The downside of reviewing any production is that it is extremely difficult to sit back and enjoy the performance for what it is. Notes made contemporaneously (not necessarily legible in the clear light of day) or complete reliance on mental notes mean that attention is necessarily divided. A further complication related to amateur productions is the awareness that, by definition,
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Crazy For You is the epitome of a golden age musical style production. In Crazy For You we meet Bobby Childs backstage at the Zangler Follies begging for a role in the show. Instead Bobby is told by his mother to go to Deadrock to foreclose on a run down theatre. In true musical theatre style things don’t go according
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A Strange Loop is one of those shows that I had heard a lot about yet I knew very little however the overwhelming consensus was that I needed to see it, so despite being rather late for the party I got myself along to the Barbican before the show closed. In A Strange Loop we meet Usher, a black, queer,
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It seems like there were 2 kinds of people at the London Palladium last night, those that have heard of Death Note and its huge following originating in Manga and those like me who wanted to see what Frank Wildhorn and his team had come up with. For those like me who don’t know much about the show or it’s
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Theatre Camp is a new mockumentary film that is a love letter to all of us who instead of hanging around in parks or at sleepovers instead spent time at drama club, choir rehearsal and dance classes. The movie follows a theatre camp called AdirondACTS but as founder Joan falls into a coma it is left to her son Troy
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Diversity is a buzz word in theatre at the moment but often people’s perception of what diversity means can look just one way. Challenging this is Gadis Ayu Terakhir. The creators of this show, Alysha Nelson and Alisha Rahim strive to present theatre for the diasporic community through a unique and alternative lens, challenging the cultural consensus on what ‘diversity’
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The year is 1943 and the Allies are loosing the war. After searching for a plan they gamble it all on a corpse from a unknown person, a suitcase packed full of receipts and a submarine to transport the corpse. Together entitled Montagu, shy but intelligent Charles, ambitious Leslie, the matriarch Leggett, boss Bevan and a whole host of other
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Unless you have been living in a pineapple in the sea the chances are you have heard of SpongeBob SquarePants, the American animated children’s TV show which tells of life in Bikini Bottom with SpongeBob, his best friend Patrick Star and Sandy as well as Plankton, Karen and Mr Krabs. The musical takes many of these well known elements and
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Ride is one of the hottest new British Musicals at the moment. Starting life at the Vaults festival, a short run last year at The Charing Cross theatre (which I saw and adored) it is now back for a run at the Southwark Playhouse. This plucky musical tells the true story of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to cycle around
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Annie Get Your Gun is the inaugural show at the new open air Lavender Theatre in Epsom. Annie Get Your Gun is a classic show that most musical theatre lovers have seen thanks to the film from the 1950’s but somehow it has passed me by so not only was I looking forward to checking out a new theatre but
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