Old Friends Gielgud Theatre Last year, the world of musical theatre lost one of it’s most celebrated songwriters. With a career spanning almost 70 years, Stephen Sondheim, it is said, ‘reinvented the American Musical’. After his passing, his friend, producer, Read More …
Groundhog Day The Old Vic Booking until August 19th 2023 A third musical based on an iconic film from a few decades ago is currently enthralling theatre goers in London, not in the traditional West End but at the Old Read More …
Guys & Dolls Bridge Theatre Booking until February 2024 Tickets here This week I travelled into London to catch the Bridge Theatre’s production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ for the second time. With so many productions in London and the South Read More …
Mrs Doubtfire Shaftesbury Theatre June 2023 Following the musical version of the 1985 film Back to the Future comes a similar treatment of the hit 1993 Robin Williams film Mrs Doubtfire The show had a rough old time of it Read More …
2:22 A Ghost Story Apollo Theatre May 2023 Tickets Here Do you believe in Ghosts? A centuries old question. Logically and scientifically, of course ghosts don’t exist but most of us have experiences that we can’t explain; are these experiences Read More …
Bleak Expectations Criterion Theatre Book Tickets. Charles Dickens undoubtably, one of the world’s famous authors, greatly influenced our literature and society, inspires this theatrical high paced comedic romp through 19th century London, with slight nods at various novels (not all Read More …
The Unfriend Criterion Theatre While on holiday Peter and Debbie befriend Elsa: a lusty, Trump-loving widow from Denver, USA. She’s less than woke but kind of wonderful. They agree to stay in touch – because no one ever really does, do Read More …
The Great British Bake Off Musical Noel Coward Theatre It was easy to have preconceptions about this musical. Even those who aren’t fans of the TV show know the familiar format. Several bakers of varying ages, ethnicity and background enter Read More …
Moulin Rouge Piccadilly Theatre Tues 17th January 2023 My first West End outing for a while due to the unpredictability of transport (which is worthy of a blog post in its own right). I arrived to see Moulin Rouge on Read More …
Elf the Musical Dominion Theatre Elf The Musical, written by David Berenbaum and directed by Philip Wm. McKinley is currently playing at the Dominion Theatre in the West End. The show is a Christmas comedy about an elf named Buddy. Buddy was born a Read More …