Should we insist that a percentage of people cast in theatrical productions be of colour?
It has hit the news that actress Mazz Murray has been told she can’t perform a song from the show Dreamgirls at an upcoming concert at the Royal Albert Hall because it is ‘not appropriate’ for a white woman to sing a song traditionally sung by a black woman. Yesterday we saw uproar online with […]
StageCon labelled a ‘Con’ by angry musical theatre fans
For the first time ever in the UK, StageCon, a convention for theatre fans throughout the UK and Europe, will be held over the weekend of 3 & 4 November at Shoreditch Town Hall in London. But theatre fans are confused by the high ticket price and lack of information about the event. The weekend […]
Backstage with … Alice Fearn – podcast out today!
Alice Fearn is playing one of the most sought after and iconic roles in Musical Theatre today – the green witch Elphaba in Wicked. Alice, who joined the show as a standby in 2016, has gone on to play the role full time for the past twelve months and is referred to by many as […]
A negative review isn’t necessarily a bad thing… is it?
Last week, one of my reviewers went to see a new musical production called Broken Wings which has a short run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London’s West End. I have heard the concept recording and thought it was wonderful but as for the actual production my reviewer didn’t love it as much as […]
Must see shows this Summer
I live in Paris these days (did I mention that before?!) and so am only back in London every now and again and so with my next trip looming, I am starting to look at what shows I want to see whilst I’m there. I thought it would be fun to give you some of […]
What’s on at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year?
It’s August and that means one thing and one thing only, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has begun! This year I have interviewed more than 200 acts who are performing at the festival this month. Check them all out in the Interviews section of the website if you’re stuck for what to see. More interviews still to […]
Bringing the Stage to the Screen
A long tradition exists of bringing stage musicals to the screen as films, but in recent years, the West End has found its way into cinemas in a different way. Thanks to advances in technology, stage productions can now be live streamed to cinemas across the country and even across the world, allowing tens of […]
I went to the fun home!
Ever since hearing the cast recording of the Broadway musical Fun Home, I have been eagerly anticipating it coming to London – and now it has! The show, which is playing to mostly sold out crowds at the Young Vic Theatre tells the story of a girl coming to terms with her fathers suicide and looking […]
Does Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp razzle dazzle in the West End production of CHICAGO?
Bassist of the 1980’s new wave band Spandau Ballet, Martin Kemp has stepped into the shoes of Hollywood Actor Cuba Gooding Jr as Billy Flynn in the West End production of Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre. It comes at the perfect time as Spandau Ballet have recently reformed with a new lead singer after Tony […]
I’ve gone viral on Twitter!!!
Everybody dreams of the day one of their social media posts suddenly and unexpectedly goes viral and for some unknown reason, hundreds of people start sharing it around. It’s taken me six and a half years of theatre blogging but I woke up this morning and it had finally happened! Ironically for me, the tweet […]