REVIEW: WAYWARD (The Vaults) ★★★★★
Cat Loud’s blend of storytelling and song is comic, warm, sharp edged and broadly political but never bitter. She tells her surreal story interspersed with a wonderful selection of contemporary and classic, multi genre songs, sung beautifully. This is political, feminist, cabaret with a bite, featuring Cat Loud who is a London-based writer and performer […]
Hi, my name is Ed but you can call me Wilma
Today marks the fifth anniversary of when the idea of West End Wilma was born and I decided this was the perfect time to tell you all the truth about who I am. Back in 2012, my friend (who calls me Wilma) suggested I start a blog and so I did and I called it […]
Cast announced for THE SORROWS OF SATAN at Tristan Bates Theatre
Casting announced for The Sorrows of Satan, a brand new musical play, based on one of the world’s first bestselling novels. The Sorrows of Satan is written by musical theatre writing duo Bateman and Conley and directed by Adam Lenson (Songs for a New World, St. James Theatre) and runs at Tristan Bates for six […]
SCHOOL OF ROCK: Understudy Joel Montague takes on the role of Dewey Finn
Based on the 2003 film starring Jack Black, SCHOOL OF ROCK is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first rock musical since the 1971 smash hit Jesus Christ Superstar. The show premiered on Broadway in 2015 and made its UK premiere at the New London Theatre in November 2016. David Finn plays the role of Dewey and I […]
REVIEW: BARE ESSENTIALS (Seven Dials Club) ★★★★★
Encompass Productions present Bare Essentials, an evening of six new short plays in a small room in the Seven Dials Club in Covent Garden. It was so full on the evening I attended that extra chairs were needed. This is pared down theatre with minimal set; it’s all about the writing here. Encompass Productions select […]
REVIEW: LITTERATI (The Vaults) ★★★★
It’s sweet Millie’s big opportunity. She is excited and nervous about being asked by VICE to write an exposé about a mysterious underground and secretive community called the Litterati. Millie lives with her loving girlfriend, Hattie, in trendy Clapham. Hattie is steady and sensible and works in insurance in the City, she also cares deeply […]
Michael Matus & George Rae to star in Stephen Sondheim’s THE FROGS
Michael Matus & George Rae to star in Stephen Sondheim’s THE FROGS at Jermyn Street Theatre. They will play Dionysos and Xanthias in the UK premiere of the latest Broadway version of the rarely performed musical, an hilarious send up of Greek comedy and satire, with a book revised and expanded by Nathan Lane. The […]