The Old Red Lion Theatre – championing the way forward for Accessibility in Fringe theatres
The Old Red Lion Theatre, in London’s Islington, might only have sixty seats but they are championing the way forward for off-west end theatre’s to hold accessible performances of theatre shows. They appreciate that the theatre can feel like an intimidating place for audiences who can’t always control when they move or make some noise. So […]
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 […]
Dream casting for DEAR EVAN HANSEN
The London production of Dear Evan Hansen will begin previews at the Noël Coward Theatre on Tuesday 29 October 2019. The winner of six Tony awards including Best Musical, features music by composers of The Greatest Showman, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul. A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was […]
Why do some musicals thrive, whilst others struggle to survive?
Two hugely anticipated Broadway, smash hit shows, Waitress and Come From Away have transferred to London’s West End this year but whilst one is selling out night after night, the other looks to be struggling and it makes me wonder why? What makes a show a success? Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre began […]
White actors asked to ‘self-identify’ as African American to perform PORGY AND BESS
According to an article posted on index.hu, the Hungarian State Opera House, have been staging a controversial production of George and Ira Gershwin’s English-language Opera, Porgy and Bess – a story of African-American struggles in the slums of South Carolina. The Gershwin Estate insist that black performers should portray the characters in this show, in order […]
Drama student’s dream of landing West End role shattered in elaborate hoax
A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Those are the words used to explain the story of Dear Evan Hansen – the hottest ticket on Broadway which is finally coming to London later this year. It […]
Ben Adams “too ‘chubby’ to be allowed to go without a vest” in boyband A1
Nineties boyband member of A1, Ben Adams has been hitting the charts over the last three decades, with chart topping hits like Caught In The Middle and Take On Me. With UK shows planned this year, as well as a joint tour in 2020 with fellow 90’s boybands Five, 911 and Damage, the band are […]
Words not to use when talking about DEAR EVAN HANSEN ‘Mental Health’, ‘Suicide’ and ‘Anxiety’
Yesterday, Strict brand guidelines were sent out to ticket sellers by the ticketing company Encore, for the London production of Dear Evan Hansen, which goes on pre-sale today. As someone who sells tickets through my website, I received these and was intrigued, as in seven years of blogging, I have never come across specific guidelines […]
Did RuPaul’s Drag Race star Bianca Del Rio go too far with ‘rape joke’?
This week it was announced that RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio will be joining the cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie in London’s West End to play drag queen Loco Chanelle after Shane Richie leaves the show in May. But this video has been brought to my attention by one concerned theatre fan […]
Newspaper for young Nigerians claims Seyi Omooba says “I shouldn’t be punished for my homophobia, I was born this way”
YNaija.com – the internet newspaper for young Nigerians, have released an article about Seyi Omooba titled “I shouldn’t be punished for my homophobia, I was born this way”. Writer Bernard Dayo has published a statement, apparently from Seyi’s publicist saying: ”I was born this way, homophobia is a natural reaction to homosexuality which is an […]