25 shows I’m looking forward to seeing at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
It’s that time of year where I have spent several days scouring through the Edinburgh Fringe Festival catalogue, looking at what shows are playing this year and whittling down my list of shows I want to see whilst I am up there for one week 5-12 August 2016. I thought I would share with you […]
REVIEW: BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (Richmond Theatre)
It is difficult to adapt a novel for a film, a TV series is usually better suited to capture the richness of the writing. This is equally true for a stage adaptation and often it is better to step away from the original. Bryony Lavery attempts to do justice to Evelyn Waugh’s novel by trying […]
Full cast announced to join Beverley Knight and Ben Richards in THE BODYGUARD
As previously announced, Beverley Knight returns to the international hit musical The Bodyguard for a strictly limited six month run West End run to play Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Marron with Ben Richards as Frank Farmer, Marron’s bodyguard. Performances begin at the Dominion Theatre on 15 July 2016 for this strictly limited season to 7 January […]
REVIEW: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (St Paul’s Church)
Musical, magical madness. There is no other way to describe one of Iris Theatre’s Shakespearean productions – each summer they brave all weathers to bring the bard to the people via a promenade piece. They never fail to disappoint and Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Amy Draper, is no different. Claudio and Hero fall […]
BLOG: I took a gamble on GUYS AND DOLLS tickets tickets and won!
This week I decided to go and check out Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson make her West End debut as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at the Phoenix Theatre (review coming soon!) I’m a sucker for a bargain and have often blogged in the past about discounted Restricted View seats and how sometimes they can […]
REVIEW: Eugenius! (London Palladium)
The new writing to have emerged over the last few years in the musical theatre world has often left much to be desired. Only the occasional piece has managed to make its mark among the long celebrated classics currently in the West End. While the endeavour to create an entirely original concept is of course […]
Amanda Holden to play The Fairy Godmother in CINDERELLA at the London Palladium
Amanda Holden will play The Fairy Godmother in Qdos Entertainment’s London Palladium production of Cinderella. Cinderella will run at the London Palladium for five weeks only over the Festive season from Friday 9 December 2016 to Sunday 15 January 2017, with press night on Wednesday 14 December 2016. Holden joins the previously announced cast of […]
REVIEW: Sam Bailey slays Southend as Mamma Morton in CHICAGO
Chicago is the 1920’s inspired musical based on the stories of female murderes in a Chicago prison. Velma Kelly is the talk of the town after killing her sister and her boyfriend after finding them in bed together. But as with any hot news topic, the newspapers are always on the look out for a […]
Richard O’Brien musical THE STRIPPER opens at the St James Studio next week
Hannah Grover (Annabelle/ Sherry Mendez/ Sarah Arkwright), Gloria Onitiri (Deadpan Dolores/ Patty Keller), Marc Pickering (Doc Murphy/ Miles Rovak/ Harvey Stern), Michael Steedon (Sheriff Lavers / Jacob Arkwright/ Steve Loomas) and Sebastien Torkia (Al Wheeler) start rehearsals today, 13 June, for The Stripper, playing at the St. James Studio from 7 July to 13 August […]
WEST END BARES goes on a medieval adventure this September
Bigger and barer for its 7th year as the hottest night out at the theatre, West End Bares 2016 will this year take its audience on an epic medieval adventure on Sunday 25 September at the Novello Theatre. West End Bares: EXCALIBARE will feature over 100 of the hottest and most exciting performers from the […]