Play On!: Lyric Hammersmith, London 1st February 2025 ★★★★ Play On! is a Jazz musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”. Having started the run in September 2024, this is the final stop for the touring production and here it makes its London debut. The stylish take on Shakespeare's classic follows Vy who is a talented... Continue Reading →
Scissorhandz – Review
Scissorhandz: Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London 1st February 2025 ★★★★★ Direct from a successful run in LA, Scissorhandz bills itself as a 'radical, raucous, joyful yet touching musical parody tribute to the ultimate outsider'. It is produced by the iconic Michelle Visage and *NSYNC’s Lance Bass as audiences are invited to celebrate Tim Burton’s beloved hero/weirdo... Continue Reading →
The Creakers Musical – Review
The Creakers Musical: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 22nd December 2024 ★★★ After the success of The Christmasaurus in 2017, Tom Fletcher has unveiled his new musical based on his best-selling book 'The Creakers'. The story focuses on Lucy and the other kids of Whiffington who wake up one morning to find all of the adults... Continue Reading →
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Review
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Ambassadors Theatre, London 22nd October 2024 ★★★★★ After an initial run at Southwark Playhouse in 2019 and a sell-out revival last year, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button now begins its West End run. This is a story of a small show with big ideas and is so deserving... Continue Reading →
Fly More Than You Fall – Review
Fly More Than You Fall: Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London 22nd October 2024 (final preview performance) ★★★ Fly More Than You Fall is the new musical based on lived experiences the uplifting and inspiring show navigates grief with some incredible songs that are bound to get stuck in your head! This is more than just a... Continue Reading →
Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist – Review
Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist: The Other Palace, London 21st September 2024 ★★★★ Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist follows in SIX's footsteps and aims to bring an iconic historic figure to life using a multi-genre pop score. After successful try-out performances at The Lyric Theatre in 2023 this brand new musical is back. The production... Continue Reading →
Cable Street – Review
Cable Street: Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London 21st September 2024 ★★★★ Following a completely sold-out run, Cable Street returns to the Southwark Playhouse. The show is set in 1936, in the heart of London’s East End when Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists start to march on East London. On this significant day one hundred thousand Jews, Irish workers and communists unite... Continue Reading →
Why Am I So Single? – Review
Why Am I So Single?: Garrick Theatre, London 10th September 2024 ★★★ Why Am I So Single? is the hotly awaited new musical from the creators of SIX, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. The story joins two best friends as they drink, eat, laugh, and cry while they attempt to answer the impossible question of... Continue Reading →
Kiss Me, Kate – Review
Kiss Me, Kate: Barbican, London 2nd September 2024 ★★★★★ Cole Porter’s legendary musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate is currently playing to packed audiences at London's Barbican. With an all star cast including multi-award-winner Adrian Dunbar and Tony Award-winning Broadway royalty Stephanie J. Block in her West End debut, Kiss Me, Kate tells the backstage story of putting on a musical... Continue Reading →
Fiddler on the Roof – Review
Fiddler on the Roof: Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London 29th August 2024 ★★★★ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre always put on fantastic series of shows during the summer months and this year it is the turn of Fiddler on the Roof. The original Broadway show which opened in 1964 has been reimagined and directed... Continue Reading →
