Shrek is a musical I am incredibly fond of and (full disclosure) the show I am currently directing for Bromley Players. The musical is based on the 2001 film and is full of heart and a great moral message. Add to that some catchy songs and there is the foundations of a great musical there. The show spends a lot
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Funny Girl is the story made famous by Streisand. It tells the story of Fanny Brice, who starts out featured on Vauderville but makes her way up to the Follies. Her stardom however comes at a price and as her star continues to rise her relationship with her husband disintergrates. Playing the role of Fanny Brice was Elizabeth Burton. She
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As a perennial fan of all things Sondheim, I was delighted to be asked to review this production of A Little Night Music- in fact I had already purchased tickets as it happens! Based on the Ingmar Bergman film of 1956 ‘Smiles of a Summer Night’, A Little Night Music is a tragic farce- ’whipped cream with knives’- and has the
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Best West End Musical – Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom hit the West End in April but unfortunately the run was to be short but sweet. I am a big fan of the film so I was pretty excited to finally see it on stage and for me it lived up to all of my glitter fulled expectations. Many critics weren’t
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Urinetown by Sedos Urinetown is an bizarre musical by anyone’s standards but by the same stroke incredibly clever and funny in my opinion. It tales the story of a town that is suffering from a water shortage and as a result you have to pay to pee. Failure to comply with this payment results in being sent to Urinetown, the
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The Pajama Game by GEOIDS at The Bridewell Theatre The Pajama Game is a musical first performed in 1954 and tells the story of the factory workers in Sleep-Tite, a pajama factory. The workers are fighting for a pay rise of 7 1/2 cents but new couple Babe and Sid end up on opposite sides of the picket line. The
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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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