REVIEW: SHOSHANA BEAN (The Singers Lounge) ★★★
Shoshana Bean is most famously known for being the first actress to play the role of Elphaba in Wicked the Musical on Broadway, after the characters creator Idina Menzel left the show in 2004. In 2006 she reprised the role on the 1st National Tour of America. Since then, Shoshana has released several albums and […]
REVIEW: BUMBLESCRATCH (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★
Some of the best loved musicals of all time have come from the Shermans. They are true classics, and I think Robert J. Sherman’s Bumblescratch could be on its way to being just that. It is refreshing to see a new classic musical, as even though musicals have developed and changed in style over the […]
REVIEW: PARTY (Above The Stag) ★★★★★
There is one word that springs to mind to describe the thrilling experience that was watching ‘Party’ – FAB-U-LOUS! It’s not often that a comedy is this effective in producing consistent laugh-out-loud reactions from an audience, but there was no shortage here. It was rather like watching a saucy version of ‘Friends’, except with seven […]
REVIEW: THE MGM STORY (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) ★★★★
Judy Garland saunters through an empty film studio of Hollywood institution MGM, browsing through the unused costumes and camera equipment, while some stagehands sweep the premises. Or so it seems – the snappy start of the narration soon breaks the spell, and all cast burst into song. Less a musical or play than an educational […]
REVIEW: TWO MAN SHOW (Soho Theatre) ★★★★
The title of the event Two Man Show is slightly misleading as there are no men in the show and three women, however that is a mere bagatelle next to the real content of the show. RashDash was formed at the University of Hull in 2009. It comprises two very talented young women, Helen Goalen […]
REVIEW: KINKY BOOTS (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★★
Kinky Boots celebrated its 1st birthday in the West End last night with a special media night to introduce the new cast of the show. David Hunter (Once/One Man Two Guvnors) has replaced Killian Donnelly in the lead role of Charlie alongside Matt Henry who remains in the role of Lola. David Hunter has some […]
REVIEW: DIARY OF A MADMAN (Gate Theatre) ★★★★
Al Smith’s witty new adaptation is based on Gogol’s classic story. Transporting the action to modern day Scotland, Gogol’s protagonist Poprishchin becomes the engineer Pop Sheeran – a troubled man spiralling towards insanity when his senses of personal, professional and national identity are seriously challenged in a post-Brexit world. Pop Sheeran is not a civil […]
REVIEW: VANITIES THE MUSICAL (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★
VANITIES THE MUSICAL opened this week at Trafalgar Studios starring three big west end names. Lauren Samuels (We Will Rock You/Bend It Like Beckham), Ashleigh Gray (Wicked/Cool Rider) and Lizzy Connolly (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels/Mrs Henderson Presents). So with these three ladies making up the cast, I was excited to go and check it out. Vanities tells […]
REVIEW: TRAVESTY (New Diorama Theatre) ★★★★
Liam Williams’s debut play, Travesty, comes to New Diorama Theatre after a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Williams is primarily known for his acclaimed stand-up shows. He was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award in 2013, and in 2014 his follow up show was nominated for the main award. Travesty is produced […]
REVIEW: TITLE OF SHOW (Waterloo East Theatre) ★★★★
[title of show] is a musical with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and a book by Hunter Bell which is described in the show as “a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical!” The show presents an account of it’s own creation as an entry into the New […]