Not About Heroes – Trafalgar Studios
Not About Heroes is a tribute. Not just to Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon but to every soldier who fought in the First World War. Like the Tower of London poppies, it represents each and every soldier. But not only the ones who died, those who lived with the horrific memories of what they […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Savoy Theatre
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is one of the best british feeling musicals we have had for a long time. Based on the 1988 film staring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, it tells the story of a pair of scheming fraudsters Lawrence Jamieson (Robert Lindsay) and Freddy Benson (Alex Gaumound) who pair up together in […]
Rock of Ages – New Wimbledon Theatre
As a show, Rock of Ages is definitely a grower trying to be a shower. Jam packed with 80s glam and stadium rock hits, it is a surprisingly enjoyable juke-box musical that the audience certainly enjoy. But it does beg the question, is it a good show? The first half of Act One is […]
Accolade – St James Theatre
Set in a rather warm environment for the St James Theatre, the lights dim as the last audience members take their seats to expose a carpeted stage – as what can only be described as a study. Holding a desk with a large book and type writer upon it, a telephone, an old fashioned […]
Worzel Gummidge the Musical
The Childrens TV show Worzel Gummidge was a popular choice in the 1980’s that had kids all around the country trying to take their heads off and talk to scare crows. So when the show was adapted for the theatre stage and performed at Christmas 1981 t the Cambridge Theatre people were obviously delighted. […]
If Everyone Was Listening – Michael Ball
Michael Ball is a smooth and sultry character, renowned for his prowess in musical theatre. In If Everyone Was Listening – his nineteenth studio album – he brings his own personality to the music. It’s toe-tapping in places, particularly the country songs like Stuck Like Glue and the swinging tunes like Bad Things. […]
Loaded – The Brockley Jack
From the Edinburgh Fringe, AlterEgo Theatre bring David Bown’s ‘Loaded’ to the The Jack Studio, Brockley. This fast paced, fiery production takes place in Pete’s (played by Andrew Murton) mechanics garage up north in Sheffield. Along with colleagues Mick (Nick Rogers) and Hudd (Christopher Ward) the lads-chat is thrown around with talk of money, […]
Forbidden Broadway – Vaudeville Theatre
There’s a certain clique of people in London’s West End that spend their lives collecting theatre programmes, going to see musicals multiple times in order to see the different casts, and who dress up as Elphaba or the Phantom for Halloween. Forbidden Broadway is a show made for these people. You could say it is […]
White Christmas – Dominion Theatre
No matter how much we dream of a white Christmas, the truth is we will be very lucky if we ever actually get one. I remember once it snowed on Christmas Eve but when I woke up the next day and rushed to the window, hoping to see the car buried in five feet […]
Calamity Jane – New Victoria Theatre
Whip crack away, whip crack away, whip crack away. These words have been rolling around in my head for the last week since I saw Calamity Jane at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking. Terrible I know that it’s taken me a week to write this, however in my defence I was organising the […]