Musical Theatre Musings thought that for their readers out there that were aspiring performers an article on auditions for drama school may be useful and who better to pen it than James Hall. James Hall is a musical director and singing teacher based in London. He is often found behind a piano auditioning many hopefuls for drama schools or roles
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I always try and avoid reading reviews prior to seeing a show I have already booked for. This helps me go in with an open mind but there seemed to be no way of escaping people’s thoughts of the The Prince of Egypt. However I left the theatre wondering if we had watched the same show!! The Prince of Egypt
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Be More Chill through one lens could be described as your typical transformation show: geek loves girl and does what he can to get popular and win the girl until he discovers his original self was far more appealing. However you then add in a squip, a supercomputer from Japan that takes over your brain in order to make you
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Les Miserables is one of these shows that seems to have been around forever, and whilst I have a vague recollection of seeing it many moons ago I had been telling myself for many years that I needed to take a return trip to the barricades. The new cast and updated version gave me the push I needed and I
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There are lots of new musicals hitting our theatres in 2020. Here is a rundown of the ones I am really excited to see: Pretty Woman at Piccadilly Theatre Pretty Woman is opening at The Piccadilly Theatre on 1st March (previews from mid-February) and is booking through until 2nd January 2021. With the score by Bryan Adams and based on
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Every year at this time I love to look back at what I have seen over the year and give a little bit of recognition to the shows I’ve loved. This is the 4th roundup I’ve done so it has even become a bit of a festive tradition for me!! Do let me know if you would like to see
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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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Amelie is a musical based on the 2001 film of the same name. It tells of Parisian Amelie, who decides to become an anonymous do-gooder, starting with returning a box full of childhood memories to the boy who used to live in her apartment. In her quest she meets Nino, who she is instantly drawn to but her overprotective mothers
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Bad Girls – the Musical is based on the ITV Drama of the same name. It follows the story of 8 female prison inmates and their journey for freedom, justice and fair treatment in the prison. It is a fun filled show with serious themes running through it. This revival of the show is by produced by new to the
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