It had been over 20 years since I last saw Phantom of The Opera (I know I don’t look that old!!) so I was thrilled to be invited along to see the current cast. Phantom of the Opera is the iconic musical that tells of the Opera Ghost who has been living under the Paris Opera House and has been
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Performances of A Christmas Carol seems to have become a common London sight during the festive period. I checked out one of them, namely the performance of A Christmas Carol at Middle Temple. The first thing that strikes you about the performance is the setting. The performance takes place in Middle Temple Hall, a hall where Charles Dickens himself frequented.
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Each panto season I always look forward to a production of Cinderella as it combines all the elements of panto effortlessly, from the magic transformation scene, to the dames playing stepsisters, to a panto fairy (godmother) through to the audience friend in the form of Buttons. Whilst I think Cinderella is the perfect panto this always creates some sort of
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Who’s Holiday is a new (to the UK) take on the Grinch and Cindy Lou. We meet Cindy Lou, played by Miz Cracker several years since we last saw her in The Grinch. In our last meeting of Cindy- Lou she was 2 years old but she has now grown up and a lot has happened to her in the
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It is panto season time and Snow White at New Wimbledon Theatre was my first panto of the year and luckily it got me off to a good start! The first thing that struck me about the pantomime was the stellar line up of the cast, with musical theatre royalty such as Ruthie Henshall playing Queen Lucretia and Lee Mead
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Queenz The Show With Balls is a drag act which provides a huge party atmosphere with songs from everything from Whitney to Britney. Combine that with the fact that these Queenz sing live, with not a lip sync in sight then you have 90 minutes of pure camp pop hysteria. The performers that make up this girl group is Bella
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On Saturday I took my three year old daughter, Harmony, to Little Angel Theatre’s production of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Based on the book by Michael Rosen, Little Angel Theatre’s production uses a combination of puppetry, lighting effects and original music to tell the story of a family going on an adventure to look for a bear. The
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If you are like me you have probably heard of Choir of Man but are maybe unsure what it is all about and why so many people are raving about it! Well let me fill you in! The Arts Theatre has been turned into a local pub, from the decor adorning the walls of the auditorium to the working bar
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So it’s finally Panto season and I was lucky enough to be at the opening night of Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch’s (pronounced ‘ornchurch apparently) Sleeping Beauty. Oh yes I was!! Let’s kick this review off with a traditional pantomime rhyme: The story you see, was interesting me, For what was once a classic, is now filled with modern day magic. The
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The Jinkx and DeLa holiday show is becoming a tradition for me and I am here for it! These superstar drag queens have once again hit London, this year playing to the sold out London Palladium. The premise is that Jinkx and DeLa are here to save Christmas and in order to do so they get visited by 3 spirits
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