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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Son of A Preacher Man Son of A Preacher Man is the latest jukebox musical to hit the touring circuit in the UK. It opened officially in Bromley at the Churchill Theatre on Thursday night. The show is centered around the back catalogue of Dusty Springfield. It focuses on Kat, Alison and Paul all of whom are either told about, or in Paul’s
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The Wedding Singer The Wedding Singer Musical stems from the hit film of the same name, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Our leading man, Robbie Hart is the front man of the wedding band (Simply Wed) who gets jilted at the Alter. Working as a waitress is Julia and her cousin Holly. Julia is determined to ‘put a ring
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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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All or Nothing – The Small Faces Musical All or Nothing is the latest mod musical touring the country. It is based on the music of the 1960’s band ‘ The Small Faces.’ It iss told through the eyes of their lead singer – Steve Marriott. The show opens with our narrator, an older Steve Marriott, taking the audience back
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Peter James’ Not Dead Enough Peter James is one of the UK’s best selling authors and is renowned for his crime thrillers. I have never read any of his books but with my mum an avid fan we set off for a mother/daughter theatre trip to see Not Dead Enough at the Churchill Theatre. Not Dead Enough is set in
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Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story Buddy is a musical that seems like it is always on tour or playing somewhere but it is also a show that I haven’t seen for many years so I was pleased to revisit it and remind myself just why this show is so popular. The shows tells of Buddy’s beginning playing country music,
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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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Rent – The 20th Anniversary Production Disclaimer from the start – I adore the musical Rent. I love it so much that I even walked out of the church on my wedding day to ‘I’ll Cover You’ (The upbeat version not the reprise!!). Not only have I seen it numerous times but I have also choreographed an amateur version of
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2016 has been a great year for theatre but there is plenty in store in 2017. Here I have picked out several of the shows to watch out for! Hamilton For many Musical Theatre fans this show needs no introduction. Tickets go on sale for general release on the 30th January (pre-sale 16/1/17) but isn’t due to open until November
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