FUNNY GIRL to tour the UK next year
It has been announced today that the hit musical Funny Girl will go on a major national tour in 2017. The 5 star production opens at Manchester Palace where it runs for a week from 20 February, before touring to venues including Milton Keynes Theatre, Liverpool Empire, Bristol Hippodrome, Stoke Regent Theatre, His Majesty’s Theatre […]
Gobsmacked! The A Capella Musical (Udderbelly Festival)
After a fantastic run at Edinburgh Fringe 2015, Gobsmacked! takes on London with an hour of mash ups, beatboxing, humour and what can only be described as technical singing brilliance. Made up of six singers and a world champion beatboxer- quirky show Gobsmacked! is sure to have you smiling and grooving all the way through. […]
REVIEW: GREY MAN (Theatre 503)
Grey Man is a story about stories. It explores how we tell them and why, and the significance they take on, as our perspective changes. This experimental new play from Lulu Raczka is on at Theatre503, where the tiny space becomes ever more claustrophobic as the power of the stories takes hold. Raczka’s 30-minute monologue […]
REVIEW: CIRCA (Vaults Theatre)
In Pride week it seemed only fitting that Tom Radcliffe’s show Circa has been staged in the wonderfully eclectic Vaults Theatre in Waterloo. Following a man’s (there are no names) experience of being gay, from first fumblings with school friends to Grindr hook ups, the show attempts to show the struggle of overcoming the difficulties […]
WICKED Young Writers Awards 2016 winners announced
In the wake of the Brexit vote, the world is in a dark place of uncertainty, with many people (myself included) shocked at the decision to leave the European Union. I was delighted to attend the Wicked Young Writers Awards at the Apollo Victoria Theatre today and be inspired by the young 5-25 year old […]
REVIEW: MACBETH (Wimbledon Studio Theatre)
There are many ways in which to portray the character of Macbeth. Do we want the audience to sympathise, hate or pity? Whose side should they choose and how should they feel when they leave the theatre? Arrows and Traps are renowned for telling famous stories in different ways, shocking and surprising the audience with […]
TRAVESTIES by Tom Stoppard comes to the Menier Chocolate Factory
With David Baddiel’s My Family – Not the Sitcom running at the Menier, Into the Woods in rehearsals in New York, Funny Girl and The Truth in the West End, and Tony-winner The Color Purple on Broadway, the Menier Chocolate Factory today announces a major new revival of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties – the first London […]
Sheridan Smith’s understudy Natasha J Barnes is the greatest star in FUNNY GIRL
On 12 May 2016 it was announced that Sheridan Smith would take a 2-4 week break from performing the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre due to stress and exhaustion. Understudy Natasha J Barnes stepped into the role (something she had previously done for one week during its run at […]
Musical comedy about gay strippers opens at Above The Stag Theatre
Just got dumped and need some attention? Dreams of stardom gone awry? Desperate for cash? Or perhaps you just like getting your sack out in front of a room full of strangers?! The UK’s only full time LGBT Theatre presents an outrageous new musical comedy about amateur gay strippers, by resident pantomime writers Jon Bradfield and […]
THE WEDDING SINGER set to tour the UK in 2017 starring Jon Robyns, Cassie Compton and Ray Quinn
Step back in time and get ready for the biggest party in town! A sparkling new production of The Wedding Singer will tour the UK in 2017 opening on Monday 6 February at Leicester Curve. Jon Robyns, Ray Quinn, Cassie Compton, Roxanne Pallett and Ruth Madoc will star in the hilarious musical based on the […]