Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Digital Media Night
Digital Media night at Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was never going to end in a sober state so decided to treat myself to a night in the Waldorf Hilton so I didn’t have to worry about getting home. This was my third visit to see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. A proper British musical that has great acting, […]
The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Sibling rivalry, love and adultery. Gossip Girl meets Pride and Prejudice. Five very different sisters are preparing for a family portrait, but beneath their designer gowns and shoes are clashing personalities, mistrust and anger. After an incident at a gala the sisters’ relationships change dramatically… The Tricycle Theatre has a very deep stage, which gives […]
Fashion Victim: The Musical
Fashion Victim: The Musical was never going to be a homage to Pinter or a deep and probing examination of the human psyche. It was always going to be a fun, frothy show with beautiful people and scathing witticisms. On the whole is succeeded in being a fun and entertaining evening, but people going to […]
Carousel
Rodgers and Hammestein’s Carousel first opened on Broadway in 1945 and then in London’s West End in 1950. The show has been revived many times over the years, most recently the short Opera North UK touring production in 2012. Now, Morphic Graffiti are bringing this classic show back to life in the intimate space of […]
West End Live gives the public a taste of London theatre
The 2014 West End Live (free) concert took place last weekend in London’s Trafalgar Square. Crowds queued for hours to pack out the pigeons home for two solid days of musical theatre bliss. More than 20 current west end shows took part, performing segments of their shows to wet the whistle of London theatre lovers, […]
Songs from the Playground
When I was invited down to Songs From The Playground Volume ll, I knew that if it was anything like Volume 1, I would be in for a great night. The show was performed at The Union Theatre this time around (moving from the Phoenix Artist Club) and you could instantly tell that this was […]
Hobson’s Choice
After a quality start to this summer’s season with a beautifully acted production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre continues its reputation for top notch revivals with this hugely enjoyable take on Harold Brighouse’s tale of family feuding in Salford. Whereas the original was set in the late Victorian […]
Bathhouse! the Musical
Warning: this production contains steam, brief nudity and lots of bubbles! An evening spent watching half naked men prance around a stage sounds beyond fabulous to me, especially as Above the Stag is such a welcoming theatre. Innocent Billy (Ryan Lynch) heads to the ‘friendly neighbourhood bathhouse’ looking for love, but he soon realises that […]
Café Society Swing
Café Society Swing, a musical show based on the story of the Café Society jazz club, is playing for a limited time at Leicester Square Theatre until Saturday 21st June 2014. Café Society, which opened in New York in 1938, was the first racially desegregated club in the city. Advertised as “the wrong place for […]
The Pajama Game
Following a sold out run at the Chichester Festival, Richard Adler’s The Pajama Game transferred into London’s Shaftesbury Theatre last month for a limited run (until 7 September). Michael Xavier and Joanna Riding are the perfect pairing to play the lead roles of Sid Sorokin and Babe Williams. They bounce off of each other with […]