When I Grow Up – A Cabaret for the NSPCC When I Grow Up is a one night cabaret put on at Toulouse Lautrec in order to raise money for the NSPCC. It focused on songs from the musicals which revolved around childhood, sibling relationships, dating, parenthood and more. Organised and put together by Kate Vlietstra the song choices were unusual and
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Thriller Live at The Orchard Theatre Thriller Live is one of those musicals that I really ought to have seen, especially as it is now in its 9th year on the West End, but had never made it. I was partly put off by some who were less than complimentary about the West End show but as I was soon to find
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Bat Out Of Hell – Preview Event So I’ll confess now, I didn’t make it to The Coliseum to see Bat Out Of Hell, despite being hugely intrigued. Luckily I am now able to make amends due to the fact that it is now coming to the Dominion. I was treated to a sneak peak as well as a chat
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Lock and Key – An Original Musical by Barlow & Smith at the Vault Festival. When I heard about Lock and Key, on at The Vault Festival and the team they had amassed to put the show on, I knew I had to see it. Starring Evelyn Hoskins and Tiffany Graves and directed by Adam Lenson these are 3 people
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Jekyll and Hyde at The Orchard Theatre The current touring production of Jekyll and Hyde is David Edgar’s adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel. It tells of the story of Dr Jekyll who undertakes an experiment which splits the darker side out from his normal self and gradually the dark side takes hold in the form of Mr Hyde. Intended to be
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Dogfight Dogfight is a show with music by Pasek and Paul of Dear Evan Hansen, Smash and La La Land fame. Being a huge fan of their work and having experienced SEDOS’ high standards previously, I was excited to discover what Dogfight had to offer. Dogfight is set in San Francisco on the eve of the Kennedy assassination and the night
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Pippin at The Southwark Playhouse Pippin is the latest show by Aria Entertainment to hit London. This show has transferred from Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester after rave reviews so I was keen to see what the fuss was about. Pippin follows a group of Players. These players, lead by the Leading Player, tell of Pippin, the son of emperor
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Trust Trust is the brainchild of German playwright Faik Richter and translated by Maja Zade. It focuses of capitalism through the eyes of a relationship, or at least this is what the blurb tells me. I found ‘Trust’ utterly confusing and frequently unclear as to the point it was trying to hammer home. Whilst I understood the overarching theme that our
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Strictly Ballroom Launch On Valentines Day I headed to Cafe De Paris for the launch of the latest musical to hit the West End – Strictly Ballroom. The show is inspired by the 1992 film by Baz Luhrmann it tells of ballroom dancer Scott who makes his own ballroom dancing moves, much to the annoyance of ballroom dance purists. The
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Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales at The Churchill Theatre: When I was offered tickets to review the children’s show, ‘Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales’ I thought that this was the perfect opportunity to invite back guest reviewer Caroline Essenhigh and her daughters to review this one for me. Over to Caroline: ‘Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales’ brings together four of
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