20th Century Boy at the Orchard Theatre 20th Century Boy is the story of Marc Bolan’s rise to fame and his untimely death at just 29 years old. For those, like me, who weren’t really sure about the back story of Marc Bolan he was a London lad who grew up determined to be a star. He tried with a
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Guest reviewer Elle Janus takes a look at the current Beautiful tour: Beautiful Tour at The Orchard Theatre Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit song-writing team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the
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Gangsta Granny at The Orchard Theatre Last night myself and my 10-year-old son were lucky enough to review the popular ‘Gangsta Granny’ by David Walliams, at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford, on behalf of Musical Theatre Musings. Being a fan of David Walliams’ books and of the television adaptation, I was very interested to see how it would play out
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Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas- Orchard Theatre When I saw the opportunity to review this show for Sarah I was thrilled. As a massive Rat Pack fan and having friends that have been in top tributes I was excited to see what this show had to offer! It did not disappoint! The Show is done performed as if you
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Fat Friends at The Orchard Theatre Fat Friends is one of the new musicals currently touring around the UK. It focuses on mother and daughter, Betty and Kelly. Betty is a super slimmer but unfortunately her daughter Kelly needs convincing. It’s only when Julia Fleshman, head and founder of Super Slimmer’s, offers to pay for her dream wedding dress does Kelly begin her
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Thriller Live at The Orchard Theatre Thriller Live is one of those musicals that I really ought to have seen, especially as it is now in its 9th year on the West End, but had never made it. I was partly put off by some who were less than complimentary about the West End show but as I was soon to find
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Jekyll and Hyde at The Orchard Theatre The current touring production of Jekyll and Hyde is David Edgar’s adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel. It tells of the story of Dr Jekyll who undertakes an experiment which splits the darker side out from his normal self and gradually the dark side takes hold in the form of Mr Hyde. Intended to be
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2017 Roundup – Best West End Musical….Hamilton There has been an insane amount of hype surrounding Hamilton and I was afraid it wouldn’t live up to it’s hype however I needn’t have worried and if I was able to give it 6 stars I would have. I was lucky enough to have secured tickets during previews and following seeing it
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Cinderella – Orchard Theatre Pantomime To me Cinderella the Pantomime has it all: a huge dose of magic (think Cinderella’s transformation scene), a duo of dames, a dashing prince, a fairy god mother and of course a baddie in the form of the step mother. This is therefore a lot to live up to but luckily the Orchard Theatre got
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The Addams Family – The Musical Comedy. I’ve been curious about The Addams Family tour for many months now. It took me until the last stop at the Orchard Theatre to finally see it….but I’m glad I made it and on Halloween of all nights. The Addams Family musical follows the famous family as daughter Wednesday gets her first boyfriend
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