Sadie Frost to star as Gypsy Rose Lee in the world premiere of BRITTEN IN BROOKLYN at Wilton’s Music Hall
New York City, 1940. A dilapidated house in Brooklyn Heights. The bohemian lifestyle of Benjamin Britten, WH Auden, Carson McCullers and Gypsy Rose Lee in the artistic community at 7 Middagh Street starts to unravel as World War II becomes a brutal reality. Exiled in America for his beliefs and a national disgrace Benjamin Britten […]
LUCIE JONES, STEWART CLARKE, JEREMY LEGAT and KATIE PAINE launch MUSICALS UNSUNG
From the producers of the hit concert series ‘West End Switched Off’ comes a new concert. ‘MUSICALS unsung’ brings you songs – from golden age of Hollywood screen to the newest Broadway shows – that have not made it to the final cut. Featuring a wealth of songs that have been cut from shows including […]
Sheridan Smith takes 2-4 weeks off from FUNNY GIRL due to stress and exhaustion
NATASHA J BARNES PLAYS FANNY BRICE IN FUNNY GIRL DURING SHERIDAN SMITH’S LEAVE OF ABSENCE Natasha J Barnes plays the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre for a short period whilst Sheridan Smith takes 2 – 4 weeks leave of absence from the production due to stress and exhaustion. Barnes […]
THE NAKED MAGICIANS set to wave their wands at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Following sold-out shows and rave reviews in Australia, Asia, USA, Canada and New Zealand, the world’s funniest and cheekiest magic show is set for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Naked Magicians will ‘perform’ at the Pleasance Courtyard from Monday 8 until Monday 29 August at 10.30pm. Tickets are on sale now! The show features magic, […]
REVIEW: JELLY BEANS (Theatre 503)
Jelly Beans is the latest work from Kuleshov Theatre and the debut play by Dan Pick. It’s a dark, disorientating one-man play that chronicles a day in the depressing existence of an unnamed 25-year-old degenerate. However, far from an irritating millennial whinge, Jelly Beans is a nuanced cautionary tale. It explores the bleak consequences of […]
REVIEW: Devilish! – A Musical Comedy (Landor Theatre)
Inspired by John Ruskin’s quote that an angel who fell down to earth would be shot on sight, H. G. Wells wrote his novel “The Wonderful Visit” about an angel who finds himself in a Kentish village and is taken in by a kindly vicar. Chris Burgess contemplated adapting the novel but decided against it, […]
Crowd funding campaign launched to pay for my sandwich. Donate now!
Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? But with the amount of crowd funding campaigns I’m seeing at the moment, I don’t think we are too far away from seeing silly things like this happen. The Network of Independent Critics has been set up to ‘champion quality arts writing outside the mainstream press’. Or in other words ‘to […]