Back to the Future is the latest London opening since lockdown. Based very heavily on the iconic film of the same name Back to The Future tells of Marty McFly who finds himself travelling from 1955 from 1985 courtesy of Docs time machine and a Dolerian. When he arrives in the 50’s he finds himself stuck there, face to face
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Waitress was one of the shows which had its West End run cut short by Covid so I was delighted to hear that it was going out on tour with some of the cast from the West End. I was even more delighted when I was asked to attend press night at New Wimbledon Theatre. For those unfamiliar with the
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Rocky Horror Show is a fan favourite musical that has been around since 1973 and has won a place in many theatre goers and non theatre goers hearts alike. It tells of Brad and Janet who get a flat tyre and ring on the door bell of Frank N Furter’s castle. This leads to a night full of illicit affairs,
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John & Jen deals with family relationships, from the big sister, Jen, who promises to protect her little brother John to several years later when Jen is now a single mother protecting her son, named in memory of her brother. Whilst John & Jen was written in 1991 it feels as relevant today as it would have 30 years ago.
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When the automated voice played with the usual ‘turn off your phones’ speech, you could feel theexcitement from many, including myself, for whom this was the first time back in the theatrepost-lockdown. But that was little compared to when the same voice concluded their speech with‘Oh…and welcome back to the West End’. The explosion from the crowd was nothing short
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Back in summer 2020 West End Musical Brunch launched West End Musical Drive in and luckily for us it was recorded! The first concert starred Layton Williams, Shan Ako, Maiya Quansah Breed and Shanay Homes. Shanay Homes founded the company itself and as she explained when she opened the show it is a black owned company. This concert also focused
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With Valentines Day just around the corner some of you may be planning a romantic night in! If so here are some ideas for a romantic musical theatre playlist for it! I normally do top 10 but with this category there are so many beautiful songs that I have decided to do Top 20! 1. You Matter to Me –
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Everyone loves a good love story and they are rife in musical theatre. Take this Valentine’s quiz on romantic shows & songs to find out of you are an expert in all things romantic and stagey. If you like this quiz you might also like my quiz on movie musicals, the West end and name the show from the lyrics.
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With Valentines Day nearly upon us I thought it would be fun to find out what some of our most loved performers favourite romantic musical theatre song is: Jodie Steele – Maria (West Side Story) “Tony’s pure fascination just with the sound of her name is dreamy.” Rebecca Locke – One Hand One Heart (West Side Story) “So simple, so
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With so many theatres and productions turning to streaming I thought a list of what is on and when would be useful. National Theatre at Home – Variety of dates and titles. National Theatre at home includes – Dick Whittington – until 22nd February. Julie – on all year. Amadeus – until 30th April Three Sisters – until 30th November
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