Top Hat at the Orchard Theatre The musical Top Hat is based on the 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film. It tells the story of Jerry Travers, a star on Broadway that comes to London to perform in a West End show. During his stay at a hotel his late night tap dancing disturbs the guest below him, Dale
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Side Show by Pint of Wine Theatre Company Before I start I ought to give a full disclaimer: I am currently rehearsing for Bromley Players production of Side Show and I adore it. I appreciate it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea as it didn’t run for long on Broadway and has never made it to the West End (just a fringe production
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Guest reviewer Sally headed to the Bridewell Theatre to review Lucky Stiff, Sedos’ latest production.
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Company by Folkestone and Hythe Operatic and Dramatic Society Before starting on the production I feel it might be nice to introduce you to the ‘company’ putting on “Company”. Folkestone and Hythe Operatic and Dramatic Society (FHODS) is one of the biggest and longer established amateur societies in Kent with a history going back to the Folkestone Dramatic & Music
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Made in Dagenham by Quay Players As many of my readers know I love supporting am dram and I not only love returning to societies time and time again to see how they face a challenge of a new show and how they have grown but I also love seeing societies work that I haven’t seen before. The latter was
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Wolf Hall by Tower Theatre Company Wolf Hall is a play based on a book of the same name by Hilary Mantel which focuses on Thomas Cromwell and the Tudor Court. We see Cromwell’s rise to power over the period of time when Henry is in the process of attempting to divorce his fist wife Katherine of Aargon through to
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Earthquakes in London by Sedos It is unfortunate that for too many people, the epithet “amateur” in relation to theatre remains redolent of inexpert performance in draughty church halls by well-meaning performers of limited talent. The reality is that for many groups nowadays, there is an almost invisible line between so called professional performance (ironically not necessarily of the highest
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Copacabana by WLOS I feel ashamed to admit that I’ve never seen Copacabana and after seeing WLOS’ production I was gutted that I had left it this long. Copacabana tells of songwriter, Stephen who disappears into his imagination. We meet Lola who is desperate to be a Copa girl and Tony who is keen to impress Lola. However in musical
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West Side Story by PLOS West Side Story is a classic musical and one I know well having choreographed it, albeit several years ago. I was therefore delighted to attend when I received the invite from Putney Light Operatic Society. West Side Story is based on Romeo & Juliet but set in 1950’s New York. It focuses on rival gang’s,
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A Trip Across The Universe at the Bob Hope Theatre A Trip Across The Universe is the brainchild of Stuart James, inspired by movie-musical Across The Universe. James has created a Beatles concert with a cast of 19. They perform a huge range of songs from to the universally know Beatles numbers such as ‘All You Need Is Love,’ and
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