The 1997 film ‘The Full Monty’ was a huge hit. Six unemployed steel workers from Sheffield decide to become strippers and for one night only are prepared to go the full monty in an effort to raise much needed cash. Read More …
Going to see the same show twice in one day may sound a little extreme even to a superfan, however there was a very good reason why I chose to see ‘Showstopper!’ more than once. Each performance of Showstopper is Read More …
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.
“The sane must appear as strange to the mad, as the mad to the sane” If you’re looking for an entertaining evening out this autumn, look no further than the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne. For a night of debauchery and Read More …
Daphne Du Maurier’s book Rebecca is one of the most well known of English classics. Written nearly 80 years ago it is still a bestseller having never gone out of print and was the subject of an iconic movie directed Read More …
On Friday I was kindly invited by The Hawth Crawley and Amande Concerts to review Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata performed by the renowned Russian State Ballet and Opera House. To my shame I had never been to a full length Read More …
In a recent interview with Theatre South East, Jack Lane spoke about his lifelong ambition to bring a show about comedy great Norman Wisdom to the stage. Although there was no doubt about Jack’s passion, I thought that the show Read More …
Having grown up in a shoe making town with my parent’s house overshadowed by a huge shoe factory that employed hundreds of people, I know about the demise of the British shoe making industry well and have long been a Read More …
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 …
‘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 …