Legally Blonde at the Churchill Theatre Legally Blonde is one of my all time favourite musicals. It tells of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who follows her ex boyfriend, Warner, to Harvard Law to try to win him back. Spurred on by her classmates jeers she soon realised that her best bet for fitting in is to beat them at
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Five Guys Named Moe Five Guys Named Moe is one of these shows that I had always heard of but had never seen or indeed really knew much about. However when it was announced that they were performing it in a pop up theatre in central London I knew that this was the perfect opportunity to check it out. As
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Son of A Preacher Man Son of A Preacher Man is the latest jukebox musical to hit the touring circuit in the UK. It opened officially in Bromley at the Churchill Theatre on Thursday night. The show is centered around the back catalogue of Dusty Springfield. It focuses on Kat, Alison and Paul all of whom are either told about, or in Paul’s
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Kinky Boots – The New Cast! Kinky Boots is a musical that continues to take the West End by storm. Running for nearly 2 yeas they recently injected some fresh faces into the cast & I went along to check them out. The show tells of Charlie Price of Price & Sons shoes, who is left to run the failing
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Hairspray Hairspray is a brilliant musical – great storyline, brilliantly written book, great catchy numbers and plenty of opportunity for impressive choreography….so no pressure when I go and see productions of it. Hairspray follows Tracey Turnblad on her mission to become a dancer on the Corny Collins show however she soon realises that there is something much bigger to play
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Jesus Christ Superstar: Jesus Christ Superstar returned to Regent’s Park Open Air theatre after a successful and award winning run in 2016. Having missed it in 2016 I was determined to see what all the hype was about. Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice tells of the days leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion. There is a
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Matilda Musical at the Cambridge Theatre I had seen Matilda a few years ago and since then I had been meaning to return. I finally got the chance on Wednesday night. Matilda is based on the Roald Dahl book which tells of the young girl Matilda. Matilda is mistreated by her family and finds refuge in the world of books. It isn’t until she starts
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The Wedding Singer The Wedding Singer Musical stems from the hit film of the same name, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Our leading man, Robbie Hart is the front man of the wedding band (Simply Wed) who gets jilted at the Alter. Working as a waitress is Julia and her cousin Holly. Julia is determined to ‘put a ring
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Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour is a show that had been on my radar for a while. Before its West End transfer it was on at the National Theatre and won the Olivier for best new comedy. When the chance came up to finally see it I seized the opportunity with the excitement of a
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Footloose the Musical Footloose is a musical based on the 1984 Kevin Bacon film and it finally reached Bromley as part of its National Tour. When Ren’s father walks out Ren and his mother, they have no choice but to move from Chicago to a small town named Bomont. As the outsiders Ren and his mother are far from made welcome
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