Nadim Naaman has Tea With Wilma chatting about his new album SIDES
Your second album SIDES has been released recently. What is the concept of the album and how does it differ from your first album? The idea behind the album is to reflect the two musical sides of my personality – my career in theatre, and myself as a singer-songwriter. The first album, We All Want […]
REVIEW: EUROBEAT (Pleasance Grand) ★★★★
Entering a stifling, but impressive Pleasance Grand on the opening night of Eurobeat, I had more apprehension than you could wave your complimentary Vatican City flag at! A musical based around the idea of Eurovision, set in the Republic of Moldova. Although a country with a population around the same as Manchester, it is still […]
Take a look at the cast of “27” The Rock Musical in rehearsal
Ryan Molloy, Cassie Compton, Greg Oliver and Jack Donnelly rehearse the new rock musical “27”. Directed by world renowned director/choreographer Arlene Phillips,“27” is an intoxicating modern fable of our time, a dark interpretation of one of humanity’s oldest stories. It has music, book and lyrics and is co-directed by Sam Cassidy. Ryan Molloy holds the […]
REVIEW: THE CHEMSEX MONOLOGUES (Kings Head Theatre) ★★★★
The Chemsex Monologues was written by Patrick Cash after he had been researching the idea of Chemsex for an article he was writing and found there was very much just one side people were looking at it. Unsafe sex amongst gay men, whilst they are high on drugs. But what about the other side of […]
REVIEW: NINA CONTI: IN YOUR FACE (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★★
British ventriloquist and Best Comedy nominee at the 2016 West End Wilma Awards, Nina Conti returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year in a slightly larger venue than last year, the Pleasance Courtyard. Thankfully, as Nina’s act has grown and she has moved up in venue sizes, she has realised now is the time […]
Vincent and Flavia do one last tango in the West End
Direct from a 33 week UK tour and following sell-out hit shows Midnight Tango and Dance ‘Til Dawn Strictly superstars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace will bring their final ever theatre show to the West End this autumn. Their most moving production yet, The Last Tango, will open at the Phoenix Theatre on Thursday 22 […]
Homage to David Bowie FROM IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS to open at Waterloo East Theatre
Just a few months since David Bowie’s passing, Adrian Berry’s new production From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a homage and celebration of one of the greatest musical figures of all time. A young man with an illness no-one can understand receives an unexpected gift on his 18th birthday, propelling him on a surreal […]
REVIEW: RAINBOW CLASS (Assembly Hall) ★★★★★
Vivienne Acheampong (The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-time) draws on her past experience of being a primary school teacher in this one woman comedy sketch show which is playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. As the audience enters the room we are welcomed in to Twiddlesworth Primary School by our […]
Wendi Peters and Kerry Ellis join the UK tour of WONDERLAND
TV and West End star Wendi Peters, much loved for her acclaimed portrayal of Cilla Battersby-Brown in Coronation Street, will headline the upcoming 2017 UK tour of Wonderland as Queen of Hearts alongside musical theatre favourite Dave Willetts, who has previously starred in tours of South Pacific, 42nd Street and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, […]
REVIEW: MYRA DUBOIS: SELF ADMYRA (Gilded Balloon) ★★★
Rotherham’s least celebrated daughter, Myra DuBois is no stranger to the London gay scene, performing regularly at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Having missed her show at the London Wonderground last month, I was keen to check out the show whilst up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Myra, the diva, refuses to come out on stage until […]