Matilda Musical at the Cambridge Theatre I had seen Matilda a few years ago and since then I had been meaning to return. I finally got the chance on Wednesday night. Matilda is based on the Roald Dahl book which tells of the young girl Matilda. Matilda is mistreated by her family and finds refuge in the world of books. It isn’t until she starts
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Half A Sixpence – Noel Coward Theatre Half A Sixpence is one of those musicals that I had always heard about but for one reason or another never seen on stage. Then I heard that Stiles & Drewe had given it a makeover….well rewrite and the reviews were glowing. I finally managed to see it for myself and I have
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42nd Street at Drury Lane 42nd Street is the latest all singing, all dancing musical to hit the West End. The show opens in 1933 with auditions for a new show ‘Pretty Lady.’ Peggy Sawyer arrives, nearly missing auditions whilst past her peak prima donna Dorothy Beck is awarded the lead part in order to get financial backing from her
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Lizzie is a rock musical pretty much unlike any other musical I have seen! It opened last night (24th February) at the Greenwich Theatre. It is based on the true story of Lizzie Boden who, in 1892, was accused of killing her father and step-mother….with an axe. Lizzie became a media sensation and the killing, stuff of American legend. The
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School of Rock School of Rock is the newest musical to hit the West End and it does so with a bang. Based on the movie starring Jack Black but with a new score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and book by Julian Fellows it is a fun show filled with an obscene amount of talent and numerous hits. The show tells of Dewey
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The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time is a play I have been meaning to see for ages…especially as I read and loved the novel by Mark Haddon and I had heard so many positive things about the stage adaptation by Simon Stephens. This story tells of Christopher Boone,
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Tommy at the Greenwich Theatre. I attended the opening preview of Tommy on Wednesday 29th July 2015. I appreciate that it is not considered good form to review a show until Press night has been and gone in order to give a show a chance to get into it’s stride however I can’t help myself!!! I’m sure if any of the
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There has been a lot of hype about Gypsy so I decided it was time to see what all the fuss was about and check that it lived up to the 5 star reviews it obtained across the board. Gypsy is a classic musical which dates back to the golden age of musicals and actually opened on Broadway the same
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