Miss Saigon
Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil’s follow up to the 1985 West End hit Les Miserables (which is still running almost 30 years later) was the 1989 production of Miss Saigon. Based on the Puccini Opera Madame Butterfly, the musical opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1989 where it played for just over 10 […]
Les Mis and Mamma Mia win joint 1st place at West End Eurovision
Last night saw celebrity-studded West End Eurovision return to the Dominion Theatre for its 7th and final year in support of The Make A Difference (MAD) Trust where Mamma Mia! and Les Misérables jointly won the Winners Trophy. Book of Mormon scooped the Technical Theatre Awards Ident Award. My favourite Ident was Mamma Mia but I did […]
Rachel Tucker has Tea With Wilma
West End leading lady Rachel Tucker is best known for playing Elphaba in Wicked the Musical. Two years ago she started a venture with her husband to open a fringe theatre in Penge, South London. I sat down with Rachel at the theatre to talk about how it came to be, their latest production of […]
David Hunter has Tea With Wilma
For those who may not be familiar with your work, can you tell me about yourself and some of your career highlights? My name’s David Hunter, I’m a nice, friendly, northern chap. I like autumn walks, cups of tea, sitting down and Match of the Day. Work wise, I trained at LIPA as an […]
Pam Ann has Tea With Wilma
Pam Ann is the foul mouthed Australian comedian who has been offending Airlines and the people that work on them for years. She is bringing her hilarious act to London’s Leicester Square Theatre from March 26th for a month long run. I caught up with her for a cup of tea and a chat about […]
Gemma Sutton has Tea With Wilma
Gemma Sutton has just finished playing Roxie Hart in Chicago the Musical at Leicester Curve. I caught up with her for a cup of tea and a chat about her next show Drunk! How could I resist! Can you tell me about yourself and your career highlights to date? I’m from Macclesfield in Cheshire, grew […]
Curious Incident to move
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time doesn’t look like it will re-open this month at the Apollo Theatre as planned. The theatre closed in late December after part of the ceiling collapsed during a performance of the show. It has been announced today that the show will move to the Gielgud […]
Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis one of the West Ends leading ladies, having starred in pretty much everything! We Will Rock You, Wicked (both London and Broadway), My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon and Les Miserables (to name but a few). Kerry is in the middle of writing a new album, preparing for a UK tour with Brian May […]
Stephen Ward
Rating ***** Reviewed by Sarah Holland The Aldwych Theatre, London WC2. Playing until 1st March 2014 A moving and powerful musical, Stephen Ward is a sophisticated cocktail of sex, spies and politics – for adults only. Alexander Hanson is charismatic and sexy as Stephen Ward, the social climbing osteopath whose platonic love for Christine Keeler […]
Christina Bianco
Wilmas Rating **** The Hippodrome Casino, London Broadway star and recent YouTube sensation Christina Bianco has exploded onto our computer screens over the past few months with her celebrity impressions of well known stars. Christina came to London’s West End Hippodrome Casino for four sold out shows titled ‘Diva Moments’. On stage Christina explained the […]