There has been a huge amount of hype for Dear Evan Hansen and I was excited to finally find out if it was worth all the fuss. Dear Evan Hansen is a Broadway transfer which focuses on 17 year old Evan. Evan is struggling to fit in and make friends at school however thanks to a letter he writes to
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Curtains is billed as a musical whodunnit and is by Kander and Ebb, the writers of Cabaret and Chicago. To me this sounded like a match made in musical theatre heaven so I could’t wait to see this tour. The show opens with a murder of a theatre companies leading lady on opening night of ‘Robbin’ Hood of The Old
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It is fast becoming a Christmas Tradition to head to Sadler’s Wells for New Adventures’ seasonal ballet. This year was The Red Shoes. The Red Shoes tells of 2 men that are in love with Victoria Page, a dancer. One is Lermontov, the ballet impresario who spots Page’s talent. He commissions a ballet is commissioned by composer Julian Craster for
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The Boy In The Dress by the RSC sparkles as brightly as the sequinned dress. Read my 5 star review here.
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‘Tis the season to be jolly……’ and it certainty is if you have the pleasure of heading to the Dominion Theatre for White Christmas this festive season. White Christmas is based on the Christmas movie of the same name. It tells of Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, two soldiers who have returned home following the war and have made a
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& Juliet is the newest jukebox musical to hit the West End and it does so in the form of Max Martin’s pop anthems. We meet Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway. Anne is determined to change how Juliet;s story is told so we meet Juliet at Romeo’s deathbed and rather than taking her own life she uses this to
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Soho Cinders is a modern fairy by Stiles and Drewe. Robbie (Luke Bayer) finds himself in love with mayoral candidate James Prince (Lewis Asquith) however Prince is engaged with Marilyn Platt. To add to the complication Robbie has also agreed to attend a fundraising dinner hosted by Lord Bellingham as his date. It all goes wrong when Prince is present
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9 to 5 has been playing in the West End for 8 months and has recently embarked on a UK tour. I finally got the chance to see what all the fuss is about in the West End. The show’s themes are ones that centre around female empowerment and we meet 3 women who all work for Franklin Hart Jnr.
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It is the show that everyone is talking about…although not always for the right reasons! One thing people do seem to agree on however is the beauty of the song, ‘She Used to Be Mine.’ In the musical the song is sung by Jenna, who is pregnant by her abusive husband. The song is about self refection, looking back on
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Come From Away is the latest Broadway hit that is now taking London by storm. It tells the true story of those that were forced to land in Gander, a small remote town of only 7,000 inhabitants on 9/11. It tells the tale of both the plane people who came from across the world as well as the islanders who
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