REVIEW: DREAMGIRLS ORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORDING
And I am telling you that tomorrow (Friday 12 May 2017), the Original London Cast Recording of the musical Dreamgirls is released and you’d better all be goin’ downtown in your cadillac car to get a copy to listen to! Recorded live at London’s Savoy Theatre over four performances, backed by a 14 piece band, […]
REVIEW: GANGSTA GRANNY (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★★
David Walliams’ best selling children’s book has been brought to life on stage by The Birmingham Stage Company. The story is told through the eyes of 11 year old Ben (Ashley Cousins) who every Friday night is sent to his ‘boring’ granny’s house (Gilly Tompkins) for the night while his selfish parents go ballroom dancing. […]
REVIEW: ALL OUR CHILDREN (Jermyn Street Theatre) ★★★★
‘They’re just children, aren’t they? Just children.’ Any story that involves the Holocaust is likely to be harrowing, yet amidst all of the sorrow are tales of bravery, determination and love: the risks people took to speak out against the Nazi regime; those who saved countless people… but all too often forgotten are the ordinary […]
REVIEW: WHAT WOULD JULIE DO? (Pheasantry) ★★★★★
I’ve always seen musical theatre, or theatre in general really, as an idea of escapism. It’s one of the only situations we have left in the world where we can switch off our phones and rely purely on what’s on stage in front of us, as a way of moving away from our troubles outside […]
REVIEW: PAPER HEARTS (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) ★★★★
After it’s successful run at last years Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Paper Hearts arrives Upstairs at the Gatehouse. The story tells of young Atticus Smith (Adam Small), an aspiring writer working in a bookshop trying to find his way in the real world while simultaneously living in the world of his novel, Angel Star which he […]
REVIEW: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (Bridewell Theatre) ★★★★
Despite having won five Tony Awards when it opened on Broadway in 2006, The Drowsy Chaperone remains relatively ignored or unheard of by theatregoers. A hilarious 1920s romp complete with romantic mix-ups, fantastic caricatures and a soundtrack that will have you positively bouncing in your seat, what more could you wish for? Thankfully, Sedos theatre […]
REVIEW: WAITING FOR GOD (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre) ★★★★
With audiences demanding evermore lavish and spectacular productions, it was a welcome return to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford for the stage version of Waiting for God. All of our favourite characters from the original BBC series return to Bayview, facing the dilemmas that come with growing old disgracefully. Nichola McAuliffe, playing Diana Trent is […]
REVIEW: WHEN HARRY MET BARRY (Above The Stag Theatre) ★★★
When Harry met Barry has been around for a few years now: it first premiered in 2002, back in the day when the Above The Stag theatre really was above The Stag pub in Victoria. The show, now in it’s fourth incarnation, is currently playing at the Stag’s most recent home under the arches in […]
REVIEW: OUT THERE ON FRIED MEAT RIDGE ROAD (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★★
I am a gal who loves to laugh: tittering, belly-laughing, a delayed chuckle, witty banter and snort your-beer-out-of-your-nose hilarious. Out There On Fried Meat Ridge Rd. at the Trafalgar Studios allowed me to indulge in all of my favourite kinds of laughter. The show is the brain child of Playwright Keith Stevenson, a proud native […]
REVIEW: OUR MAN IN HAVANA (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre) ★★★★
Cuba has become the tourist destination of 2017. Since Fidel Castro‘s death, people are flocking to visit the country before it ‘gets Trumped’, to see the famous classic cars, smoke Habanos and drink Mojitos. However, despite today’s sudden nostalgia for 1950’s Havana, Graham Greene‘s novel looks at the real Cuba that was, whilst also giving […]