The Unspoken At Barons Court Theatre “Northern England, 1972. When the miners’ strike threatens a state of emergency, a seemingly abusive coal miner fools his blind daughter into thinking they live a life of luxury. However, his unorthodox methods serve as a device to protect her when he succumbs to a fatal disease.” Unspoken, a one act play by Jody
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Eastern Star at Tara Theatre With the desperate plight of Rohingya people and resultant tarnishing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation, the situation in Myanmar has been a feature of news broadcasts in recent months. Notwithstanding moves towards democracy and some liberalisation, many people may be vaguely aware that real power still lies in the hands of Myanmese generals.
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Lost Voice Guy – Inspiration Porn. Lost Voice Guy needs no introduction, (although I will anyway!) the winner of this years Britain’s Got Talent and adding extra dates to cope with demand during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival his gig is one of the hot tickets of the year. For those of you not familiar with Lost Voice Guy (if such
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Denim – The Reunion Tour: Denim – The Reunion Tour, follows girl group Demin, who after 20 years of solo careers reunite, for one night only at the O2….or was that Carnegie Hall ?! One thing that stands out about Denim is the personalities within the band. We meet Glamrou who is brilliant on the mic and comes out with
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Trump The Musical: It is the year 2020 and Trump is running for re-election, Nigel Farage is King of England, Kim Jong Un’s hand is still hovering about the big button and Putin is wondering where his pal Trump has gone. Welcome to the word of Trump The Musical! The plot is more than tenuous in Trump The Musical. Trump
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Thor and Loki Thor and Loki is a new musical which tells of the battle between the God and The Giants and the steps they must take to save the humans and the world at large. The fate of the gods rests with Thor, a god who is more interested in poetry than hammer slinging and out for revenge is
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Bark! The Musical. Bark! The Musical tells the story of 6 dogs who meet in the park for play time…..think Cats but with dogs instead and without the poetry! Being a dog lover I was keen to see what this show was all about and eager to see if it could capture the feeling of mans best friend. Like Cats,
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Six Six has been one of the shows at the Edinburgh Festival that everyone is talking about, with tickets selling as quickly as haloumi fries extra performances have been added so I was keen to see what the fuss was about. Six tells the story of Henry the 8ths’ six wives as they regale the audience with their side of
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Hamilton (Lewis) at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival Hamilton (Lewis) is the story of the F1 driver Lewis Hamilton. Apparently when the West End transfer of Hamilton was announced there was some confusion on twitter as to why there was a musical about a driver. The makers of this musical took this idea and ran with it. Told in the style
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – is a show where a brand new musical is created at every single performance. The M.C takes audience suggestions for settings, musical styles and show title at the start of each show and the company take these to create this new one night wonder. On the night I saw it the
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