Cast announced for MOBY DICK! THE MUSICAL at the Union Theatre
Not seen in the UK since 1992, Moby Dick! The Musical is now back. Originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh, Moby Dick! The Musical has a book by Robert Longden and music and lyrics by Longden and Hereward Kaye. Leading the cast of this saucy cult hit is 2015 X-Factor finalist and West End veteran Anton […]
Full cast announced for the UK Tour of GHOST – THE MUSICAL
As previously announced singer and actress Sarah Harding will make her stage debut this autumn in Bill Kenwright’s new production of the timeless story of love, despair and hope: GHOST – THE MUSICAL. She will star as Molly opposite musician and actor Andy Moss, best known for the role of Rhys Ashworth in Channel 4’s […]
REVIEW: GODSPELL (Upstairs At The Gatehouse) ★★
Stephen Swartz’s Godspell premiered in 1971 and since then has had numerous productions worldwide, including two major Broadway revivals. A favourite among community theatre groups and high schools, Swartz’s score for Godspell is one of the most-loved and recognisable in musical theatre and his song ‘Day by Day’ made it to number thirteen on the […]
REVIEW: THE JUNGLE BOOK (London Wonderground) ★★★★
The most celebrated of Rudyard Kipling’s works was given a much needed reboot earlier this year with impressive CGI animals and breath-taking landscapes aplenty. This summer Metta Theatre reweaves the tapestry again, spinning The Jungle Book into a social commentary that integrates ethnicities and backgrounds through a cast of street dancing, fast rapping, aerialist artistes. […]
REVIEW: CUT THROAT (London Irish Centre) ★★★★
Trip & Guts Theatre presents Jean-Philippe Baril Guerard’s provocative and award-winning play as part of the Camden Fringe Festival, in an English adaptation by Matt Cunningham. First performed in Montreal in 2014, Cut Throat explores the right to Freedom of Speech and its limits as defined by law and human decency. As we enter the […]
REVIEW: SIMON DAVID: VIRGIN (Hen and Chickens) ★★★★★
It’s not everyday you see a man who has the balls (pun intended) to perform just in a leotard at a pub in Islington on a Thursday night. Simon David then enters on stage. As he calls himself, ‘an unpopped cherry,’ Simon is determined to be the next big pop music sensation. Except there’s one […]
REVIEW: THE FELLOWSHIP (Hen and Chickens) ★★★★★
‘The Fellowship’ opens to the scene of a dimly-lit back room in an Oxford pub, with the sound effect of fire crackling in the hearth. Seconds later, in rushes the character of C.S. Lewis, beautifully dressed and with a faint air of nervousness about him. He is meeting fellow Oxford graduate Professor J.R.R. Tolkien, and […]
REVIEW: THE PRETEND MEN: POLICE COPS (Pleasance Dome) ★★★★★
Word of mouth is a wonderful thing within the world of theatre and this show was recommended to me by countless friends before I had even arrived in Edinburgh. A quick research into the show and the company revealed them to be winners of numerous awards, including Stage Award for Acting Excellence 2015, as well […]