This Is Elvis When Sarah told me, she couldn’t make it to review This is Elvis, I was excited to review it in her place, having seen the show once before I was looking forward to seeing it again and this time from a different point of view having once loved it as an audience member. But! Before I talk
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Knights of the Rose Knights of the Rose is the newest Jukebox musical to hit the stage. It describes itself as a ‘classic rock musical of Shakespearean proportions.’ It tells of the House of Rose, the heir to the throne, Prince Gawain is the leader of the army and his sister, the Princess, is of course beautiful and the object
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Heathers The Musical If you are a musical theatre fan then you can’t have escaped the hype that is surrounding this show. The combination of Carrie Hope Fletcher and this iconic movie has resulted in a huge amount of hysteria about Heathers. The hype has meant that they have managed to escape without a fully fledged press night and therefore escaped the
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Into The Woods at Cockpit Theatre I’ll be upfront about this from the start. I adore Into the Woods, it is my favourite work of Sondheim’s and having been in a production of it I know it fairly well. I was therefore thrilled to hear that it was coming back to London and even more pleased when I was asked
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20th Century Boy at the Orchard Theatre 20th Century Boy is the story of Marc Bolan’s rise to fame and his untimely death at just 29 years old. For those, like me, who weren’t really sure about the back story of Marc Bolan he was a London lad who grew up determined to be a star. He tried with a
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Disney’s Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre Guest reviewer Andrew Parker reviews Aladdin for Musical Theatre Musings. Aladdin is originally a character from an 18th century folk tale but for most people until 1992 the mention of the name made people think of panto at Christmas. That all changed very quickly when Disney decided to add a variation of the
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Dirty Dancing Launch: Musical Theatre Musings sent guest reviewer Lydia Porter along to the Dirty Dancing tour launch: I was lucky enough to go to Cecil Sharp House in Regent’s Park to honour the launch of the Dirty Dancing Tour. I have always been a huge fan of this iconic film and loved its cross over to stage first seen
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Heathers….The Not so Secret, Secret Gig. I was thrilled to be offered the chance to go to the launch event for Heathers on Tuesday the 5th of June. Hosted at The Other Palace where the show will be taking place, it was a short afternoon performance of some of the shows songs and a few words from the Director. It
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Summer Holiday at The Churchill Theatre Summer Holiday tells the story of a group of 4 bus mechanics on a European tour in a Red London Bus, picking up stranded hitchhikers and a stowaway singing star as they go, but I am sure most of you know that bit. The musical is based on the 1963 smash film featuring (Sir)
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Guest reviewer Elle Janus takes a look at the current Beautiful tour: Beautiful Tour at The Orchard Theatre Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit song-writing team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the
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