Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
Rating ** Reviewed by Tony Peters Cast Sarah ThomElizabeth Nora WardellMary Shelley LangLa Corbie Sean HartDarnley Jamie LairdHepburn O’Bothwell Prentis HancockJohn Knox Michael LonghiRiccio Liz Lockhead’s tale of intrigue, betrayal and political machinations in Elizabethan England and Stuart Scotland gets its first revival in more than twenty five years at the (appropriately named) King’s Head […]
Knee Deep
Rating **** Reviewed by Tony Peters Featuring Casus Australian contemporary circus quartet Casus bring their astonishing demonstration of physical theatre to London’s Riverside Studios with the show that proved so popular at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe and recently won an award at the Brighton Festival. Forget any preconceptions you might have about circus, however, because […]
Gareth Gates
Gareth Gates will be starring in Momentous Musicals at New Wimbledon Theatre on 17 July. Gareth sat down to have Tea With Wilma to talk about the upcoming show. Take a look at what he had to say, below. 1. Can you tell me about Momentous Musicals and what people can expect from the show […]
The Great Gatsby
Rating *** Reviewed by Michaela Clement Hayes Riverside Studios – 24th May 2013 The Great Gatsby is one of those stories that people love or hate, so undoubtedly the musical version will receive the same mixed reception. Set in post-war America, Nick (Sid Phoenix) befriends his party animal neighbour Jay Gatsby (Michael Lindall), who discovers […]
To Kill A Mockingbird
Rating ***** Reviewed by Michaela Clement Hayes Open Air Theatre Regents Park – 23rd May Set in the American South during the 1930s, Harper Lee’s tale of racial tension is told through the eyes of a young girl who is just beginning to understand the adult world. Blankets and umbrellas at the ready (plus a […]
Avenue Q (2013) Edinburgh Fringe Festival ★★★
When I heard that Avenue Q would be gracing us again at fringe level I was very excited to get down to watch it. Unfortunately as most comebacks, it was a slight let down. Casting wise I wasn’t overly impressed, however Will Jennings and Josh Wilmott both put in fantastic performances and could not be […]
Relatively Speaking
Rating **** Reviewed by Tony Peters Following on from Absent Friends and A Chorus of Disapproval, the Alan Ayckbourn revival continues with this beautifully played production of his very first West End hit in 1967. Director Lindsay Posner retains the late 1960s setting, with just a couple of lines cut from the script that, with […]
Phantom
Wilma’s Rating *** It’s more Phantom of the Amateur than Phantom of the Opera in this, the world premiere of Maury Yestons Phantom. A story similar to the Andrew Lloyd Webber version but not quite. Written before the Lloyd Webber version, this musical never made it to stage after the success of the current west […]
The Woman In Black (West End)
The Woman In Black has been frightening audiences for 25 years, with its ghost story about a man, sent to a dead woman’s house to go through her paperwork for legal reasons. The audience are on edge, waiting for something scary to happen and any slight flicker of light leaves teenage girls screaming and laughing […]
Kieran Brown
Kieran Brown has been in West End shows such as Les Miserables, Wicked and Love Never Dies. He is currently staring as the Phantom in ‘Phantom’. A musical very different to Andrew Lloyd Webbers version but with a similar story and characters you will recognise. I caught up with Kieran at Ye Olde Rose and […]