Eugenius Preview Eugenius is the latest new musical to hit the Other Palace, opening on the 22nd January and running until 3rd March. The show is set in the 1980’s and is a love letter to this period. It tells of Eugene, a teenage boy who dreams of a distant world of hero’s and villains. In the morning when he
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The Sound of Music at The Churchill Theatre The Sound of Music is a classic musical where even putting the movie soundtrack on feels familiar and comfortable. The tour therefore has a difficult balance to strike in that it has to live up to expectations and tick all the traditional Sound of Music boxes whilst still keeping it fresh. Luckily
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Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales is arriving at the Churchill Theatre on the 10th and 11th February. I am a huge advocate for children;s shows as I believe the earlier that children start going to the theatre and loving it, the better. This is therefore a terrific way to follow up that panto trip for
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Bananaman Bananaman is the latest new musical to hit the Southwark Playhouse. Released from the Beano comic and our TV sets Bananaman is now unleashing his own special form of theatre. The musical tells of how an ordinary boy, Eric Wimp becomes Bananaman. With the help of his friend Crow they rescues both his crush Fiona and the whole of
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New Jersey Nights New Jersey Nights is a ‘celebration of the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons,’ with a live band, 4 singers and 6 dancers. Consequently there is no pretence of a plot, simply the music peppered with a few facts about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. In order for a tribute act to be successful
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2018 Musical Musings to Come – Top 10 picks – 2017 has been a great year of theatre with everything from Hamilton finally hitting the West End (in case you had missed that one) and the much talked about The Ferryman to a whole range of off West End shows having a huge impact on the theatre world. What will
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The Greatest Showman The Greatest Showman is the latest movie musical to hit the big screen. This one focuses on the story of P.T.Barnum and stars Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron. Having recently seen a production of the musical Barnum I was especially intrigued to see the show and discover a new take on this well known tale. The Greatest
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2017 Roundup – Best West End Musical….Hamilton There has been an insane amount of hype surrounding Hamilton and I was afraid it wouldn’t live up to it’s hype however I needn’t have worried and if I was able to give it 6 stars I would have. I was lucky enough to have secured tickets during previews and following seeing it
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Hamilton: Hamilton is the biggest show to hit the West End since……. well possibly since Wicked! Tickets sold out within moments but I was lucky enough to be able to snap up 2for press night! Hamilton tells the story of one of the founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton. Born in the Caribbean he made his way to America to make his
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Cinderella by Matthew Bourne Matthew Bourne is known for challenging the traditional story via his choreography and his latest production of Cinderella is no different. With music by Prokofiev, Cinderella is now set during the Second World War in London. Our prince of the story becomes a dashing war time hero, a pilot united with Cinderella at a ball in
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