Tickets on sale now for the WEST END WILMA AWARDS 2018 at the ARTS Theatre
West End Wilma, the mother and son theatre blogging duo, are delighted to announce the 5th annual Wilma Awards! Sunday 4 November 2018 marks exactly five years since the first West End Wilma Awards were held at Freedom Bar, in Soho. The following years were hosted at the Hippodrome Casino and The Delfont Room. This […]
REVIEW: Carmen La Cubana (Sadlers Wells) ★★★★
If there’s one show that suits this current heatwave we’re experiencing, it’s Carmen La Cubana. Based on Oscar Hammerstein’s 1943 musical Carmen Jones (itself based on Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen), his subtitled production, performed entirely in Spanish, takes us to the heady, steamy days of 1958 Cuba. Revolution is coming, and Carmen is on […]
CLINGFILM brings three hipsters… at a funeral to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? We are Plunge Theatre. Unified by a keen sense of the ridiculous and a commitment to disrupting the mainstream, we’ve been making work together for the best part of ten years. We galloped onto the scene as Emerging Artists at the Lyric […]
VULVARINE: Saviour of Womankind comes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Show name: Vulvarine Venue: Assembly George Square Studio, Two, EH8 9JZ Time: 19:00 Running Time: 60mins Dates: 01 – 26 August. No show Weds 15 August. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? Hiya! I’m Allie and I’m an actor/theatre-maker from London. I play Bryony Buckle AKA Vulvarine in […]
Fez Faanana talks about bringing BRIEFS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Fez Faanana Name of Edinburgh show: Briefs: Close Encounters Venue: Assembly Hall, Main Hall Performance time: 7:15pm Show length: 75min Ticket price: £19.50 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I am a co-founder of the all-male, circus, burlesque, comedy, cabaret and cult theatre production Briefs, which is […]
REVIEW: Madagascar the Musical (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★
As someone whose favourite animal is a lemur and who has always planned to travel to Madagascar, I was very excited about the film, which has become one of mine and my dad’s favourite movies. When I discovered there was a musical version, I eagerly awaited its arrival (although my dad was not interested – […]
Birds of a Feather star Charlie Quirke talks about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Charlie Quirke Name of Edinburgh shows: Our Boys and Early Birds (in rep) Venue: PQA Venues @ Riddle’s Court (venue 277) Performance time: Our Boys runs 3 – 27 August (not 8, 15, 22) at 20:30 Early Birds runs 3 – 27 August (not 8, 15, 22) at 18:00 Show length: Our Boys (90 […]
Laura Crow takes an alternative look at World War II in GREYHOUNDS at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Laura Crow, Time and Again Theatre Company Name of Edinburgh show: Greyhounds Venue: The Space on the Mile (Venue 39) Performance time: 8.15pm Show length: 1 hour Ticket price: £10 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? Hi, I’m Laura. I wrote Greyhounds and I also act in […]
Jan Carey talks about bringing a life affirming story to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, initially as a pianist and singer. It was the only place in London at the time where you could combine both music and drama. After, I went into rep all over the […]
Martin McCormick talks about falling in and out of love with America at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Martin McCormick Name of Edinburgh show: South Bend Venue: Gilded Ballon at the Museum Performance time: 3pm Show length: 1 hour Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I trained as an actor at the RSAMD and have been a jobbing dogsbody for about eleven years now. I […]