Young Frankenstein: Young Frankenstein opened in the West End at the Garrick Theatre on the 28th September. It was a show I had been anticipating due to performing some of the numbers a few years ago and I finally managed to see it! Young Frankenstein is based on Mel Brooks 1974 movie of the same name, a spoof based on
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Cinderella – Orchard Theatre Pantomime To me Cinderella the Pantomime has it all: a huge dose of magic (think Cinderella’s transformation scene), a duo of dames, a dashing prince, a fairy god mother and of course a baddie in the form of the step mother. This is therefore a lot to live up to but luckily the Orchard Theatre got
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Dear Brutus at Southwark Playhouse. ‘The fault Dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves.’ This is the premise of J.M Barrie’s play, Dear Brutus, playing at the Southwark playhouse 100 years after it first opened at Wydndham’s Theatre. The play tells of a collection of seemingly random people invited to an odd gentleman named Lob’s house over
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs- Churchill Theatre Pantomime This years pantomime offering from the Churchill Theatre, Bromley is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The star attractions are Jessie Wallace, Pete Firman, Jason Sutton and Oliver Tompsett. The story of Snow White is one well know to us all although to accommodate your pantomime favourites a Dame is introduced
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Barnum at The Menier Chocolate Factory Barnum is one of these shows that I have always wanted to see but for some reason never have. When I heard that the Menier Chocolate Factory was putting this on my excitement peaked as I always seem to adore whatever spin the Menier puts on its productions. Barnum follows the man himself, Taylor
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The Simon and Garfunkel Story at the Lyric Theatre I need to start this review with a disclaimer….I am not a Simon & Garfunkel fanatic, prior to the show ask me to name more than 2 of their songs I would have struggled however ‘Daddy Musical Theatre Musings’ who accompanied me is a fan. It was therefore an interesting experience
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Everybody’s Talking About Jamie was this years birthday theatre trip for me and a present from Mr Musical Theatre Musings. The show stems from a documentary about Jamie Campbell (renamed Jamie New in the show), a 16 year old boy with an ambition to wear a dress to his prom. The musical follows Jamie from his
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Animus by Trinity Laban at Laban Theatre As a huge advocate of the arts and the power of it I am a massive believer that an important way to support the arts is to support those coming through their training. I was lucky enough to be invited to Trinity Laban’s 3rd year production of new musical Animus. Animus is by
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Big Fish The Musical Big Fish is the latest musical to hit The Other Palace’s main stage and after watching the movie many years ago and loving it, I was excited to see what the musical version had to offer. The show, originally a novel by Daniel Wallace, tells of Edward Bloom, a dying man who has spent his life
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The Toxic Avenger at The Arts Theatre How do you sum up The Toxic Avenger….well there are very few words that can do this crazy musical justice. The Toxic Avenger is based on the 1980’s superhero,comedy B movie of the same name. In New Jersey the city is drowning in toxic waste and one unlikely hero, Melvin takes up the
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