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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Caroline or Change Open Rehearsal As soon as I heard there was an opportunity to sit in on a session of rehearsals for the Olivier Award Winning Caroline Or Change, I knew I couldn’t miss out. I have always been inspired by the soul and blues influence in the show’s music and have been excited to learn of its transfer
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The Distance You Have Come – A Song Cycle By Scott Alan at Cockpit Theatre I’ve been a fan of Scott Alan for a while having listened to many of his songs on repeat so when offered the chance to review his new song cycle, The Distance You Have Come, I jumped at it. The Distance You Have Come focuses
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Say My Name! The Unauthorised ‘Breaking Bad’ Parody Musical. Say My Name- the Unauthorised Breaking Bad musical sets out to condense 5 seasons of the smash hit TV show Breaking Bad into a 90 musical comedy. If someone said to me – we need 6 people who can all play multiple instruments to a high standard, sing beautifully with a
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Let It Be at The Orchard Theatre I was excited to go and see this show, I have been a Beatles music fan since I was at primary school which might not seem unusual until you find out I was at primary school in the mid 80’s and the other kids at secondary school thought I was weird having Beatles
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Camelot by LMTO at the London Palladium Camelot is one of those musicals I’ve always heard mentioned but I’ve never seen it or really heard any music from it. I was therefore delighted to be given a chance to discover it with the London Musical Theatre Orchestra (LMTO) and a stellar line up of soloists at the London Palladium. Camelot
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Mythic at Charing Cross Theatre If you asked what exact song I’ll be listening to a week from now, you’d be placing a safe bet on anything from the Mythic soundtrack. If you asked what song I’ll be listening to a month from now, you could probably say the same. This catchy soundtrack will be on repeat in my house
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Side Show by Pint of Wine Theatre Company Before I start I ought to give a full disclaimer: I am currently rehearsing for Bromley Players production of Side Show and I adore it. I appreciate it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea as it didn’t run for long on Broadway and has never made it to the West End (just a fringe production
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Dirty Dancing at the Orchard Theatre Dirty Dancing is unashamedly one of my favourite movies and I have seen both the previous West End production and tour, both of which I enjoyed immensely. It therefore had a lot to live up to but I needn’t have worried. For those of you that don’t know the story of Dirty Dancing (does
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