The Unspoken at Barons Court Theatre
The Unspoken At Barons Court Theatre “Northern England, 1972. When the miners’ strike threatens a state of emergency, a seemingly abusive coal miner fools his blind daughter into thinking they live a life of luxury. However, his unorthodox methods serve as a device to protect her when he succumbs to a fatal disease.” Unspoken, a […]
Wasted at The Southwark Playhouse
Wasted at Southwark Playhouse From someone who knew the bare minimum about the Brontë sisters, other than they lived, wrote brilliant books, and obviously had incredible genes – I didn’t quite know what to expect of Wasted, a rock musical depicting their lives. And the life of their brother Branwell, of course. Composer Christopher Ash, […]
Eastern Star at Tara Theatre
Eastern Star at Tara Theatre With the desperate plight of Rohingya people and resultant tarnishing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation, the situation in Myanmar has been a feature of news broadcasts in recent months. Notwithstanding moves towards democracy and some liberalisation, many people may be vaguely aware that real power still lies in […]
42nd Street starring Bonnie Langford
42nd Street starring Bonnie Langford Come and meet those dancing feet… A truly wonderful, glittering display of talent, 42nd Street was a toe tapping delight from start to finish. It’s been a favourite musical of mine ever since I was a little girl, and as a lover of tap dancing, a show I’ve always wanted […]
Six at The Arts Theatre
Six at The Arts Theatre After a sold out run in Edinburgh the Six Queens have hit the Arts Theatre. After seeing the show and loving it in Edinburgh and was keen to see it in London and check that it all wasn’t some musical theatre/pop dream…..luckily it was not and it was everything I […]
Thriller Live Celebrates Michael Jackon’s 60th Birthday
Michael Jackson’s 60th Birthday Celebrations with Thriller! Live. Musical Theatre Musings sent guest blogger Elle Janus along to catch up with the cast of Thriller! Live. This is what she had to say: I was lucky enough to celebrate The King of Pop’s 60th Birthday with the cast of Thriller Live! On a classic London […]
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever at New Wimbledon Theatre Saturday Night Fever is an iconic movie with iconic dance moves. Even those who haven’t seen the film or any of the previous productions of the musical are able to identify the night fever move and the white suit. The show is set in the 1970’s and set […]
Teletubbies Live at The Orchard Theatre
Teletubbies Live at the Orchard Theatre On Wednesday 22nd August I took my very excited almost three year old son and his cousin who is four and a half to see the Teletubbies Live, the Teletubbies first ever theatre show. I was interested to see how this would transition to stage and how engaged the […]
Swan Lake by the St Petersburg Ballet
Swan Lake by The St Petersburg Ballet Last night I had the pleasure of attending the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s production of Swan Lake at the London Coliseum. Originally composed by Tchaikovsky and later revised by Lev Ivanov with choreography by Marius Petipa. Swan Lake is a ballet from which most everyone would recognise the […]
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by NYMT
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by NYMT The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is by Helen Watts (book) and Eamonn O’Dwyer (music and lyrics) is based on the short story by Washington Irving although many of us will know it due to the 1999 film starring Jonny Depp. In Sleepy Hollow they are all wary of […]