Velma Celli
Rating **** Reviewed by Michaela Clement Hayes So it’s a Friday night in London. Always on the look out for something different, I headed to the Hippodrome Casino to see the show everyone was talking about – Velma Celli, ‘the only all live singing, all dancing extravaganza in London’. Cabaret is always fun because […]
Hutch
Rating *** Reviewed by Tony Peters In 1916 Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson moved from his home on the island of Grenada to New York where he became a jazz pianist. In 1920s Paris he met composer Cole Porter and the two became lovers. With Porter’s patronage, Hutch was soon the toast of Parisian café society, […]
Kerry Ellis
Last night, queen of theatre Kerry Ellis, performed a one night only concert at the London Palladium. An incredibly stagey affair, opening with the wonderful Woman the Band, (4 women currently on tour with Billy Ocean) belting out wonderful arrangements of well known songs, with a distinct country music feel to them. I was blown […]
Merrily We Roll Along
Rating [rating=4] Reviewed by Tony Peters The Menier Chocolate Factory continues its run of West End transfers with first-time director Maria Friedman’s sophisticated and hugely enjoyable production of Sondheim’s “flop” about the rise to fame and eventual disintegration of a writing partnership. The history of Merrily is well documented. The original Harold Prince-directed show closed […]
The Ghost Hunter
Rating [rating=5] Reviewed by Frances Revel Ever been to York? The city of ghosts, it owns the category when it comes to hauntings, spectres and spooky antics. And it was the source of inspiration for the latest production by Theatre of the Damned. The Ghost Hunter is an hour long one man show – […]
The Tempest
Rating [rating=4] Reviewed by Tony Peters Director Jeremy Herrin returns to the Globe Theatre for the first time since his critically acclaimed production of Much Ado About Nothing in 2011 to open the new season with this thoroughly entertaining take on Shakespeare’s last play. Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, has been betrayed by Alonso, […]
Ghost
Rating [rating=4] Reviewed by Rosalie Carter I won’t lie, I was a little sceptical at how effective a musical production of the 80s classic film Ghost would be. How would anyone ever recreate the tender aloofness of Patrick Swayze? The fizzle and pop of Whoopi Goldberg? Demi Moore’s pixie cut? I need not have worried; […]
Bare
Rating [rating=4] Reviewed by Jamie Chapman Dixon I couldn’t think of a more perfect setting for Bare than The Union Theatre. There has been a lot of talk about this very intimate and gritty venue being discontinued. If The Union theatre was ever to close I believe we would loose a valuable part of the […]
Sam Lupton
Sam Lupton is currently playing the role of Boq in Wicked the Musical in London’s West End. I sat down with him, backstage at the Apollo Victoria Theatre for a cup of tea and a chat about the show. Click here to buy tickets Click here to see who else has had Tea With Wilma
Rent In Concert
Wilmas Rating [rating=4] The 20th Anniversary tour of Rent In Concert made its second stop on the tour last night at London’s Hackney Empire, playing to a sold out audience of 1,300. With a star studded cast including Kerry Ellis, Nikki Davis Jones, Rory Taylor and Ian Stroughair, it is not surprising that the […]