Wow! What a show! We arrived at The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical with zero expectations of what we would see. We hadn’t heard a soundtrack of the show, seen a movie or even read a Percy Jackson book. Yet my eight year old son and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing! In a nutshell, Percy discovers his absent
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How to describe Prison Island, Maidstone…. With such a huge amount to do there it may be easier to describe what it isn’t…..and that is anything but dull! On offer there is 23 challenge rooms, adventure golf, shuffleboard and AR darts and I was lucky enough to give most of it a try. First up was the adventure rooms…all 23
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Little M is The Place’s new production which treats the audience to a reimagined version of the Little Mermaid. We meet Little M who feels like they don’t fit in and dreams of dancing with the ladies on the shore. After meeting with a sea witch they trade in their voice to go to the shore but all does not
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Hot Mess isn’t your typical boy meets girl love story, boy does indeed meet girl but this time girl is Earth and boy is Humanity, making what could be one of the most iconic couplings in history. We meet Earth 66 million years out of her breakup with apex predator t-Rex and she is looking to get back into dating
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The Constant Cold is a new piece of writing by Zoe Cooper. It tells of 3 housemates and their reactions when one of them, Megan, returns home certain that she has been followed. With Lalya trying to support her and Ethan dismissing her fears the night soon escalates leading to a chilling climax. The story itself is an intriguing one
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Top Hat is a musical based on the 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film. It tells of Jerry Travers, a dancer on Broadway who comes to London for his debut. A late night tap dancing session in his producers room disturbs Dale Tremont, the guest who is staying in the room below him and from then on there is
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Darkfield is known for creating audio experiences in pitch black shipping containers and they have returned to London with their 4 shows – Flight, Eulogy, Coma and Arcade. Each production lasts between 20-35minutes long and take you on a very different experience. Every production comes with a trigger warning that the production is pitch black, so dark that you can’t
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The Choir of Man has just celebrated it’s 4th birthday in the West End and I made a return visit to see if it still retained its original charm. for 4 years the Arts Theatre has been transformed to The Jungle, a pub where the regulars come together not for a pool or darts team but for their choir practise
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Part dance, part comedy, 100% emotion, EXXY is a new play exploring the disabled experience through artistic representation, social commentary and the rallying cry of just yearning to exist as you are. Presented in the welcoming space of the Battersea Arts Centre, this 75 minute play uses movement, self expression and visual media to express in unflinching honesty the reality
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Clarkston is a play that looks at life in small town America, told through the eyes of Jake and Chris who meet through their job in Costco. Jake, the outsider, determined to travel before he becomes unable to do so due to his illness and Chris battling with his mothers drug addiction forge an unlikely bond. Clarkston’s script by Samuel
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