Actress Seyi Omooba breaks silence on alleged homophobia saying “I don’t see why what I said was offensive”
In March 2019, it was announced that actress Seyi Omooba would play the lead role of Celie in the Curve Leicester and Birmingham Hippodrome production of The Color Purple. Seyi’s theatre credits include Hadestown (National Theatre); Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors (Regent’s Park); Martha in Spring Awakening (Hope Mill Theatre) and Tilly in Junkyard […]
Celebrities should feel NO SHAME in taking West End theatre roles
There’s been some pretty harsh comments coming out over the past few days about YouTube/Strictly star Joe Sugg joining the cast of Waitress in the West End. People saying that he should be ashamed of himself for taking the role, when it could have gone to a trained actor instead. I think this is a really […]
A response to the DOGFIGHT review backlash
The beauty of theatre is that it is subjective. People take different things from a show. Some people love West Side Story, others hate it and that’s ok. So despite my giving a previous production of Dogfight 4* in 2014, I accept that other people (like the reviewer who covered this show for me) may […]
I went on a date … with a girl
I’m pretty open minded when it comes to love. I’m not hetrophobic and think if a man and a woman want to be together then they should be and it’s no one else’s business but there own. I’m a happily partnered homosexual but when I went to see a comedy show called Lobster at the […]
How mobile phones have revolutionised the way we buy theatre tickets
Mobile phones have become a key part in how we buy tickets for theatre shows in recent years. Even more so now, with the likes of TodayTix who hold daily lotteries and rush ticket programmes, enabling users to get discount tickets at a single click. You can select the show you want to see, press […]
Shows I’m looking forward to at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
I can’t believe the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival begins next week! I’ll be up there for a week 5-12 August, running around seeing as many shows as I can. I have a huge list of shows I am hoping to see but I wanted to let you know about a handful (well, 13) that I […]
Should ticket buyers have the right to be upset if an understudy is performing?
The six-time Tony Award winning musical, The Light In The Piazza, is currently playing a three week limited season at London’s Southbank Centre. The show stars Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming and Disney actress Dove Cameron, alongside a stellar West End cast. Last week, the Southbank Centre tweeted “Due to the indisposition of Dove Cameron […]
WEST END LIVE – highlights
The last couple of days saw the creme de la creme of London theatre, brought to Trafalgar Square to give audiences a sample of what their shows have to offer if they book to see them. Thousands of people lined up for hours just to get in to the square to see the performances take […]
Why are there no Sundays in the park with George?
It was announced yesterday that Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford will reprise their roles in the Broadway transfer of Stephen Sondheim‘s musical Sunday In The Park With George, which comes to London’s West End in June 2020 at the Savoy Theatre. Sondheim and Lapine’s masterpiece Sunday In The Park With George follows painter Georges Seurat (Jake […]
The next big musical will be … YOU DECIDE!
Stage Entertainment France are putting their next big production at the Mogador Theater in Paris in the hands of the public to decide. In an email sent today, Stage Entertainment France are asking readers to choose between four productions, Anastasia, Aladdin, Mary Poppins and The Lion King. My fingers are crossed for Anastasia as the […]