Pure Imagination: the songs of Leslie Bricusse | St James Theatre | Review
When I first fell in love with musicals it is fair to say one of the major influences was the music of songwriter Leslie Bricusse.
Category: Fringe / Off West End Reviews
The Sting | Wilton’s Music Hall | Review
Last night I went to Wilton’s Music Hall in Whitechapel for the first time. Apart from knowing that Wilton’s is the oldest remaining example of a traditional Music Hall in the world I knew very little about this building Read More …
Parade | London Theatre Workshop | Review
‘So, you know Parade?’ ‘Oh, um, yeah…’ After years of bluffing this question in musical theatre circles, I was finally given the opportunity to learn what the hype is really about. So of course, I jumped at the chance to Read More …
Grand Hotel | Southwark Playhouse | Review
Grand Hotel | Review I saw the musical Grand Hotel in the early 1990s when it did a short run at the Dominion Theatre. I admit didn’t come away with any lasting memories. I recalled that it was about the Read More …
Sibling Revelry | Hippodrome Casino | Review
I am very privileged that my work with Theatre South East has enabled me to see some marvellous theatre, but last night I tried something completely different, and was absolutely blown away! I had the marvellous fortune to attend a Read More …
Orson’s Shadow | Southwark Playhouse | Review
Southwark Playhouse | until July 25th 2015. Austin Pendleton’s play Orson’s Shadow is a fictional account of when theatre critic Kenneth Tynan suggests that his friend Orson Welles revitalise his failing career by directing Laurence Olivier and his mistress Joan Read More …
The Dreamers | St James Theatre | Review
Running at the lovely St James’ Theatre in London until July 11th is a new musical set at the beginning of World War I called ‘The Dreamers’. It is the story of ordinary men, woman and children and how their Read More …
The Baker’s Wife | Drayton Arms Theatre | Review
Drayton Arms theatre | until 4th July 2015 The Baker’s Wife – Review Long before I was a ‘Wicked’ fan, I was a great admirer of it’s composer Stephen Schwartz. Schwartz has written some incredible songs for some of Read More …
Vote for me | London Theatre Workshop | Review.
Last night (the night of the General Election) the GORGEOUS Rebecca from Official Theatre organised a fantastic night for a group of #Ldntheatrebloggers. We were invited to a press night of a new musical called ‘Vote for Me’ written by Read More …
Dead Royal | The Ovalhouse | Review
Dead Royal | Review Dead Royal currently being performed at the Ovalhouse in Kennington portrays two royal icons of English history, Princess Diana and Wallis Simpson both ‘commoners’ marrying into the royal family and how they are perceived in current Read More …