Bye Bye Birdie was Trinity Laban’s second year show. I have never seen this musical before so I was keen to discover this along with the talent at Trinity Laban. Bye Bye Birdie tells of teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie who has been drafted into the army. In order to give Birdie’s pop career one last big boost and his own
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Amelie is a musical based on the 2001 film of the same name. It tells of Parisian Amelie, who decides to become an anonymous do-gooder, starting with returning a box full of childhood memories to the boy who used to live in her apartment. In her quest she meets Nino, who she is instantly drawn to but her overprotective mothers
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a new musical based on the book by F Scott Fitzgerald but made famous by the Brad Pitt movie. This adaptation however is miles away from the Hollywood movie, literally, it is set is Cornwall in, as the producer puts it, ‘A world where folklore and reality intertwine so seamlessly.’ The story is
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The 50th anniversary production of Hair has finally reached somewhere local to me and I was so excited to get to see it. Starting its life in Manchester this production of Hair made its way to the Vaults in London and finally on a tour around the country. I got to see it at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford. Hair
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Amour is a quirky and delicate musical by Michel Legrand which tells of Dusoleil, a man who discovers his ability to walk through walls and uses his new found power to try to help the people of France and his one love, Isabelle in particular. Despite winning Tony awards it only ran for a few weeks on Broadway following awful
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The musical Man of La Mancha hits the London Coliseum after a 50 year struggle to bring it to the West End – the big question is, has the struggle been worth it? Man of La Mancha takes the format of a play within a play. Cervantes is a story teller and is thrust into prison during the Spanish Inquisition.
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It is one of the big nights in the year for theatre lovers and performers alike….no not the Oliviers but West End Eurovision! The concept is simple, several West End shows compete against each other by performing Eurovision ‘hits’ from past years. This year we saw newcomers Only Fools and Horses take on established shows such as Wicked and Phantom
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How to describe Club Tropicana? I think to compare some elements of it to a pantomime, only set in summer, would be a fair comparison. Club Tropicana tells of Olly who gets jilted at the alter by Lorraine. Both their sets of friends decide that the perfect antidote to get over each other is a trip away and both head
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This production of Queen of the Mist is the European premier of the musical. It tells of Anna Edson Taylor who was the first person to go over Niagara falls in a barrel….and survive. She does it to gain notoriety and make money out of the event however it all doesn’t go to plan and the musical follows her life
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Rocky Horror Show is possibly the musical I have seen the most often – from my days working at the Churchill Theatre and the excited anticipation about it coming there to going to see it in Brighton with friends, this show holds a particular place in my heart. I therefore went along to see the latest tour at the Churchill
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