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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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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