New Jersey Nights
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 […]
2018 Musings to Come
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 Greatest Showman
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 […]
2017 roundup
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 […]
Hamilton
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 […]
Cinderella by Matthew Bourne
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 […]
Everything Hamilton……..
Hamilton – Musical Theatre Musings Is Here to Help. I am lucky enough to both live in London and have seen Hamilton already. Hopefully therefore some of my local knowledge, combined with having seen the show may help some of the numerous Hamfans out there. Getting Tickets: As we know tickets sold out sooooo quickly […]
Young Frankenstein
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 […]
Cinderella – Orchard Theatre Pantomime
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 […]
Dear Brutus
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 […]