20 years ago Taboo hit the London stage in a new venue. Taboo is a musical by Boy George, Mark Davis Markham and Kevan Frost which tells the story of Boy George before and during his rise to fame and based in part on the New Romantic scene including the likes of Phillip Salon and club promoter Leigh Bowery. 20
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The saying ‘Behind every great man is a great woman,’ could easily sum up The Drifters Girl. The Drifters Girl is the musical which tells the story of Faye Treadwell who was The Drifters manager and outlasted not only all 60 different iterations of the group (!) but a court case over the rights to the name. The back story
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When they announced that Bonnie & Clyde was hitting Theatre Royal Drury Lane and that the musical theatre icon that is Jeremy Jordan was going to reprise his role as Clyde from the Broadway production I was one of those people that was sat buying tickets who managed to sell out the performance in 6 minutes! I had a feeling
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There is no denying that 2021 continued to be a tough year for the theatre industry, with many theatres forced to close until June due to social distancing rules and then the end of the year saw numerous show closures due to Covid cases within cast and crew. However 2021 also brought us some wonderful theatrical moments and I wanted
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Cabaret seems to be the hot ticket in London this season so I took myself along during previews to see what the fuss is about. Cabaret is set in Berlin during the Nazi’s rise to power. We meet Ciffod Bradshaw (Omari Douglas) who has just arrived in Berlin with ambitions to be a writer. On his first night there he
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks has flown into Dartford and it has cast a spell of delightful magic over the Orchard Theatre. I should probably start this review with a confession….I have not seen the film! I therefore went into this show not knowing what to expect but I left feeling I had experienced the magic of theatre! If, like me, you
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Chicago has hit Bromley and if the packed house was anything to go by, they were thrilled to have this musical in their home town. Chicago tells of the merry murderesses of Cook County Jail and in particular Roxie Hart who killed her lover as he was trying to leave her and Velma Kelly who murdered her husband and sister
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It’s time!!! Priscilla Queen of the Desert is back at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley showing from Monday 25th – Saturday 30th October and I had the privilege of witnessing the fun and the fire of opening night. The musical is based on the Oscar-winning movie and tells the hilarious and heart-warming adventure of three friends who jump aboard a beat
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9 to 5 hit the West End in 2019 after having previously toured the UK from as early as 2012. It was one of the many shows to be hit by Covid and closed in the West End during lockdown. However it soon announced that it would be touring the UK and I was lucky enough to see it at
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I saw Tokyo Rose in at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 and when I heard it was hitting London I was determined to get to see it and see how it had developed. Tokyo Rose tells tells the true story of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American who was born and raised in America but due to her aunt getting ill
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