& 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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Yesterday I had the privilege of attending the press launch for Man of La Mancha the Musical at the London Coliseum. The launch was attended by four of the show’s stars, Kelsey Grammer of TV’s “Fraiser” who will be playing the starring role of Cervantes/Don Quixote, Danielle de Niese who is primarily an opera singer and Cassidy Janson who will
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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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On the 10th anniversary of Thriller Live, the feeling in the audience was electric. The theatre was packed with old cast members, and they really brought a great atmosphere to the Lyric Theatre. You could feel the love in the greetings far across the room as friends recognised old cast family from years gone by. Some of the old cast
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Best West End Musical – Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom hit the West End in April but unfortunately the run was to be short but sweet. I am a big fan of the film so I was pretty excited to finally see it on stage and for me it lived up to all of my glitter fulled expectations. Many critics weren’t
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Parenthood – a Musical Review by Fluffy Top Productions Parenthood is a brand new musical review with custom written music created by the Kent based husband and wife team of Emily Clare and Pete Moody. Aimed very much at an adult audience the show is a comedy musical leading you alone the journey of parenthood with all its highs and
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Fanatical at Playground Theatre Fanatical is a brand new musical with custom written music based at a Science Fiction Convention built around a (fictional) sci-fi tv series. As somebody quite happy to watch Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate and many more my thoughts ahead of seeing the show had me thinking of all the sci-fi genre musicals I could think
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