REVIEW: VELMA CELLI (The Pheasantry)
Velma Celli is a well known name on the theatre scene. The alter-ego of West End performer Ian Stroughair (Rent/Chicago), the character of Velma has been developed over the years as a high class cabaret drag act. As part of last weekend’s Gay Pride celebrations, Velma played a one-off show at Chelsea’s Pheasantry Theatre and […]
Burt Bacharach musical PROMISES, PROMISES comes to London for the first time since 1969
Promises, Promises the hit Broadway musical based on the multi Oscar-winning 1960 film The Apartment, with music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David and book by Neil Simon, is to get its first London production since its 1969 West End premiere. Promises, Promises, about a junior executive at an insurance company who sets out […]
Mamma Mia’s ‘Tanya’ Mazz Murray has Tea With Wilma
You are just entering your second year playing Tanya in MAMMA MIA!. For anyone who may not be aware of the show, can you tell me what it is about and the character you play? It’s about a group of three women, who when they were in a band years ago, slept with lots of […]
What does Brexit mean for the world of theatre?
Following the referendum decision on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Society of London Theatre (“SOLT”) and UK Theatre Association (“UK Theatre”) express concern as to the future for the theatre sector – a sector in which the UK leads the world both in creativity and in business. Theatre and the performing arts play […]