Ride is one to watch. It wouldn’t surprise me if it won the VAULT People’s Choice Award, as Freya Smith and Jack Williams have a formidable musical on their hands. With a few minor adjustments, I could see this powerhouse show going a lot further in its future. Amy Parker plays Annie Londonderry, the first woman to cycle around the
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Sequins and Lies is a one man show by Matt Tedford which deals with the relationship between Tedford and his father. We follow Tedford on his journey from his father leaving his mother to him discovering his love of Streisand and from the revelation that his half-bothers don’t know of his existence to his family coming to support him at
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United Queendom has a really interesting premise, put on by a company known for producing exciting work. I therefore had really high hopes for Les Enfants Terribles latest production. Their latest show is set in Kensington Palace and tells the story of Queen Carolina and Henrietta Howard who resides at Kensington Palace with King George II. United Queendom attempts to
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I always try and avoid reading reviews prior to seeing a show I have already booked for. This helps me go in with an open mind but there seemed to be no way of escaping people’s thoughts of the The Prince of Egypt. However I left the theatre wondering if we had watched the same show!! The Prince of Egypt
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Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em is back by popular demand for a 2020 tour. This a comedy farce piece, originally written by Raymond Allen in the 1970’s, and ran for 23 episodes with the acclaimed actor Michael Crawford in the role of Frank Spencer. It is based around the accident-prone Frank Spencer and his, more than understanding wife, Betty. Frank
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La Cage Aux Folles has had many guises but Park Theatre is currently showing the premier of the original French plays’ English language adaptation by Simon Callow. The play focuses on couple Georges and Albin and Georges’ son Laurent. Laurent announces to his father that he is engaged however his fiances parents are coming to stay and her parents are
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Shrek is a musical I am incredibly fond of and (full disclosure) the show I am currently directing for Bromley Players. The musical is based on the 2001 film and is full of heart and a great moral message. Add to that some catchy songs and there is the foundations of a great musical there. The show spends a lot
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Be More Chill through one lens could be described as your typical transformation show: geek loves girl and does what he can to get popular and win the girl until he discovers his original self was far more appealing. However you then add in a squip, a supercomputer from Japan that takes over your brain in order to make you
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Les Miserables is one of these shows that seems to have been around forever, and whilst I have a vague recollection of seeing it many moons ago I had been telling myself for many years that I needed to take a return trip to the barricades. The new cast and updated version gave me the push I needed and I
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Happily Ever Poofter is a one man show that focuses on Prince Henry. Prince Henry has tried dating Cinderella and Snow White but he is now on his search for his Prince Charming. Using re-imagined Disney classics, puppets and some fierce accessories we follow Prince Henry from his journey from Kingdom Far Away, to Soho and then to find his
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