Hex at The National Theatre
Hex is The National Theatre’s latest musical offering. It is a new musical based on the story of Sleeping Beauty. This tells of Fairy who is unable to fly, much to the mockery of the other High Fairies. In the woods she meets Smith, an aid to the Queen who has just given birth to […]
Six at the Vaudeville Theatre
I have reviewed Six numerous times from their start at the Edinburgh Fringe through to its West End transfer and I was lucky enough to invited back on Media night to check out their most recent cast. For those that haven’t seen Six, the show tells of the Six wives of Henry 8th. The wives […]
The Commitments at New Wimbledon Theatre
The Commitments is based on the book by Roddy Doyle, which was turned into a film in 1991. It hit the West End for 2 years and after a gap it is back touring the country. It iss a musical that celebrates soul music. Set in in Dublin we meet Jimmy, a young man who […]
Newsies at Wembley Park Theatre
Newsies is the musical based on the true story of the newsies strike. It follows Jack Kelly, the leader of the Lower Manhattan newsboys. The newspaper, lead by Joseph Pulitzer, decides it needs to increase its profits so they increase the cost of the papers for the newsies. Jack soon declares that the newsies are […]
2022 Stagey Round Up
2022 has been a great year for theatre with things finally returning to normal after the pandemic. I love 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 I wouldn’t see if it […]
Phantom of The Opera at Her Majesties Theatre
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 […]
A Christmas Carol at Middle Temple
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 […]
Cinderella at The Orchard Theatre
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 […]
Miz Cracker in Who’s Holiday at Southwark Playhouse
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 […]
Snow White at New Wimbledon Theatre
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 […]