Sleeping Booty – Leicester Square Theatre
Not for the faint hearted or easily offended Sleeping Booty is playing at Leicester Square Theatre from Tuesday 25 November to Saturday 17 January, 2015. This is an absolutely hilarious adult pantomime with an abundance of adult humour, tongue in cheek quips, a lot of innuendo and outuendo and a lot of audience participation! The […]
Miss Saigon raise money for Cancer Research
Here is a little bit of festive fun for you! Dale Evans and Carolyn Maitland are currently in the 25th Anniversary cast of Miss Saigon in London’s West End and decided to sing a Christmas duet! We have decided to make this song available to purchase! We are selling this song to raise money for […]
Jack and the Beanstalk – Park Theatre
Pantos which choose not to rely on the draw of a Z – list sleb or washed – up soap star always tend to be much more inventive and creative with their storytelling and direction. Park Theatre’s production retains just enough familiar material for it to be recognisable as Jack and The Beanstalk but […]
Cast announced for UK tour of Oh What A Lovely War
Wendi Peters, Ian Reddington, Christopher Villiers in ensemble cast Two-week run of hit 2014 production at Theatre Royal Stratford East followed by national tour. Ian Reddington (Eastenders, Coronation Street) and Christopher Villiers (Emmerdale) will join Wendi Peters, best known for her role as Cilla Battersby in Coronation Street, in the ensemble cast of Oh What […]
Sleeping Beauty – Churchill Theatre, Bromley
English Christmas pantomimes are inherently formulaic, so there is a list of things one expects from the local panto- men dressed as women, glittering costumes, top forty hits and thinly veiled adult jokes that keep the wine-tipsy parents entertained whilst their kids waive glow toys in the air. This year’s production of Sleeping Beauty […]
Treasure Island – the Curse of the Pearl Necklace – Above the Stag
Exactly one year ago I had my introduction to the Above the Stag theatre in Vauxhall with their Christmas panto Jack-off The Beanstalk. This year, walking into the theatre I thought I knew what to expect but I was wrong. Treasure Island is one of the filthiest and most offensive shows I have ever […]
The Crucible – film screening
Like thousands of others, I studied Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ in English back in my younger days and fell in love with the piece. I jumped at the chance, then, to see this screening of the Old Vic’s lauded production starring Richard Armitage, staged earlier this year. The play, which concerns itself with mass […]
The Mikado – Charing Cross Theatre
The Mikado is one of the most well known Comic Opera’s/Operettas created by Arthur Sullivan and William Schwenck Gilbert. Premiering in 1885 at the Savoy Theatre and running for almost 700 performances, The Mikado was the second longest running Musical Theatre piece up until that time. It remains the most frequently performed Savoy Opera, and […]
Assassins – Menier Chocolate Factory
Assassins is the 1990 off-Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Sir Stephen Sondheim. The show had its London premiere at the Donmar Warehouse in October 1992 and returned in 2010 at the Union Theatre. The 2001 Broadway production was postponed in light of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and eventually opened in 2004 starring Neil […]
LA SOIRÉE – Speigeltent
Roll up, roll up, for the greatest circus in town! La Soirée takes some of the best cabaret, burlesque and circus acts from across the globe and brings them to Southbank’s pop-up Spiegeltent for it’s Winter Festival. This show has had enormous success in the past decade, since starting out at the Edinburgh Fringe to […]