Calamity Jane – New Wimbledon Theatre
I challenge anyone to go and see this show and not come away humming one of the songs. The original 1953 film starring Doris Day remains a popular family classic and it’s a firm favourite for amateur musical societies. Set in the Wild West Calamity Jane is a rootin’ tootin’ showstopper of a musical that […]
Character – Tristan Bates Theatre
I really wanted Character to be good. I thought the story of two women locked away with a crate of wine and bucket full of unresolved issues sounded like a recipe for hilariousness. But it just wasn’t to be. The writing has some moments of accuracy and at points it feels like Florence Vincent has […]
The Last Five Years – the film
I love Jason Robert Brown’s musical of The Last Five Years. A retrospective look back at one couples relationship together after it has ended. The highs, the lows, the successes and the failures and everything in-between. It’s one of those stories that makes you realise that sometimes, people just grow apart, and thats ok. The […]
Akram Khan – The Pursuit Of Now – Sadlers Wells
Sadler’s Wells is one of the world’s leading dance venues with two performance spaces, the main house theatre and the Lilian Baylis studio. With an impressive history of the present building being the sixth on the site since 1683. Boasting a large record of shows from companies such as Ballet Boyz to solo performances of […]
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ The Musical – Curve, Leicester
Having not known much about Sue Townsend’s book before attending Adrian Mole, I had the pleasure of being able to watch a musical with an open mind, having had no prior exposition. The Curve is a theatre that I have had the pleasure of performing in myself, and has an earned itself an excellent reputation […]
Wink – Theatre 503
You would have to have been living on a small island in the pacific to have avoided the interesting stirrings of a feminist movement that seems to be emerging at the moment. But (and please don’t lynch me internet) what about men? If women now have a whole host of role models to look up […]
Bathhouse the Musical – Above the Stag
Warning: This show is a musical comedy with adult themes, language, and scantily clad men! It contains steam, brief nudity and lots of bubbles! Billy is a young man, looking for love. They say you can find love in the most unexpected places and so Billy tries a gay sauna (a Bathhouse). Along the way […]
Daniel Boys – Proud Cabaret
West End On Sea originated in Brighton and have recently started performing in their new venue, Proud Cabaret. Proud Cabaret City is modelled on a 1920’s speakeasy and offers an evening of fine dining and entertainment of unrivalled prestige. The menu at Proud Cabaret offers a selection of beautifully cooked, gorgeously presented and deliciously tasting […]
Let It Be – Garrick Theatre
I had seen Let It Be back in 2013 when it was playing in the West End at the Savoy Theatre, and was excited to refresh my memory with what I remembered being a good time all around. As a massive Beatles fan, I am always looking forward anything that involves the Fab Four, so […]
Pop-up Opera: Mozart’s Die Entfuhrung
Given the huge variety of art forms that we Londoners can partake in on a daily basis, it seems fair that there will always be one genre that you consider before shrugging and thinking, ‘maybe later’. For me that art form is opera. I can appreciate it takes an insane amount of skill and training […]