Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
When I heard that the new UK tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was headed to my old home town of Southend on Sea, I decided to take a trip to the beach and check it out. Joseph, the youngest of eleven sons is his fathers favourite. He gives him a coat of […]
Cat Mackenzie and Danny Holmes
Cat Mackenzie and Danny Holmes have Tea With Wilma talking about The Apple Tree which is on at Ye Olde Rose and Crown until 30 August 2014. Click here for more information and to book tickets.
Streetcar Named Desire
Streetcar Named Desire is probably one of Tennessee Williams most admired plays. It centres around an apparently wealthy woman Blanche DuBois who goes to live with her sister Stella after the family home is lost. Her working class sister (played by Vanessa Kirby) and hot-tempered husband Stanley (played by Bon Foster) live in a small […]
Thérése Raquin
Good Lord! Will the Park Theatre ever stage a bad show? If the latest offering of Theatre Bench’s new adaptation of Emile Zola’s turn-of-the-century classic, Thérése Raquin is anything to go by, probably not. A dark and pulsating musical set in Victorian Paris, the show follows the repressed Thérése as she breaks out from her […]
Hetty Feather
The stage adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s favourite of the 100 books she has written, is a story of female empowerment and independence. Hetty Feather is a girl who stands up for what she believes in. A poor orphan in Victorian England, who’s mother gives her up to the Foundling Hospital in hope she will have […]
Wilma’s Digest
11 August 2014 Room on the Broom returns to the Lyric Theatre this Christmas Cast announced for Return of the Soldier at Jermyn Street Theatre 5 August 2014 • The selfie has taken over from the autograph 4 August 2014 • FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Cast Recording Out On CD Today • Full […]
Epstein: the Man Who Made the Beatles
How to say something new about the Beatles legend? In 1974 Willy Russell fantasised about a reunion with the delightfully quirky John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert; Backbeat (2011) focused on the band’s early years in Hamburg, while not 500 yards from where this show is playing Let It Be churns out the hits for […]
Grim
Grim: a New Musical is the love story to die for. It’s about the Grim Reaper falling in love with Cupid but she cannot be with him because if she’s with him, she’ll kill him. It’s a story about the angel of death falling for the angel of love, the collision of the two most […]
Alice through the Looking Glass
After last summer’s critical success with a promenade adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Iris Theatre are returning to the gardens and grounds of St Paul’s Church, for a sixth year of family-friendly theatre, and its sequel, Alice through the Looking Glass. The entire church had been transformed into Alice’s world and at times […]
Edges
Edges is not a traditional musical; it is a show about four budding adults asking classic coming-of-age questions. This contemporary song cycle carries an honest voice, advocating introspection while maintaining wit and charm. The songs cover such traditional issues as love, commitment, identity, and meaning. Characters deal with confronting emotions, escaping expectations, and deciphering complicated […]