It feels like perfect timing to be writing this review of Abba Mania on the day of Eurovision 2021. Theatre is back and so is Eurovision….and isn’t that just glorious?! The show opened with the theatre manager welcoming us all back to the theatre and from that moment I struggled to work out who was more thrilled to be back
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A Celebration of Paul Simon’s Graceland live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. In 1984 Paul Simon became so fascinated by a bootleg cassette of South African township music that he travelled to Johannesburg and spent two weeks recording with South African musicians. This recording session formed the basis of his seventh and most commercially successful solo album, Graceland. This concert
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Belt Up are an A Capella group who were featured on SkyOne’s Sing:Ultimate A Capella. They feature Wallis McDowall, Lara de Belder, Nic Chippetta, Brian Raftery, Ed Court and Macaulay Nicholson. The song choice throughout the night was varied from an Abba Medley to Justin Bieber’s Despacito. There were also some inspired mash ups including a mega 90’s one where
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I normally approach a tribute show with a healthy dose of scepticism, attending in the hope that it will be an enjoyable night but fully aware that it is rare they live up to the original. The Greatest Love of All, a Whitney Huston tribute show however is the exception to this rule. Belinda Davids takes on the role of Queen
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As a self-confessed Beatles nut, who casts a very critical eye over most attempts to cover, re-imagine, or impersonate the Fab Four; I walked into the Cadogan Hall with a little trepidation about what was billed as the “Ultimate Beatles Experience”. I needn’t have worried. The concept of having the National Philharmonic Concert Orchestra behind them allowed the band to
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Rip It Up the 60’s is the latest of the ‘Rip It Up’ shows to hit the West End. Starring Harry Judd, Louis Smith, Jay McGuiness and Aston Merrygold the audience are treated to a whole host of songs and dance routines from the 60’s. The format of the show was slightly tired. The first segment was set inside a
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A Beautiful Noise is a concert style show featuring the music of Neil Diamond and other artists from his era. The show is fronted by Fisher Stevens and features a live band and 2 backing singers who are also used to showcase some of the female artists work. The set up of the show is very simple. There was a
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For those of you not sure who The Overtones are they can best be described as a UK male vocal harmony group who released their 6th studio album in October. They are made up of Lachie Chapman, Mark Franks, Mike Crawshaw and Darren Everest. The Overtones certainty know how to appeal to their fans and the audience were treated to everything
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A Christmas Carol by LMTO The story of A Christmas Carol needs no introduction, a festive favourite with music by Alan Menken and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Performed by London Musical Theatre Orchestra and some big Musical Theatre singers in concert format, this was a night I had been looking forward to for a while. LMTO really excelled themselves with
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A Trip Across The Universe at the Bob Hope Theatre A Trip Across The Universe is the brainchild of Stuart James, inspired by movie-musical Across The Universe. James has created a Beatles concert with a cast of 19. They perform a huge range of songs from to the universally know Beatles numbers such as ‘All You Need Is Love,’ and
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