Just two days after her birthday (it would be less than good manners to mention which one) Crazy Coqs welcomed back the formidably talented and remarkably youthful Lorna Dallas to perform no less than 20 songs to a room at Zedels packed with many clearly devoted followers. Her programme, entitled “Stages” reflected a long career which began in small town
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Calendar Girls The Musical was inspired by the true story of a group of ladies, who decide to appear naked in a Women’s Institute calendar in order to raise funds to buy a much-needed new settee for the local hospital’s relatives’ room, in memory of one of their husbands John Clarke. This musical comedy, which is based in a Yorkshire
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Next Thing You Know was not only a musical I had never seen before but a show that wasn’t even on my radar. It is by Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham. It tells of 4 young people in New York who are trying to figure out life, with everything from relationships and work thrown into the mix. It looks at
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Bad Girls – the Musical is based on the ITV Drama of the same name. It follows the story of 8 female prison inmates and their journey for freedom, justice and fair treatment in the prison. It is a fun filled show with serious themes running through it. This revival of the show is by produced by new to the
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Bobbie, a professionally successful, serially single New Yorker is turning 35. As her closest, married friends gather at her apartment for a party, she begins to question whether she really does have it all. Company is back in the West End. Only this time, it’s back with a twist. Nearly 50 years after its Broadway debut, Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 introspective meditation
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Rip It Up the 60’s is the latest of the ‘Rip It Up’ shows to hit the West End. Starring Harry Judd, Louis Smith, Jay McGuiness and Aston Merrygold the audience are treated to a whole host of songs and dance routines from the 60’s. The format of the show was slightly tired. The first segment was set inside a
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I was so excited to see Rock of Ages. I’ve actually performed in an amateur production myself but I had never seen the show live so I was keen to see what it was like when I was the other side of the footlights. The plot of Rock of Ages is wafer thin but this doesn’t matter one iota. The
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Being a dancer and lifelong fan of Dirty dancing, I was expecting to adore the stage adaption of the classic. But Did I? well I certainly did. Walking into the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, myself and my best friend and fellow dancer, were excited to be transported to ‘Kallerman’s’ and to be wowed by the choreography and music we all
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Yesterday I had the privilege of attending the press launch for Man of La Mancha the Musical at the London Coliseum. The launch was attended by four of the show’s stars, Kelsey Grammer of TV’s “Fraiser” who will be playing the starring role of Cervantes/Don Quixote, Danielle de Niese who is primarily an opera singer and Cassidy Janson who will
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Kiss Me Kate is a musical based on Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew.’ It tells of a company putting on a production of the very same show. Fred Graham, the director and male lead, is Lilli Vanessi’s ex husband. Vanessi also happens to be the star of the show. When the sparks of romance begin to ignite again between them
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