Bedding Belle – Hippodrome Casino
New company Roar Edge productions, dedicated to showcasing new talent and artists’ creative collaborations, announce their first musical “Bedding Belle” with a bang at Leicester Square’s Hippodrome Casino. Its West End cast members trump each other with previous credits from “Wicked”, “The Lion King”, “Mamma Mia”, “We Will Rock You”, “Hairspray”, and many more. Belle […]
Bend It Like Beckham – Phoenix Theatre
In more recent years, films have served the premise for a number of musicals. Some have become triumphant with their success, such as Billy Elliot and Once. Bend it Like Beckham does not fit into this category by any means. It had a lot of potential, with the storyline centring around our country’s most loved […]
Chef – Soho Theatre
This was my first visit to the Soho theatre and I was really impressed with the atmosphere and ambience. Tonight’s play was to be performed in the upstairs theatre which, although small doesn’t feel at all cramped and has a really quite decadent air. Chef is a one woman, one act play and centres around […]
1984 – Playhouse Theatre
1984 is a play based on the 1949 book by George Orwell, telling the story of a political system that controls society. Anyone found to not be believing the information they are fed, is punished and destroyed. It has similar conotations to the Queen inspired musical We Will Rock You, set in a futuristic world […]
Pop Up Opera – Brunel Thames Tunnels
Pop Up Opera have a knack of finding interesting and strange locations to stage the works of Mozart, Bizet and this time Rossini, but their current performance of l’italiana in Algeri really does take the biscuit. Hidden away in Rotherithe are the Brunel Thames Tunnels; a deep vertical tunnel which for a few nights only […]
The Picture of Dorian Gray – St James Theatre Studio
On June 20th 2015 it will be exactly 125 years since “The Picture of Dorian Gray” was published. The European Arts Company celebrates the anniversary with a stage tour of Merlin Holland’s (Wilde’s grandson!) and John O’Connor’s adaptation of the novel. In Victorian London, Basil Hallward completes his Magnum Opus: the portrait of Dorian […]
The Judy Garland Songbook – New Wimbledon Theatre
Judy Garland is one of the most iconic figures in film making history. Despite dying in 1969, her memory lives on today through the magnitude of films she made (including the iconic Wizard of Oz) and the incredible songs she sang. The Judy Garland Songbook is a celebration of the songs Judy sang in her […]
Dick Barton Special Agent – Leicester Square Theatre
This spoof of the popular BBC radio series of the 1940s and 1950s (weekly listening figures of some 15 million in its heyday) is very much in the style of West End hits The 39 Steps and The Play That Goes Wrong. And therein lies the problem. Those two productions have raised the bar […]
Absent Friends – Richmond Theatre
As Brits we are defined by our ‘stiff upper lip’ – our inability to show any emotions and a permanent fear of being embarrassed. This may never truly change, yet somewhere in amongst all of this, we enjoy ‘awkward’ humour, a style of comedy that allows us to laugh and cringe at the same time. […]
Face The Music – Ye Olde Rose and Crown
Face the Music is the 1932 political musical that tells the story of corruption. Hal Reisman is trying to put on a Broadway show but because of the state the world is in, no one is prepared to help fund it. Luckily for Hal, a group of Irish police men have a stash […]