I attended press night on December 1st for this years panto offering, Aladdin, at the Churchill Theatre. I consider myself a bit of a panto buff having worked far too many in my years front of house, would this live up to my expectations and get me firmly into the Christmas mood on the first day of December. This version
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Who Sang It Better – Memory In my last of ‘Who Sang It Better’ posts I looked at Andrew Lloyd Webbers, Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar. I thought I would therefore turn my attention next to a female song by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Memory is the most famous song from Cats. It is sung by Grizabella and the song is
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Xanadu at Southwark Playhouse Xanadu is based on the 1980’s film, starring Olivia Newton-John. It tells the story of Sonny Malone who is an aspiring artist. The mural he is painting springs to life and out of it comes the Greek muses including, Clio, who changes her name to Kira for her time on earth. She tried to inspire Sonny
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Who Sang It Better – Gethsemane As some of you may know I perform in amateur dramatics shows….. the song choice is therefore fitting as I am performing in Jesus Christ Superstar this week. The song from Jesus Christ Superstar I’ve chosen is Gethsemane. This comes at the point in the show where Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane
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The Waiting Room I was invited to see the Waiting Room by What’s It All About Productions on Wednesday 13th October 2015 at the Courtyard. The premise of this show is that 3 strangers have been sent a letter to come to a meeting. All they know is that the senders of this letter knows their name and date of
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Wonderush – Say no to FOMO bloggers day I was lucky enough to be invited via the lovely #ldntheatre bloggers to the Wonderush bloggers day. Wonderush is a monthly subscription site (currently £29) that gives their members access to classes and experiences across London. What sets it apart from other subscription sites such as class pass is the sheer variety
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Hecuba Here is the trailer for RSC’s production for Hecuba…. Hecuba tells the tale after Troy has fallen. ‘Humiliated by her defeat and imprisoned by the charismatic victor Agamemnon, the great queen Hecuba must wash the blood of her buried sons from her hands and lead her daughters forward into a world they no longer recognise. Agamemnon has slaughtered his own daughter
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I attended Cygnet Players of the Full Monty on their opening night, Wednesday 31st September at Putney Arts Centre. For those of you that don’t know the musical version of the Full Monty the storyline is very similar to the film but the action is shifted to America. Buffalos steel factory closes down and making Buffalos men unemployed as a
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The night of the much talked about Kerry Ellis & Louise Dearman concert at the Prince Edward Theatre was finally upon us- would it live up to the hype………… Oh boy did it! One thing is indisputable – Kerry and Louise can REALLY sing. Not only that but they totally came across as 2 people that can command their audience
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So the night of the big Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman concert is fast approaching! They hit the stage of the Prince Edward on Sunday the 27th September and I’m mega excited about it. I’ve been a massive fan of Kerry’s since I saw her as Meat in We Will Rock you and later as Elphaba in Wicked. I was
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