REVIEW: THE WOMAN IN WHITE (The Charing Cross Theatre) ★★★★★
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Musical The Woman In White, based on the 1859 novel by Willie Collins, premiered in London’s West End in 2004 where it ran for eighteen months. The following year the show opened on Broadway where it ran for just four months. Now, in 2017 the show has been revived in London at […]
REVIEW: Marisha Wallace: Soul Holiday (The Charing Cross theatre) ★★★★
Marisha Wallace has had quite the week and she wants to tell us all about it. Having taken over as Effie White in the West End Production of Dreamgirls (a major dream after playing Eggie White in Something Rotten on Broadway), she’s hoofed it over to The Charing Cross Theatre to launch her first album, […]
REVIEW: LA SOIREE (Aldwych Theatre) ★★★★★
CAUTION: This review may contain nudity! The multi award winning La Soiree is back for its 8th year and is calling the the Aldwych Theatre its London home its 2017/2018 season. This show that brings an eclectic and diverse range of cabaret and circus performers together, culminating in an evening of spectacular entertainment. The first thing […]
REVIEW: Elf Lyons: Swan (Soho Theatre) ★★★★★
Swan, by Elf Lyons, is a one-woman stand-up comedy show. Lyons takes Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet, deconstructs it, and tells her own version of the story, subverting cliches and challenging assumptions as she goes. Ballet is widely considered one of the most elitist art forms. The tickets are often expensive and the narrative can […]
REVIEW: LA FAMILLE ADDAMS (Le Palace) ★★★★
The Addams Family is a well loved family classic. From the 1960’s TV series, to the 1990’s film adaptations, everyone has had them in their lives at some point. In 2010, a Broadway Musical version was brought to life by composer Andrew Lippa starring Nathan Lane. Various amateur productions have been staged in the UK […]
REVIEW: Grease la musicale (Théâtre Mogador) ★★★
I’m moving to Paris in January and so on a recent visit to look for somewhere to live, I decided it was probably time to go and see my first ever French production of a Musical. And what better way to kick things off than with Grease le Musical! Grease the Musical first premiered in […]
REVIEW: Ordinary Days (Drayton Arms Theatre) ★★★
We’re all specks of a bigger picture, which, in itself pretty ordinary, can contain incredible beauty – so is the premise of the musical “Ordinary Days”, currently playing in the theatre space above the Drayton Arms Pub near Gloucester Road. Originally produced in New York City by Roundabout Theatre, it has since been picked up […]
REVIEW: SCROOGE THE MUSICAL (Curve Leicester) ★★★★★
Leslie Bricusse’s festive family favourite, Scrooge The Musical, officially opened at Curve Leicester last week. It’s a story we all know and love: a cynical appraisal of society through the portrayal of a cantankerous old man as he reaches his autumn years. After years spent putting the fear of God into the residents of his […]
REVIEW: The Gruffalo’s Child (Lyric Theatre) ★★★★★
The Gruffalo’s Child comes to the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue this winter thanks to Tall Stories Theatre Company. Tall Stories have adapted a number of Julia Donaldson’s tales for the stage so the Gruffalo and his child are in good hands. The book was first published in 2004 and the first version of this […]
REVIEW: EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE (Apollo Theatre) ★★★★★
Jamie Campbell was an ambitious 16 year old boy determined not only to go to his school prom in a dress, but also to become a drag queen. After typing ‘How to get a documentary made’ into a search engine and firing off a myriad of emails to production companies, Firecracker responded and the TV […]