COME FROM AWAY celebrates 1 year in the West End and Beverley Bass is in safe hands with Alice Fearn
Last night I took my sister to see Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre in London which just happened to mark the show’s first birthday in the West End. We booked before it was announced that Rachel Tucker would be leaving the production to join the Broadway version of the show and so I […]
The top 10 musical songs and soundtracks (according to Spotify)
TicketSource have analysed 4,000 user-generated Spotify playlists to reveal the most listened to songs and shows in musical theatre. The top 10 musical songs according to Spotify users are: 1, Defying Gravity, Wicked 2, Candy Store, Heathers 3, Dead Girl Walking, Heathers 4, Waving Through A Window, Dear Evan Hansen 5, You Can’t Stop The […]
Could ‘Friday’ become the new West End ‘matinee day’?
Next week I’m going to see Pretty Woman – the new West End musical, which is transferring from Broadway after a short run there. I’ve booked for a matinee performance but it isn’t on a Wednesday or a Thursday (the standard matinee days in London) but a Friday! Who’s ever heard of a Friday matinee?! […]
Can you adapt stage shows like CATS successfully to the film screen?
With the recent film adaption of the stage musical Cats released in cinemas (to less than positive reviews), it is an interesting question to ask as to whether stage shows can ever be successfully adapted for the screen and on the flip side, whether films can be successfully adapted for the stage. A recent report […]
Is ‘DMT+ Membership’ worth paying for?
DMT+ membership gives you access to special offers and discounts at all Delfont Mackintosh Theatres (Gielgud, Noel Coward, Novello, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, Sondheim, Victoria Palace, Wyndham’s). For £35 per year, you receive exclusive benefits including no online booking fees across all shows (usually £2.50 on every ticket purchased), a free ticket exchange service and […]
20 Shows Coming To London In 2020
Pretty Woman at the Piccadilly Theatre One of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories of all time is now coming to the West End! Pretty Woman: The Musical features direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, Hairspray), an original score by Grammy® winner Bryan Adams and his longtime songwriting partner Jim Vallance (“Summer of ’69”, “Heaven”) and a book by […]
My Top Ten Theatre Shows of 2019
Having been living in Paris for the last two years, I haven’t seen anywhere near enough shows in London and have relied on my amazing reviewing team to cover the majority of productions for me. So don’t shout at me if I don’t list some of your favourites (I may just not have seen them). But […]
Sitting in the cheapest theatre seats possible for West End shows
Theatre tickets in London‘s West End can be expensive. But there are cheaper options out there if you don’t mind have some restrictions in terms of view and leg room. I wanted to talk about how theatre can be accessible to everyone and there are options if you want to enjoy live theatre but don’t […]
Should theatre shows be limited to how long they can run for?
The Lion King, Thriller, Wicked, Mamma Mia, Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera are just some of the shows in the West End that have been running for over ten years and let’s not even start talking about The Mousetrap which has been playing longer than my parents have been alive! To see shows […]
Should pantomime’s be political? Isn’t politics the biggest pantomime of all?
Writer/Producer and former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning talking about “this year’s planet saving pantomime” Jack and the Beanstalk playing at the Lighthouse Theatre in Poole from 12 December. The TV segment sparked the topic of whether or not pantomime should be political or not. But isn’t the […]