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Wednesday, 16 March 2022
REVIEW: Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre
At a time when gender, sexuality and identity are at the forefront of politics, Mike Bartlett’s 2009 play COCK is more relevant than ever be...
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Sunday, 21 February 2021
REVIEW: West End Musical Drive In starring Shan Ako, Maiya Quansah Breed, Shanay Holmes and Layton Williams
Last Summer, when theatres were closed and audiences were desperate for their fix of musical theatre, households flocked to car parks and fi...
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Thursday, 19 November 2020
REVIEW: Marry Me A Little, The Barn Theatre, Cirencester
A catalogue of songs largely cut from Sondheim shows; Marry Me A Little follows an estranged couple, now living in separate apartments, drea...
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Friday, 6 November 2020
REVIEW: Mary Poppins: Live at the Prince Edward Theatre, 2020 Cast Recording
Live albums of any genre always pack an extra punch, and musical cast recordings are no exception. Cameron Mackintosh seems particularly fon...
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Thursday, 5 November 2020
REVIEW: Les Miserables: The Staged Concert, CD & DVD
In a time when COVID-19 didn’t exist, and we had no idea of the chaos coming our way, the West End was host to the behemoth concert version ...
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Thursday, 30 April 2020
REVIEW: A Million Miles from Broadway: Revised and Expanded Edition, by Mel Atkey
Composer, writer and lecturer Mel Atkey’s tome is a look at musical theatre around the world, from birth to the present day. Not for th...
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Friday, 13 March 2020
REVIEW: Once Upon A Mattress at Upstairs At The Gatehouse
Mary Rodger’s musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea is rarely revived in London, so Ma...
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Thursday, 10 October 2019
REVIEW: Grease at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Grease. A word that has many meanings but always makes you instantly think of the 1971 hit musical before anything else. It is arguably...
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Wednesday, 9 October 2019
REVIEW: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at the Union Theatre
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is the show that made Carol Channing a star, and London has been due a revival for quite some time. Lorelei Le...
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Monday, 30 September 2019
REVIEW: Tootsie - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Tootsie is the latest in a long line of successful musical adaptations. This year, it stormed the Tony Awards with 11 nominations, winnin...
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Monday, 2 September 2019
ALBUM REVIEW: Ramin Karimloo, 'From Now On'
Iranian-born Canadian singer and actor Ramin Karimloo has become one of the best-known talents in the world of Musical Theatre, buildin...
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Thursday, 8 August 2019
REVIEW: The Indecent Musings of Miss Doncaster 2007 at the Camden People’s Theatre
Ice-skating, cacti and a feline who catches more than a mouse are just some of The Indecent Musings of Miss Doncaster 2007. In the year...
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Thursday, 4 July 2019
REVIEW: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾: The Musical at the Ambassadors Theatre
For almost forty years, Sue Townsend’s books have delighted readers of all ages. Adrian Mole and his friends have been translated into...
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Thursday, 20 June 2019
REVIEW: The Light in the Piazza at the Southbank Centre
The original Broadway production of The Light in the Piazza thrust Kelli O’Hara into stardom, but it is difficult to imagine that anyon...
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Friday, 17 May 2019
REVIEW: Summer Street at the Waterloo East Theatre
A show about an axed musical Soap making a comeback, with a live broadcast, which is actually staged by the lead actress/Executive Prod...
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Friday, 10 May 2019
REVIEW: Amour at the Charing Cross Theatre
Despite closing after just two weeks on Broadway, Amour, a beautifully sweet piece, garnered several nominations at the Tony’s. Endless...
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Wednesday, 1 May 2019
REVIEW: Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum
It says an awful lot when a show hasn’t been seen in London for over 50 years, which is the case with the English National Opera’s latest...
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019
REVIEW: West End Eurovision 2019, in aid of the Make A Difference Trust, at the Adelphi Theatre
Never mind Avengers: Assemble, this epic TheatreMAD fundraiser is West End: Assemble, as heroes from all departments give their best Eu...
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Thursday, 28 March 2019
REVIEW: Calendar Girls The Musical at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Inspired by the true story of a group of ladies who decide to appear nude for a Women’s Institute calendar to raise money to buy a new ...
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