UK’s ultimate Michael Jackson tribute star Ben Bowman talks about the show
From dancing along to the legendary pop videos as a child, to playing to a crowd of weeping fans the day after Michael Jackson died, Ben Bowman is certainly dedicated to being the UK’s ultimate Michael Jackson tribute artist. Ben, 33, who grew up on the Isle of Sheppey, off Kent, quit college to pursue […]
A story of brotherhood, vengeance and fate THE FISHERMEN transfers to Trafalgar Studios 2
Chigozie Obioma’s Booker Prize-nominated novel The Fishermen, about vengeance and fate in a small Nigerian town transfers to the West End (Trafalgar Studio 2, 3rd September – 12th October 2019). Following a Stage Award winning run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and two sold-out runs at the Arcola, New Perspectives’ adaptation of the Booker Prize-nominated novel […]
REVIEW: MICHAEL – the Michael Jackson tribute (Southampton Guildhall) ★★★
It is a very long time since I saw a show at the cavernous Guildhall, Southampton with its high ceiling and brick walls and not much has changed at the venue over the last forty-five years, even the carpet looked like it had been down that long! The only thing that noticeably had changed was […]
Gothic masterpiece FRANKENSTEIN set to tour the UK
A new theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley’s seminal 1818 gothic horror novel Frankenstein is set to depict Shelley onstage, as she unfolds her monstrous tale of creature and creator. An eighteen year-old girl, Mary Shelley, dreams up a monster whose tragic story will capture the imaginations of generations to come. A young scientist by the […]
Newspaper for young Nigerians claims Seyi Omooba says “I shouldn’t be punished for my homophobia, I was born this way”
YNaija.com – the internet newspaper for young Nigerians, have released an article about Seyi Omooba titled “I shouldn’t be punished for my homophobia, I was born this way”. Writer Bernard Dayo has published a statement, apparently from Seyi’s publicist saying: ”I was born this way, homophobia is a natural reaction to homosexuality which is an […]