Kiss of the Red Menace
Where:Tristan Bates Theatre, 1A Tower Street City of London, WC2H 9NP How Much:£10.00 How long:1hr (no interval) Running until:11th August 2012 Catch the Kiss of the Red Menace at Edinburgh Fringe Festival at GHQ 19th-25th August. Kerry Jo Hodgkin is Melody La Rouge, the saucy cabaret singer who can currently be found running around […]
Drag Divas
Rating: 3/5 Where: The Arts Theatre, London How Much: £22.50 How long: 1hr 15mins (no interval) Running until: 25th August 2012 Drag Divas is a fabulously camp drag show, playing at the Arts Theatre. With tributes to Shirley Bassey, Tina Tunrner, Aretha Franklin, Cher, Liza Minnelli, Amy Winehouse and […]
Kim Sheard (Divinely Bette)
Where:The Gatehouse Theatre, Highgate Village, London N6 4BD Nearest tube: Highgate (5 minute walk) How Much: £12 How long: 45mins (no interval) Running until: Saturday 11th August 2012 Tickets available here: http://www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com/ Kim Sheard is a lovely lady, who since the age of 12 has been told she looks like Bette Midler. After years of […]
Music Box – The Improvised Musical
Wilma’s Rating: [rating=2] Where:Shaw Theatre, London How Much: £15.50 How long: 1hr 15mins (no interval) Running until: 5th August 2012 Music Box is the first show I went to see as part of the 2012 Camden Fringe Festival. A made up, on the spot musical, hidden away in the Kings Cross Shaw Theatre.It’s not easy […]
Spamalot
Rating: 5/5 Where:Harold Pinter Theatre, London How Much:£15.00-£65.00 How long: 1hr 55mins (including interval) Running until: 9th September 2012 It’s not spam… It’s 5* rump steak!Ive never been a huge fan of Monty Python. Obviously I didn’t mention this to John Du Prez (co-writer) who was sat behind me […]
John Owen Jones – Unmasked
John Owen-Jones is the Phantom of the Opera. Not only on the UK tour (for which he is playing the principal role) but in his voice. Every song on his new album Unmasked is hauntingly beautiful. The album is a collection of well loved musical theatre songs, some of which you would never expect to […]
REVIEW: Mamma Mia the Musical
Mamma Mia opened in the west end in 1999 and has been playing to sold out crowds for the last 13 years. The cast will shortly be packing their bags at the Prince of Wales theatre and moving to their new home at the Novello. Sally Ann Triplett who currently plays Donna in the show will […]
Vieux Carre
The single most enthralling piece of theatre I have ever seen. This autobiographical play by Tennessee Williams is about a young writer who takes up residency in a guest house and the other people who live there. Never have I been so drawn in to a play and captivated by every word said. As a […]
Spinach
Rating: 4 /5 Where: Kings Head Theatre, London How Much: £10.00-£22.50 How long: 1hr 20mins (no interval) Running until: 7th July 2012 Programme: £1 It’s amazing what you can find at the back of a pub. Tonight, I found the show Spinach, at the back of the Kings Head Theatre […]
The Inbetween
The In-between is so much more than a musical concept CD. It is an example of how hard work and determination can pay off. Telling the story of two sisters Flick and Alice, we hear about their love/hate relationship. They are more than just sisters, but parents to each other after their real ones died […]