With Covid refusing to go away outdoor theatre is continuing, with heaters being added to make the experience more realistic as the British winter approaches. This took me back to the Garden theatre to see Next Thing You Know. Next Thing You Know with music by Joshua Salzman and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, tells the story of 4 New Yorkers,
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La Cage Aux Folles has had many guises but Park Theatre is currently showing the premier of the original French plays’ English language adaptation by Simon Callow. The play focuses on couple Georges and Albin and Georges’ son Laurent. Laurent announces to his father that he is engaged however his fiances parents are coming to stay and her parents are
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Christmas has come to Dartford! This year in the form of the pantomime Peter Pan starring Steve McFadden where the audience is transported swiftly to Neverland. Peter Pan is a difficult pantomime to pull off as it lacks many of the traditional pantomime elements such as the Dame, a transformation scene, a love story and a wedding at the end.
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West End Misfits is a concert which gives performers ‘the opportunity to present the material that they feel best represents themselves.’ This means that performers get to sing song they wouldn’t normally sing due to gender, race and maybe even age! This choice of topic lead to an eclectic mix of songs from women singing ‘Sweet Transvestite,’ ‘If I Were
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As a teacher, I have long examined the original J.B Priestly epic play ‘An Inspector Calls’ with my pupils and was such very excited to have the opportunity to review Stephen Daldry’s adaptation shown at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. The original aims to portray differences in social class, prevalent in Edwardian times. Focusing on the Birling family, the play attempts to
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Who is the West End producer and what on earth is Free Willy? Well I can’t strictly answer the first part of the question as his true identity is one of Theatreland’s most closely guarded secrets. However what I do know is that he has a column for The Stage, he has written a book and even run 2 Twitter
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Henry Box Brown is a musical, inspired by the true story of a slave that escaped during the 1850’s by mailing themselves in a box in order to find freedom. The cast is made up of a group of incredible singers and when Henry, played by Paul Gee and his cast members are given a chance to really let rip
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Now That’s What I Call Brexit by Blowfish theatre is a satirical musical which takes the audience back in time to the before the referendum campaign even began and then looks forward to the eve of the UK leaving the EU. We meet Political figures including David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Jacob Rees-Mogg and
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Although this is the first time that this version of The Actor’s Nightmare has been staged, it is actually made up of six short parodies written by Tony award-winning playwright Christopher Durang, culminating in the titular nightmare. Staged in the round, an ensemble of five actors play a series of characters, some recognisable from famous work from the likes of
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Games for Lovers is a new comedy that tells of 4 people, Logan, Martha, Jenny and Darren. All 4 of them are trying in their own way to negotiate modern relationships and get caught up in lies, seduction and party games. The show begins in a random manner, in what seems like a series of monologues, flitting from one actor
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