Flashdance at the Orchard Theatre Flashdance is the musical based on the 1980’s film of the same name. Welder and wannabe dancer Alex is finally convinced to audition for prestigious dance school Shipley by her friends and mentor Hannah. Her boss, Nick Hurley is also fighting his own battles including winning over Alex and how to avoid laying off people at
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35mm is a Musical Exhibition. I was unsure what to expect from a musical exhibition but soon discovered it was essentially a song cycle. 35mm is written by Ryan Scott Oliver where each song is inspired by a photograph by Matthew Murphy. The songs range in theme from High School Prom Queens to being a ‘manny.’ Some numbers are dramatic
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Legally Blonde at the Churchill Theatre Legally Blonde is one of my all time favourite musicals. It tells of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who follows her ex boyfriend, Warner, to Harvard Law to try to win him back. Spurred on by her classmates jeers she soon realised that her best bet for fitting in is to beat them at
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Five Guys Named Moe Five Guys Named Moe is one of these shows that I had always heard of but had never seen or indeed really knew much about. However when it was announced that they were performing it in a pop up theatre in central London I knew that this was the perfect opportunity to check it out. As
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The Ferryman The Ferryman is Jez Butterworths latest play to hit the West End. After a successful run at the Royal Court it is now playing at the Gielgud Theatre. Directed by Sam Mendes The Ferryman takes you back to 1981 in Northern Ireland where the IRA is at the heart of its conflict. The show is set in the
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The Sword and the Dope at Waterloo East Theatre The Sword and the Dope is an original musical which has been described as a cross between Monty Python (think Spamalot), Drop Dead Donkey and Blackadder with some panto elements dropped in for good measure. It takes us back to the time of King Arthur and the Knights of the round
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Son of A Preacher Man Son of A Preacher Man is the latest jukebox musical to hit the touring circuit in the UK. It opened officially in Bromley at the Churchill Theatre on Thursday night. The show is centered around the back catalogue of Dusty Springfield. It focuses on Kat, Alison and Paul all of whom are either told about, or in Paul’s
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9 to 5 by Cygnet Players 9 to 5 is a musical which transports you back to the 70’s when the old boys club was rife, where bosses having affairs (or at least attempting to) with their secretaries was common place and flexible working meant the positions the secretaries had to get themselves into to please their boss. The musical
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Kinky Boots – The New Cast! Kinky Boots is a musical that continues to take the West End by storm. Running for nearly 2 yeas they recently injected some fresh faces into the cast & I went along to check them out. The show tells of Charlie Price of Price & Sons shoes, who is left to run the failing
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Hairspray Hairspray is a brilliant musical – great storyline, brilliantly written book, great catchy numbers and plenty of opportunity for impressive choreography….so no pressure when I go and see productions of it. Hairspray follows Tracey Turnblad on her mission to become a dancer on the Corny Collins show however she soon realises that there is something much bigger to play
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