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 […]
You Oughta Know what I thought of the JAGGED LITTLE PILL musical
When I was fourteen years old, an album called Jagged Little Pill changed my life forever. It became one of the biggest selling albums of all-time and earned songwriter/performer Alanis Morissette an array of awards including five Grammy’s and a Brit Award. I am still a fan to this day and even have a rather […]
I’m sorry – I just don’t like Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar was the first big musical production I remember seeing as a kid. I was at school and we had all been taken to see the touring production. I remember not being blown away by it then and despite seeing it since then (the 2012 arena tour which starred ITV Superstar winner Ben […]
Check out the brand new West End Wilma collection!
Creative Chicken Media create beautiful hand-drawn, hand-painted watercolours of all things musical theatre. So when they approached me and asked if they could draw my mum/Wilma, I was delighted to let them have a go at putting her on paper. The result was so lovely, they have created a huge selection of items you can […]
SON OF RAMBOW – THE MUSICAL workshop’s at The Other Palace
Written and directed by Garth Jennings, Son of Rambow is a hilarious 2007 comedy film that received critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival. This year, Nuffield Southampton Theatre in association with The Other Palace are bringing this delightful cult film to the stage in a new musical adaption […]
US TV show RIVERDALE murder CARRIE the Musical in random episode
Ok, so I’m an avid watcher of the American teen drama television series Riverdale. The Netflix series, now in its second series (with a third having been confirmed to come) is about the dark and twisted lives of the small town residents of Riverdale. In series one, the hunt was on the find the murderer […]
