New Musical Theatre Radio Station ENCORE RADIO launches today!
If you love songs from the musicals then you’ll be in Musical Theatre heaven this week with the launch of ENCORE RADIO, a brand new 24-hour 7-day-a-week radio station playing hits from musicals and films. ENCORE RADIO launches at 1.00pm on Monday 24 October, presenting a mix of West End and Broadway favourites from shows […]
Year long run of Kenneth Branagh work to end on 12 November
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company has staged seven plays at the Garrick over the past eleven months featuring a total of 64 actors wearing some 286 costumes and 36 wigs. Eighteen cast members made their West End debuts in the acclaimed productions, playing opposite actors such as Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Zoë Wanamaker, Lily James, […]
About West End Wilma / Contact
West End Wilma is the mother/son blogging venture that has been taking over London’s theatre scene since 2012, interviewing stars of the stage and reviewing all the latest productions. Originally under the pseudonym of an old lady called ‘Wilma’, creator Ed Baker along with his mother, created the persona of an old lady who loves running […]
Going back to basics – Write to me!
Whilst the technological world we live in is fantastic and social media allows us all to instantly connect with each other online, there is something to be said for writing a letter sometimes and sending something in the post. Who doesn’t love a surprise letter or package coming through the letterbox?! So I’m delighted to […]
REVIEW: HAMLET (The Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts) ★★★
‘To be or not to be’ – possibly the most famous lines ever written for the stage. This particular production of HAMLET performed at the Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts was directed by Jeffery Kissoon for Black Theatre Live. For those of you who do not know or perhaps have forgotten, Hamlet is the Shakespearian […]
REVIEW: DRACULA (Sutton House, Homerton) ★★★
Tucked away in the corner of Homerton High Street, Sutton House stands silent and solemn. As we approach the building, the sun flings its final farewell over the horizon and the shadows in the house’s hallways loom and lengthen. Just in time for Halloween, Tea Break Theatre’s DRACULA roosts like a brooding winged creature in […]
REVIEW: RAGTIME (Charing Cross Theatre) ★★★★★
RAGTIME is a show which has been revived time and time again over the last twenty years, however Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens has given a new breath of life in Thom Southerland’s production. Thom Southerland uses the actor musician element fantastically from start to end. It keeps the stage lively and busy and […]
REVIEW HOTEL FOR CRIMINALS (New Wimbledon Studio Theatre) ★★★★
When I was a kid in the 1970s, the French films about the brilliant criminal Fantômas, starring Jean Marais as the fearless journalist Fandor and the great comedian Louis de Funès as Inspector Juve were cult. Little did I know that they were actually preceded by Louis Feuillade’s silent movies, an espionage series set in […]
Charlie Condou to star in the UK Tour of THE CRUCIBLE
Arthur Miller’s classic American drama, The Crucible, is coming to theatres in the UK and Luxembourg in a new production by Sell A Door Theatre Company and The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in association with Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg. With previews from Friday 17th February and its opening night on Monday 20th February […]
Brian May and Kerry Ellis cancel December concert dates
Brian May and Kerry Ellis today announced with great regret the indefinite postponement of their December concert dates in the UK. May and Ellis were set to perform 11 ‘Candlelight Concerts’ in the three weeks leading up to Christmas. Apologizing to fans through a personal message posted on his official website, (www.brianmay.com) Queen’s Brian May […]