The Bakewell Bake Off
Wilmas Rating ***** Landor Theatre A musical about tea and cake…. what more could you ask for? The Bakewell Bake Off is a new musical spin off of the much loved TV show The Great British Bake Off. Seven eager contestants, three feuding judges and one bewildered hostess are seen under the pressure of their […]
Lips Casting announced
JENNA RUSSELL AND WILLEMIJN VERKAIK TO STAR IN ANDREW LIPPA’S LONDON CONCERT DEBUT. West End and Broadway actress Jenna Russell and International star of Wicked, Willemijn Verkaik were announced today as two of the special guests appearing alongside Tony and Grammy award nominated composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa in his debut London concert, this November […]
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Rating **** Reviewed by Roz Carter New Wimbledon Theatre I have a secret to confess. Before seeing the show, I had absolutely no idea what Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was about. I knew the basics. It was a cowboy musical. It was… a musical about Cowboys. And that’s about as far as I got. […]
Award winners!
The winners of the inaugural Technical Theatre Awards were announced last night (8th October) at the PLASA Show 2013. Sponsored by AVW Controls, dbs Solutions, Load Cell Rental, Mayflower, Philips Entertainment, PLASA, Production Resource Group (PRG), StageBitz, Stage Jobs Pro, The Fifth Estate Ltd and Triple E, the TTAs are also very kindly supported by […]
Zone 3 dears!
Hello dears, It’s been a while since I did one of my diary entries and so I thought I’d say a little hello! I’m just on my way home from Zone 3 (who would have thought I’d venture out of Zone 1?) where I’ve been to see my dear friend Tim McArthurs show he is […]
Old diary entries
20th August 2013 I received some feedback today from a very respectable theatre website about my upcoming Wilma and Friends cabaret show at St James Studio next Saturday, 31st August. I have decided to answer his question publicly, in-case anyone else feels that by putting on this show I am ‘killing my integrity’. Question: How […]
Ghosts
Rating **** Reviewed by Tony Peters Almeida Theatre For a 186-year-old playwright Henrik Ibsen is having quite a year. The Young Vic production of A Doll’s House featuring a stunning performance from Hattie Morahan has transferred to the West End with huge critical acclaim, and now Richard Eyre’s adaptation of the author’s Ghosts at the […]
Maureen Nolan
Singing sensation Maureen Nolan (The Nolans, Footloose) has returned to play the lead role of Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers on tour, reprising a role she performed both on tour and at The Phoenix Theatre in the West End. Maureen took a few minutes out to have Tea With Wilma and talk about the show […]
The Commitments
Wilmas Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Commitments opened last night at London’s palace theatre. It had all the right ingredients to be an awful jukebox musical. A stage adaption of Roddy Doyle’s 1987 novel (and 1991 film) about growing up in Dublin, where times are hard and music is the only thing the youngsters live for. I […]
Pam Ayres
Rating **** Reviewed by Alex Foott An Evening with Pam Ayres Performance date – Thurs 3rd October 2013 As we teeter reluctantly on the brink between summer and autumn, I find myself yearning for just one more day in my home county, picnicking in the bright sunshine on the rolling hills of Dorset. Escaping a […]