The Drowsy Chaperone The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical which harks back to the golden era of musicals, except with a twist. It is told from the point of view of a modern day narrator, a man in a chair who uses his favourite show as a means of escapism. Of course this show is named, ‘The Drowsy Chaperone,’ and
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With 2016 being the first full year of Musical Theatre Musings it is only proper that I do a roundup of the year from my favourite shows and theatres to my own personal blog highlights. Thank you to all my readers and those that invite me to shows and I hope to see many more shows in 2017!! Best West
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This week sees the final week of the Open Air Theatre tour for Lord of the Flies, having toured since September 2015 and the Churchill Theatre in Bromley plays host to this. During a (unnamed) war a plane, carrying a group of school boys crashes onto an island, killing all of the adults aboard. However 9 boys survive and the
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So as you can probably gather I go to the theatre a lot and not all of the tickets I get through the blog. People are therefore constantly asking me how I afford it so I thought I would share with you some tips. Day Seats… Day seats allows you to turn up on the day and buy tickets for
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I was lucky enough to see Memphis for the 2nd time on Thursday 9th July. I don’t propose to go over the story or my thoughts on the show overall but feel free to check it out here! There was a couple of new faces to me in some of the main roles. First time round I saw Jon
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So as I have been busy getting married I haven’t been to the theatre for nearly 10 days now (withdrawal symptoms much) but always on the lookout for a good reason to blog I thought I’d pick up on a nomination I received a little while ago from Sarah over at ThingsSarahloves for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award. Essentially
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Top Hat The Churchill Theatre on the 16th June 2015 Top Hat is a traditional show based on the 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger’s film of the same name about mistaken identity. Jerry Travers, played by Alan Burkitt, falls heads over heels for the beautiful Dale Tremont, played by Charlotte Gooch, despite Dale being convinced that he is already
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The sell out success of the recent show I directed for my local amateur musical theatre group has got me thinking about shows that sell, the current crop of shows in the West End and further on down the line the impact this has on amateurs.
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Kerry Ellis & Louise Dearman have announced a one night concert on the 27th September at the Prince Edward theatre. At the announcement this morning they advised they had known each other since they were 15 and attended a summer school together, despite this long history the 2 west end stars have never sung professionally together and have decided to
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On Monday 30th March I attended ‘Illuminate Festival Launch Party’ at the New Wimbledon Theatre Studio. Illuminate is the brainchild of Sarah Dullighan and Alice Sillett and is a 6 week fringe theatre event with over 15 different productions. The idea of the launch party was to introduce the audience to what was coming up over the next few weeks.
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