If Everyone Was Listening – Michael Ball
Michael Ball is a smooth and sultry character, renowned for his prowess in musical theatre. In If Everyone Was Listening – his nineteenth studio album – he brings his own personality to the music. It’s toe-tapping in places, particularly the country songs like Stuck Like Glue and the swinging tunes like Bad Things. […]
Loaded – The Brockley Jack
From the Edinburgh Fringe, AlterEgo Theatre bring David Bown’s ‘Loaded’ to the The Jack Studio, Brockley. This fast paced, fiery production takes place in Pete’s (played by Andrew Murton) mechanics garage up north in Sheffield. Along with colleagues Mick (Nick Rogers) and Hudd (Christopher Ward) the lads-chat is thrown around with talk of money, […]
Forbidden Broadway – Vaudeville Theatre
There’s a certain clique of people in London’s West End that spend their lives collecting theatre programmes, going to see musicals multiple times in order to see the different casts, and who dress up as Elphaba or the Phantom for Halloween. Forbidden Broadway is a show made for these people. You could say it is […]
White Christmas – Dominion Theatre
No matter how much we dream of a white Christmas, the truth is we will be very lucky if we ever actually get one. I remember once it snowed on Christmas Eve but when I woke up the next day and rushed to the window, hoping to see the car buried in five feet […]
Calamity Jane – New Victoria Theatre
Whip crack away, whip crack away, whip crack away. These words have been rolling around in my head for the last week since I saw Calamity Jane at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking. Terrible I know that it’s taken me a week to write this, however in my defence I was organising the […]
Dance ‘Till Dawn – Aldwych Theatre
The years that Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone have gamely dragged hapless celebrities around the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom (although to be fair Flavia was 2012 champion with gymnast Louis Smith) have been justly rewarded with the kind of exposure that makes them bankable enough to headline another West End show, following hot on the […]
Knightmare Live – Lyric Theatre
Before continuing to read this review I feel I must offer a disclaimer. The following review of Knightmare Live really only applies to people who are familiar with the hit children’s TV show of the nineties, Knightmare. If you have never heard of this TV show, don’t go and see it live. It’s as simple […]
Girlfriends – The Union Theatre
Girlfriends is set on a Bomber Command air base in Norfolk, in the darkest days of World War II. The show is based on young women who have come from all corners of the UK, to do their bit and join Britain’s fight for survival against the Nazis. This musical production by Howard Goodall (previewing […]
Romeo and Juliet – London Theatre Workshop
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.” With such a classic tale as Romeo and Juliet, it’s always a worry that a new interpretation will be tired, boring or even too modern. However, London Theatre Workshop […]
Virgins Die Horny – The Courtyard Theatre
Virgins Die Horny is the story of Katie (Helen Rose Hampton,) a 38-year-old newlywed with daddy issues and two ex-husbands. The play begins with Katie and her new husband James (Romanos Kassimis) enjoying their first night together as man and wife. After a tiresome cocaine-induced debate on fear and love Katie and James are surprised […]