A Passage To India at The Churchill Theatre: A Passage To India is an adaptation of the novel by E.M Forster. It is set in Imperial India and looks at the English and Indians living side by side. It tells of Mrs Moore, who befriends Aziz, both of whom, against many protestations believe that Indians and English can be friends.
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs- Churchill Theatre Pantomime This years pantomime offering from the Churchill Theatre, Bromley is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The star attractions are Jessie Wallace, Pete Firman, Jason Sutton and Oliver Tompsett. The story of Snow White is one well know to us all although to accommodate your pantomime favourites a Dame is introduced
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Big Fish The Musical Big Fish is the latest musical to hit The Other Palace’s main stage and after watching the movie many years ago and loving it, I was excited to see what the musical version had to offer. The show, originally a novel by Daniel Wallace, tells of Edward Bloom, a dying man who has spent his life
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35mm is a Musical Exhibition. I was unsure what to expect from a musical exhibition but soon discovered it was essentially a song cycle. 35mm is written by Ryan Scott Oliver where each song is inspired by a photograph by Matthew Murphy. The songs range in theme from High School Prom Queens to being a ‘manny.’ Some numbers are dramatic
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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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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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Wonderland Wonderland is one of those shows that I had heard about, what feels like an age ago. A musical by Wildhorn (whose previous work I adore), starring Kerry Ellis…..well that sounded right up my street. I was therefore thrilled to be invited along to press night at the Churchill Theatre. Wonderland puts a contemporary spin on the story of
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Dreamboats and Petticoats Dreamboats and Petticoats is a jukebox musical based on popular songs from the 60’s. The story is fairly typical and tells of a group of teenagers who hang around together at a youth club. Our leading man (well boy), Bobby is determined to be a rock star and has a crush on busty Sue. Sue on the other
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Dreamgirls Having being slow off the mark on Dreamgirls I finally got round to seeing it! This famous film actually started its life as a musical back in 1981 and it wasn’t until 2006 that it was turned into the film starring the likes of Queen Bey and Jennifer Hudson. It finally opened on the West End in the latter
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The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption is listed as IMBD’s top rated movie of all time. I was therefore keen to see if this stage adaptation of the Stephen King story could live up to the film. For those of you not familiar with the film, The Shawshank Redemption tells of the inmates at Shawshank Maximum Security Penitentiary. This includes
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