Flashdance at the Orchard Theatre Flashdance is the musical based on the 1980’s film of the same name. Welder and wannabe dancer Alex is finally convinced to audition for prestigious dance school Shipley by her friends and mentor Hannah. Her boss, Nick Hurley is also fighting his own battles including winning over Alex and how to avoid laying off people at
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Hairspray Hairspray is a brilliant musical – great storyline, brilliantly written book, great catchy numbers and plenty of opportunity for impressive choreography….so no pressure when I go and see productions of it. Hairspray follows Tracey Turnblad on her mission to become a dancer on the Corny Collins show however she soon realises that there is something much bigger to play
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Dreamboats and Petticoats Dreamboats and Petticoats is a jukebox musical based on popular songs from the 60’s. The story is fairly typical and tells of a group of teenagers who hang around together at a youth club. Our leading man (well boy), Bobby is determined to be a rock star and has a crush on busty Sue. Sue on the other
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The Full Monty at the Orchard Theatre The story of the Full Monty is a well known one thanks to the 1997 film. The play (not to be confused with the musical which is set in America), like the film tells of a group of unemployed Steel workers in Sheffield. Lead by Gaz who sees how much the Chippendales make he
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Going to see Dirty Dancing at the Orchard Theatre felt like coming home! Dirty Dancing is possibly one of my favorite films (cliche I know) and therefore going to see the show there is a mixture of excitement along with….’Oh god I hope they don’t ruin it.’ However I needn’t have worried. For those of you that don’t know the
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I must start this review with a disclaimer…. I am a HUGE Rocky Horror Show Fan and have probably lost count of the number of times I have seen this show but I have not seen this tour. I was therefore thrilled to be invited along to the Orchard Theatre to review the current tour of The Rocky Horror Show
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert, has for some reason managed to evade me…until last night at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford. Priscilla is another musical that stems from a movie but due to it’s content the transition from screen to stage was no surprise. The show follows 2 drag queens and a transgender woman who are travelling from Sydney to
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Chicago at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford Chicago is one of these shows that appears to get more and more relevant with time as opposed to dating. Chicago is a show that is all about the power and cult of celebrity, how it can be all consuming for some and yet so fickle. This point is ironically enhanced by the
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Dick Whittington at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford. I was lucky enough to attend Dick Whittington on the 15th December, which is the Orchard Theatres pantomime offering this year. The Orchard has really ticked all of the panto boxes this year, it revels in the traditional pantomime gags and meets expectations of the seasoned panto goer whilst managing to present to the
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