reviewed 17th February 2018 ★★★★ A Night at the Oscars tells of the Golden Age of Hollywood through song, dance and stories! With music from Gershwin, Berlin, Porter, Kern, Arlen, Bernstein, Mercer, Mancini, Hamlisch and more it compresses forty years of Oscar-mania into two-hours... Continue Reading →
West End Live Lounge 2018: The Other Palace, London 11th February 2018 Once again The Other Palace has been host to a night of tremendous talent. Musical stars united together to raise money for the well known charity Barnardo's. Without any show tunes in sight, this talented bunch performed a variety of well known songs... Continue Reading →
The Grinning Man: Trafalgar Studios, London Reviewed 10th February 2018 ★★★★ This is theatrical storytelling at its best. This gloriously dark new musical with comic twist is fresh from a highly successful premiere at Bristol Old Vic, new musical The Grinning Man is a magical reimagining of the classic novel by Victor Hugo (Les Misérables).... Continue Reading →
Think of England: Vault Festival, London Reviewed 7th February 2018 by Amanda Reynolds ★★★★★ For this immersive piece of theatre the audience are welcomed into a smoky vault to the sound of a bellowing air raid siren. With the scene quickly being set, the audience are transported to the Second World War. The Waterloo Vaults... Continue Reading →
Eugenius: The Other Palace Reviewed 3rd February 2018 ★★★★ Feel-good, fresh and funny - this brand new British musical is firmly fixed in the 80's and makes no apologies for this. Its uptempo and catchy songs, written by Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins, fit the show completely and certainly have the audience chanting 'Go Eugenius,... Continue Reading →
January has been a hugely busy start to the year. I have seen 9 shows altogether, 3 of these at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley which is quickly becoming my most frequently visited theatre. I've been lucky enough to be invited to review 5 shows this month in addition to the 4 that I had already... Continue Reading →
Six the Musical: Arts Theatre, London Reviewed 22nd January 2018 ★★★★★ This brand new musical which started life with the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 tells the story of King Henry VIII's wives. From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII sing their way out... Continue Reading →
Crazy For You (UK Tour): Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Reviewed 20th January 2018 ★★★★ This new UK Tour of the Gershwin smash hit Crazy For You features Strictly Come Dancing winner Tom Chambers, West End & TV star Claire Sweeney and Charlotte Wakefield as ‘Polly’ (Sound Of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). Full of well known hits... Continue Reading →
42nd Street: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London Reviewed 17th January 2018 ★★★★★ This musical like no other has the West End's largest cast and a host of iconic songs including '42nd Street', 'We’re In the Money', 'Lullaby of Broadway', 'Shuffle Off To Buffalo', and 'I Only Have Eyes For You'. It tells the story of a... Continue Reading →
Fat Friends the Musical: The Churchill Theatre, Bromley Reviewed on 16th January 2018 ★★★★ This brand new musical is written by BAFTA award winning writer Kay Mellor OBE, creator of the original hit series, and features original music by Nick Lloyd Webber. Join the group of loveable characters as they are put through their Zumba paces... Continue Reading →
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