With Christmas promptly approaching, there was only one way to spend a dark and cold Wednesday and apparently that was in Catford, at The Broadway Theatre. The 86 year old theatre is currently hosting the pantomime Aladdin, oh yes it is! Having been a part of professional productions that have produced work at this theatre and knowing the size of
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Yes, it’s Panto season and having been along to review a couple of productions for the Folkestone and Hythe Operatic and Dramatic society this year I was once again invited along this time to their annual Panto. Those of you that know me will know I am a big advocate of panto, not just as a form of theatre but
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I hate Panto. Oh Yes I do…..or maybe I don’t.Tonight’s performance of Aladdin at The Orchard Theatre changed my outdated and somewhat jaded perception of pantomime and everything surrounding it. Admittedly I haven’t seen a full scale theatrical pantomime since I performed in one in the 80’S (in a strange twist of fate at The Orchard too) where I was
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Seussical The Musical Seussical is a musical aimed at all the family and based on the works of Dr Seuss. It tells of Hornton the Elephant who hears tiny voices coming from a clover. These voices turn out to be JoJo and her family who live on a tiny planet on this clover. Hornton sets out to save them. Along
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Stick Man at The Orchard Theatre On Monday 26th November I had the pleasure of taking my son and my parents to see Stick Man at The Orchard Theatre. Expectations were high as this is a Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler masterpiece and I was interested to see how well this would translate on stage. Scamp Theatre’s production however did not
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Teletubbies Live at the Orchard Theatre On Wednesday 22nd August I took my very excited almost three year old son and his cousin who is four and a half to see the Teletubbies Live, the Teletubbies first ever theatre show. I was interested to see how this would transition to stage and how engaged the children would be. As we
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Madagascar The Musical at New Wimbledon Theatre Madagascar The Musical opened with a bang last night at New Wimbledon Theatre. Based on the DreamWorks 2005 movie it is the newest family musical to hit the stage. The show tells of Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo. A group of friends who, at the
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Gangsta Granny at The Orchard Theatre Last night myself and my 10-year-old son were lucky enough to review the popular ‘Gangsta Granny’ by David Walliams, at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford, on behalf of Musical Theatre Musings. Being a fan of David Walliams’ books and of the television adaptation, I was very interested to see how it would play out
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Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales at The Churchill Theatre: When I was offered tickets to review the children’s show, ‘Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales’ I thought that this was the perfect opportunity to invite back guest reviewer Caroline Essenhigh and her daughters to review this one for me. Over to Caroline: ‘Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales’ brings together four of
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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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