WEST END PRODUCER to make Edinburgh Fringe debut in FREE WILLY!
Theatreland’s anonymous cult figure West End Producer will take on Edinburgh this summer with his first hilarious show – as he auditions special guests for his Free Willy musical. Come and join WEP, as he is known in theatrical circles, as he flips theatre on its head with theatrical secrets, stories, musings and songs – […]
REVIEW: THE OTHER HALF (White Bear Theatre) ★★★
This short, one-act play, explores how family history still affects us all, as understanding our childhood experiences helps us know who we are and why we do the things we do. Writer and director Francessca Charlemagne has devised the play in collaboration with the cast, Lauren Leppard and Shannon Assaf. Leppard plays older sister Iris […]
REVIEW: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson (Park Theatre) ★★★★★
It is worth noting that “The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson” was co-funded by Arts50, a scheme commissioned by Sky Arts to explore the notion of what it means to be British in the wake of Brexit. Of almost 1,000 entries, this was one of a shortlist of only 50 to receive funding. With achingly […]
REVIEW: CLASS (Bush Theatre) ★★★★
The title of this extremely clever and thought provoking, one act play, is doubly apt; while it is set in a school classroom and covers both after school reading classes with two pupils in need of extra tuition and a fraught parent-teacher meeting after school, it is also a thought provoking and empathetic look at […]
REVIEW: AMERICAN IDIOT (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★
American Idiot premiered in 2009 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre before moving to Broadway’s St James Theatre in 2010. Since then, the sung-through rock musical based on Green Day’s 2004 concept album of the same name has seen great success winning two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for the Original Broadway Cast Album. On […]
DEAR EVAN HANSEN show how amazing understudies are in new video
Broadway standby Michael Lee Brown is literally always at the ready. As the cover for three unique roles in DEAR EVAN HANSEN, he is prepared to play Evan, Jared or Connor on a moment’s notice. And now, a video of him singing the song “Sincerely Me” as all three characters in the show, has been […]
Tyrone Huntley to star in THE VIEW UPSTAIRS at Soho Theatre
Tyrone Huntley will star as Wes in the European premiere of new LGBTQ+ musical THE VIEW UPSTAIRS, which runs from 18 July to 24 August at Soho Theatre, with a press night on Tuesday 23 July and a special gala night in aid of the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) on 24 July. He joins the […]
AXED – Musicals that closed long before their time
With news today at The Jeremy Kyle Show has been axed on ITV after fourteen years, after a participant took their own life after appearing on the show, it got me thinking about musical’s that closed unexpectedly or ahead of their time. Stephen Ward In 2013, Andrew Lloyd Webber unveiled his latest musical (with Don […]
T’Shan Williams announced to replace Seyi Omooba in THE COLOR PURPLE
Back in March 2019, Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome announced that the previously announced Seyi Omooba would no longer be a part of THE COLOR PURPLE production after homophobia backlash, when a social media post from Seyi years before was discovered saying she did “not believe homosexuality is right”. Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome announce Seyi Omooba […]
The Bridge House Theatre presents a bold new take on Shakespeare’s TWELFTH NIGHT
The Bridge House Theatre in Penge present their first venture outside of producing their Christmas season: a bold new take on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night starring Olivier Award winner George Maguire as Malvolio/Orsino in his Shakespearean debut, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Guy Retallack and produced by Rob Harris at Bridge House Productions. Other cast […]