Trust Trust is the brainchild of German playwright Faik Richter and translated by Maja Zade. It focuses of capitalism through the eyes of a relationship, or at least this is what the blurb tells me. I found ‘Trust’ utterly confusing and frequently unclear as to the point it was trying to hammer home. Whilst I understood the overarching theme that our
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Bananaman Bananaman is the latest new musical to hit the Southwark Playhouse. Released from the Beano comic and our TV sets Bananaman is now unleashing his own special form of theatre. The musical tells of how an ordinary boy, Eric Wimp becomes Bananaman. With the help of his friend Crow they rescues both his crush Fiona and the whole of
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New Jersey Nights New Jersey Nights is a ‘celebration of the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons,’ with a live band, 4 singers and 6 dancers. Consequently there is no pretence of a plot, simply the music peppered with a few facts about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. In order for a tribute act to be successful
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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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The Mentor at Vaudeville Theatre The Mentor is originally a German play by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Christopher Hampton. It tells of young writer, Martin Wegner who is paired with the famed writer, Benjamin Rubin, through a mentoring scheme. Martin is thought to be the voice of his generation where as Benjamin’s great success was many years ago. As a
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All or Nothing – The Small Faces Musical All or Nothing is the latest mod musical touring the country. It is based on the music of the 1960’s band ‘ The Small Faces.’ It iss told through the eyes of their lead singer – Steve Marriott. The show opens with our narrator, an older Steve Marriott, taking the audience back
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Pete n Keely Pete n Keely is making its European Premier at the Tristan Bates Theatre at the moment and I attended press night on the 4th May. This show is set in 1968 and tells of America’s Sweethearts, Pete Bartel and Keely Stevens. They are performing live on TV for a reunion show. The issue is that they are now
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From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads at Waterloo East Theatre From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a play written and directed by Adrian Berry. It tells of Martin, an 18 year old who is struggling with mental health difficulties. His mother is an alcoholic and his father left when he was 2 but his obsession with Bowie is the one
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Bumblescratch is a new musical by Robbie Sherman which held a gala night at the Adelphi Theatre on the 4th September. The show is set during the Great Plague and the Fire of London and is told from the point of view of the London rat, in particular Melbourne Bumblescratch. Melbourne befriends a young rat named Perry who helps him
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Well where to start with my review for Something Something Lazarus…. a bizarre show of two halves. The first half is founded in realism, the cast of the show are also a cast rehearsing for an unnamed show. The group are made up of Della, the musician of the group, Vee the performer with a fondness for gin who thinks she
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