The Commitments to close on 1st November 2015
West End musical The Commitments is to close on Sunday 1st November 2015, after a successful run at the Palace Theatre. The London run will be followed by an extensive 2017 UK and Ireland tour, further details will be announced soon. Since opening to rave reviews on 8 October 2013, The Commitments – adapted for […]
Full Cast Announced for Mack and Mabel UK Tour
The full cast has been confirmed for the major new production of the classic Broadway musical Mack & Mabel, which will embark on a UK & Ireland Tour in Autumn 2015 following its premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre, and stars double Oliver award-winning Michael Ball and Rebecca LaChance. Based on the real-life romance between Hollywood legends Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, it […]
You’re A Star – but how many are you worth?
What do star ratings on reviews really mean? Is it obvious? I don’t know. Do people make star judgements on reviews the same way? I often get criticised for being too harsh (and even, on occasion, too nice!) and so I thought it would be interesting to share with you my thought process when it […]
Christina Bianco – Hippodrome Casino
Christina Bianco shot to fame in 2013 with a YouTube video of her singing Bonnie Tyler’s hit song Total Eclipse of the Heart (in the voices of 19 different divas), which went viral online. To date, her hilarious videos have totalled over 21 million views making her something of a star! After a string of […]
Fanny & Stella – Above the Stag
Victorians Ernest Boulton and William Park were known and adored as Fanny and Stella. They dazzled in female roles on the nation’s stages – and in clubs and bedrooms from London to the Highlands. Behind closed doors they lovingly bitched at each other like an old married couple. This is the shocking story of their own […]
Jerry’s Girls – Jermyn Street Theatre
The Broadway Musical Review, Jerry’s Girls, featuring the songs of Jerry Herman, had a successful run earlier this year at the beautiful St James Studio in Victoria. Now it’s West End transfer has come to the Jermyn Street Theatre. I didn’t see the original production but I imagine the cabaret style setting of the St […]
High Society – Old Vic Theatre
After a stream of five-star reviews for Merrily we Roll Along in 2012, there was clearly no pressure for Maria Friedman to redeem that success…none whatsoever. However, she does so gloriously with her new production of High Society at the Old Vic, based on the 1956 film. Friedman’s musical is an open invitation for […]
Flames – Waterloo East Theatre
Meredith and Eric visit the grave of their deceased fiancé and best friend Edmond. Just before he died in a fire, it was publicly exposed that Edmond had committed a wide-reaching crime. On this fateful night a year later the story is reopened on the cemetery: Is everything really as it seems? Raging fires […]
Avenue Q – Greenwich Theatre
The Tony Award winning musical, Avenue Q, has seen many walks of life since it’s beginnings over a decade ago; from Broadway to Off-Broadway, the West End, and multiple international tours, it’s a show that always seems to keep coming back. Sell A Door Theatre Company joined the trend this year, re-launching their widely […]
Phantom Charity Cycle Raises Thousands for MacMillan
Company members from the West End production of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom Of the Opera”, have raised almost £12,000 for MacMillan Cancer Care by cycling more than 385km – in between shows – from central London all the way to the steps of the Paris Opera House (where the Phantom’s story is set) in jut […]