I am going to preface this review by letting you know that I am not a huge Dirty Dancing fan. I’ve seen it numerous times of course what 40 something woman who loves dancing hasn’t? But I am certainly no superfan and this is not a show I would ordinarily choose to go and see. I suppose that would explain why
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Premiered in 2012 and a Tony award winner in 2013, it seems extraordinary that, even allowing for Covid delay, it has taken so long for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike to reach London via a first outing in Bath in 2019. Although characters and themes are lifted liberally and affectionately from Anton Chekhov, there are considerably more laughs
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The Cat and the Canary is a murder mystery thriller which revolves around the 6 descendants of Mr West, gathering on the 20 year anniversary of his death to find out who will inherit his large estate. When the heir is unveiled a series of events is set in motion, but all is not what it seems within the creaking
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The Queens have a new Palace….well actually theatre. With Six’s journey starting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, then the Arts Theatre, an abated drive in and after a temporary home at the Lyric Theatre they have now found their permanent home in the West End. I took a trip to where Six is now holding Court at the Vaudeville Theatre.
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Groan Ups is the latest offering from Mischief Comedy, the same group that brought you The Play That Goes Wrong, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and more. Groan Ups is however a slight departure from their normal farce and instead looks at a group of classmates at 3 different ages, year 2, aged 13 and
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The Battersea Poltergeist is is BBC Radio 4 podcast hit that has been streamed millions of times. It mixed documentary with drama as it told the true story of a haunting that began in 1956 and spanned for 12 years. The Battersea Poltergeist – Live is from the team behind the podcast as they delve deeper into the investigation, present
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Working is a musical that is based on a series of interviews in 1974 that took place with a cross section of Americans about their working life. Fast forward to 2007-2008 and further interviews were carried out. Stephen Schwartz along with help from his friends, including Lin Manual Miranda set these interviews to music and produced a musical about the
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It’s time!!! Priscilla Queen of the Desert is back at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley showing from Monday 25th – Saturday 30th October and I had the privilege of witnessing the fun and the fire of opening night. The musical is based on the Oscar-winning movie and tells the hilarious and heart-warming adventure of three friends who jump aboard a beat
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9 to 5 hit the West End in 2019 after having previously toured the UK from as early as 2012. It was one of the many shows to be hit by Covid and closed in the West End during lockdown. However it soon announced that it would be touring the UK and I was lucky enough to see it at
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The Phantom of the Opera has reached its 35th year in London’s West End (not including the last 18 months that I am absolutely not going to talk about). To celebrate this milestone, a gala performance was held at Her Majesty’s Theatre with a packed audience of celebrities and “phans” of the show, some of whom judging by the conversations
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