Ghost stories is back in the West End, after a run in 2010, a tour and a film, writers Jeremy Dyson and Andy Newman have decided that Halloween 2019 is the perfect time to scare London afresh. Ghost Stories, as you would suspect, relies on a build up of tension to make the show successful so divulging any information could
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9 to 5 has been playing in the West End for 8 months and has recently embarked on a UK tour. I finally got the chance to see what all the fuss is about in the West End. The show’s themes are ones that centre around female empowerment and we meet 3 women who all work for Franklin Hart Jnr.
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Tick Tick Boom by Jonathan Larson tells of Jon, who is counting down the impending doom to his 30th birthday. He is searching for that all important event, the moment when his work gets signed so he can feel like he has achieved something. During this countdown we meet his girlfriend Susan who wants to move out of New York
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As a teacher, I have long examined the original J.B Priestly epic play ‘An Inspector Calls’ with my pupils and was such very excited to have the opportunity to review Stephen Daldry’s adaptation shown at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. The original aims to portray differences in social class, prevalent in Edwardian times. Focusing on the Birling family, the play attempts to
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Read Musical Theatre Musings opinion of the latest tour of the fun and flamboyant Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
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All Shook Up is a musical by Joe DiPietro and a the songs featuring a catalogue of Elvis Presley numbers. It is set in the 1950’s in a mid-western American town. Chad turns up on his motorbike and realises this place could do with a few things being shook up. His spirit soon begins to spread and you see no
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The Crown Dual, as you may have guessed from the name, is a hilarious 2 person, live-staged parody of Netflix’s hit show, The Crown. This energetic show is completely non-stop for 70 minutes, and the actors never tire. Brendan Murphy plays Stan Diamond, the useless but well-meaning agent of Beth, played by Rosie Holt. As a comedy duo, both actors
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Teechers by John Godber is a fast moving comedy that takes a look into the life at rough local comprehensive. Salty, Gail and Hobby put on a play in their leavers assembly where we meet the different teachers at the school, focusing on the new drama teacher, Mr Nixon. Whilst Teechers was written in 1984, this production by Guilford Fringe
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Cabaret tells the story of residents on Berlin in 1930-1931. We meet Cliff Bradshaw who is an American writer who has come to Berlin to write his novel. On his first night in Berlin he meets Sally Bowles, a performer at the Kit Kat Club. Whilst Cliff is very much aware of the political tension Sally chooses to bury her
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I’ve been a fan of NYMT since stumbling across their production of Bugsy Malone in 1997, so I was thrilled to be able to review one of their annual London productions for Musical Theatre Musings. Anything Goes is a 1934 musical, set aboard the ocean liner S.S. American, en route from New York to England. On board is a cornucopia
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