We Will Rock you is having its moment in amateur theatre and as someone who is directing one of these productions I was excited to get to see what another amateur company is doing with this show. The show itself is set in the future, where music is banned and living life online is the status quo. This is until
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Andrew Lloyd Webber seems to be having somewhat of a resurgence at the moment after a stunning summer season at the London Palladium with Evita and with the fastest selling pre-sale in the history of the London Palladium with their 2026 production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Centre Stage are riding on the ALW wave with their own production of Jesus
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Dreamgirls is a musical which opened on Broadway in the early 80’s but didn’t come to UK shores until the film in 2006 and the West End production some ten years later in 2016. It tells of a female singing trio called the ‘Dreams’ and follows their rise to success, their friendships and fall outs with each other and their
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The Crucible is an iconic play, written in 1953 by Arthur Miller. It is set in Salem during the witch trials and examines how rumours of witchcraft escalate from preacher Parris finding his daughter and niece, Abigal dancing in the forest through to the imprisonment and death of those that find themselves front and centre of the witch hunt lead
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When I first started this website many years ago I didn’t expect one of my most reviews show to be Pippin but this is now the 6th review of Pippin on the website, from other amateur theatre companies through to the concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane as well as productions at Charing Cross Theatre, Southwark Playhouse and more, which
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It is prom season….or at least it is if you are a Centre Stage audience member. Centre Stage have put together their version of the proms, The Proms Remixed, with a cast of 25 and arguably more importantly for a proms show an orchestra of 31. The show steers clear of large ensemble pieces that one would traditionally find in
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Hedda Gabler is a play by Henrik Ibsen that is much discussed in theatrical circles but up until seeing Sedos’ production I had yet to experience it for myself. Sedos’ production used the Patrick Marber’s version which was first presented in 2016 at the National Theatre, some 125 years after its original performance. The show focuses on Hedda, newly married
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The Nicest Kids In Town have hit the Bridewell stage for Sedos’ production of Hairspray. I am a huge fan of Hairspray having seen several professional and amateur productions of it as well as having directed an amateur production of it myself. I’m always therefore keen to see Hairspray and see what a new cast and creative vision can bring
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When you think of all singing and all dancing shows then 42nd Street is one of the ones that springs to mind. The show tells of Peggy Sawyer who joins the cast of Pretty Lady as a chorus girl whilst it becomes clear that the star of the show, Dorothy Brock is past her prime. On opening night Dorothy is
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Centre Stage recently put on a production of Head Over Heels and in speaking to the director, Stuart James he explained to me the work that had gone into making the production more inclusive and the initiatives he took sounded like something that all amateur companies should be considering so he kindly agreed to share his learnings and thoughts about
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