There has been a huge amount written about shows to see in 2024 but as regular readers of mine will know I’m very passionate about amateur theatre. For this reason I have put together my top 5 amateur musicals to see in 2024 in the London area. I would also love to hear from you see which other amateur shows
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I am very late to the Sunset Boulevard party, having only seen it on the 3rd January. With the show closing in London on the 6th January it seems pintless adding yet another 5 star review to the mound but I couldn’t let the moment pass without writing something. So here are my top 5 moments/favourite things in/about the show…and
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With Christmas nearly upon us here are some suggestions to make your Christmas Party playlist that little bit more stagey. These are my top 10 stagey Christmas songs. 10. Christmas Bells- Rent In at number 10 is Christmas Bells from Rent. Whilst it may not be the most traditional of Christmas songs but it isn’t afraid to shy away from
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2023 has been an epic year for theatre which has seen some incredible new shows come to the fore. In writing my 2023 stagey round up I have loved looking back at all of the shows I have seen over the year and reflecting on how lucky I am to see such a huge variety of shows, many of which
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On Saturday I was lucky enough to take my family along to the Fairfield Halls pantomime of Aladdin. Upon entering we were greeted by the now very familiar light-up toys stall, tuck shop, hot food, cold food and my personal favourite, plenty of toilets, a must when taking young children to the theatre. This was very much the theme of
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Having seen Unfortunate at The Edinburgh Festival 2019 and loving it I was so excited to see how the show had developed in the intervening years and discover what a longer version of the show looked like. As I said in my earlier review Unfortunate does to the Little Mermaid what Wicked did to The Wizard of Oz, just maybe
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My disclaimer at the start is that I am a HUGE panto fan. I genuinely believe it gives many children not only their first visit to the theatre but also for many others their only family theatre trip of the year. Combine that with the tradition of it all and how much panto can make for the arts industry, well
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If there was a competition over polarising musical then Diana has to be one of the favourites to win. For the UK audiences up until Monday night, this musical was only available via a Pro Shot on Netflix after the show played on Broadway for just 33 performances and 16 previews. The Pro Shot won worst picture, worst director, worst
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The sinking of the Titanic is a moment that has gone down in history, remembered for the grandeur of the ship itself, the literary of mistakes and the sheer numbers of lives lost. The musical however comes at the tragedy from a much more personal level, focusing on real people who were aboard the ship. In the musical we meet
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I should say from the off that I am usually more of a fan of modern musicals and that the more traditional style of shows really have to go some to hold my interest and Holiday Inn most definitely falls into the traditional catalogue. The show itself is where Irving Berlin’s song ‘White Christmas’ originated from and it tells of
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