REVIEW: AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (Curve Leicester) ★★★★★
It was the world premiere of a brand-new musical, An Officer and a Gentleman, at Curve Leicester last night, and what a triumph it was. Based on the hit 80’s film starring Richard Gere, we follow the story of Zack Mayo (Jonny Fines) as he enters training to become a US Navy Pilot. A little […]
REVIEW: BAT OUT OF HELL at the Dominion Theatre ★★★★★
Jim Steinman doesn’t do anything by halves. He’s worked with legends Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, Barbra Streisand, Cher and Def Leppard so when he penned Bat Out Of Hell the musical it should be no surprise he created a larger than life sceptical. Using many of the songs he wrote for from Meat […]
REVIEW: CHICAGO (Phoenix Theatre) ★★★
Kander & Ebb’s Chicago is a theatrical institution. One of the heavy-weight champions of American musical theatre, the shows accolades are many including holding the records for the longest running musical revival and second longest running musical on Broadway and the longest running American musical in both America and The West End. Having been seen […]
REVIEW: Jason Robert Brown at the London Palladium ★★★★★
It is an ironic joke, one which Jason Robert Brown mentioned during the concert, that his musicals tend to fail on Broadway. When, judging by the buzz of audience who packed out the London Palladium as his fandom from across the pond, Brown’s genius composing speaks for itself. There is something charming in the honesty […]
REVIEW: Cream Tea and Incest (The Hope Theatre) ★★★★★
This, all-too-short, farcical romp through the British-aristocrat-period-genre is a masterpiece of comedy, closely following in the limelight of the great farces in its jolly little outing in Islington. The cheekily titled, ‘Cream Tea and Incest’, is a little difficult to describe, so here is what it is not; ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ – the gentleman and […]
REVIEW: Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway with John Barrowman (Leicester Square Theatre) ★★★★
On stage before us we see a grand piano, a mic stand and two chairs – the perfect setting for an evening of mixed entertainment from the household name that is John Barrowman and the devilishly talented Seth Rudetsky. The show starts with a bang, and it takes little more than a minute for Barrowman’s […]
REVIEW: QUIZ (Noel Coward Theatre) ★★★★
A question to start off proceedings, spoken in a Chris Tarrant voice. Which James Graham play over the past two years has not been nominated for an Olivier? A) This House B) Ink C) Labour Love D) Quiz D was the correct answer, but this’ll probably change come this time next year. We’re beginning to […]
REVIEW: SOPHIE, BEN, AND OTHER PROBLEMS (Tabard Theatre) ★★★
This inaugural production by fledgling theatre company The After School Club is to be applauded the new writing by Conor Burke, who co-stars in the piece alongside producer Dylan Morris, fizzes along with cracking wit and awkward comedy based around contemporary young love, that gives way to poignant moments throughout , and an unexpectedly moving […]
REVIEW: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (in cinemas 16 May)
’An American in Paris’ gets a worldwide cinema release on 16th May, following it’s successful run on both Broadway and the West End (the latter closing only in January). The cast, crew and a few lucky reviewers were given a sneak preview on Sunday at Vue Leicester Square to see how this reimagined version of […]
REVIEW: I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL (Live at Zedel) ★★★★
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical is a dazzling virtuoso showcase that might make you glad your life isn’t like a musical. The revue’s closely observed comic songs will have any actors watching cringing with recognition. Teeming with musical theatre in-jokes, gags and references, it covers all the facts of life as a […]