The Distance You Have Come – A Song Cycle By Scott Alan at Cockpit Theatre I’ve been a fan of Scott Alan for a while having listened to many of his songs on repeat so when offered the chance to review his new song cycle, The Distance You Have Come, I jumped at it. The Distance You Have Come focuses
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Full Monty at The Churchill Theatre Last night I had the pleasure of attending Simon Beaufoy’s award winning play The Full Monty at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley. It is the story of jack the lad Gaz, wonderfully portrayed by EastEnders star Gary Lucy, and his best mate Dave, played by Kai Owen, who are down on their luck after
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The Trench by Les Enfants Terribles at Southwark Playhouse The Trench is a play written and directed by Oliver Lansley. It is inspired by the true story of William Hackett, a miner who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Whilst he was tunnelling towards enemy lines an explosion cut off William Hackett from the rest of the world. In the Trench
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Say My Name! The Unauthorised ‘Breaking Bad’ Parody Musical. Say My Name- the Unauthorised Breaking Bad musical sets out to condense 5 seasons of the smash hit TV show Breaking Bad into a 90 musical comedy. If someone said to me – we need 6 people who can all play multiple instruments to a high standard, sing beautifully with a
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Liza Pulman Sings Streisand ‘Liza Pulman Sings Streisand’ does what it says on the tin. It doesn’t attempt to be a tribute show, an impersonation or a life story. Instead it is a talented singer performing some of Streisand’s classic songs as well as a few of the more unusual ones. It is shows like this that live or die on
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Let It Be at The Orchard Theatre I was excited to go and see this show, I have been a Beatles music fan since I was at primary school which might not seem unusual until you find out I was at primary school in the mid 80’s and the other kids at secondary school thought I was weird having Beatles
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Top Hat at the Orchard Theatre The musical Top Hat is based on the 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film. It tells the story of Jerry Travers, a star on Broadway that comes to London to perform in a West End show. During his stay at a hotel his late night tap dancing disturbs the guest below him, Dale
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Camelot by LMTO at the London Palladium Camelot is one of those musicals I’ve always heard mentioned but I’ve never seen it or really heard any music from it. I was therefore delighted to be given a chance to discover it with the London Musical Theatre Orchestra (LMTO) and a stellar line up of soloists at the London Palladium. Camelot
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Mythic at Charing Cross Theatre If you asked what exact song I’ll be listening to a week from now, you’d be placing a safe bet on anything from the Mythic soundtrack. If you asked what song I’ll be listening to a month from now, you could probably say the same. This catchy soundtrack will be on repeat in my house
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Bullet Hole at Park Theatre Despite some brilliant acting, and a fabulously intense atmosphere, Bullet Hole was let down by far too many unanswered questions that left the audience constantly trying to understand the subtext rather than paying attention to the raw emotion on stage. Unnecessarily cryptic and slow, this 90 minute one-act play missed the mark for me. At
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