The plot of Rock of Ages is wafer thin but this doesn’t matter one iota. The show focuses on ‘small town girl’ Sherrie and ‘city boy’ Drew who wants to make it as a rock star. Their less than traditional romance which involves Sherrie sleeping with rock star Stacee Jaxx and becoming a stripper is set to the music of
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Fresh from a stint at the Hammersmith Apollo, Sister Act is now on tour. Sister Act the musical is based on the 1992 movie of the same name which tells of Deloris Van Cartier who witnesses her gangster boyfriend murder a police informant. She soon realises that the same fate may be waiting for her so runs to the police
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The Cher Show is a touring musical that I have been eager to see since the start of the tour, therefore the expectations were high for this show. Luckily it lived up to my high expectations and then some. The musical follows Cher’s life from her beginnings as a shy young girl through to her final tour and uses her
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My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) is a show that started life at the Turbine Theatre before a heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is now on a second west End run, after a run at the Garrick last year. It is written and performed by Rob Madge and it tells of their childhood, from performing
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Allegiance is a musical that is not only steeped in history but is one that is inspired by George Takei’s own life history and his determination to tell the story across the world. It is set in America after Pearl Harbour when Japanese American’s were sent to internment camps for looking like those that had bombed Pearl Harbour and bearing
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Hex is The National Theatre’s latest musical offering. It is a new musical based on the story of Sleeping Beauty. This tells of Fairy who is unable to fly, much to the mockery of the other High Fairies. In the woods she meets Smith, an aid to the Queen who has just given birth to a baby girl who refuses
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I have reviewed Six numerous times from their start at the Edinburgh Fringe through to its West End transfer and I was lucky enough to invited back on Media night to check out their most recent cast. For those that haven’t seen Six, the show tells of the Six wives of Henry 8th. The wives group together in order to
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The Commitments is based on the book by Roddy Doyle, which was turned into a film in 1991. It hit the West End for 2 years and after a gap it is back touring the country. It iss a musical that celebrates soul music. Set in in Dublin we meet Jimmy, a young man who wants to put together a
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Newsies is the musical based on the true story of the newsies strike. It follows Jack Kelly, the leader of the Lower Manhattan newsboys. The newspaper, lead by Joseph Pulitzer, decides it needs to increase its profits so they increase the cost of the papers for the newsies. Jack soon declares that the newsies are a union and calls for
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It had been over 20 years since I last saw Phantom of The Opera (I know I don’t look that old!!) so I was thrilled to be invited along to see the current cast. Phantom of the Opera is the iconic musical that tells of the Opera Ghost who has been living under the Paris Opera House and has been
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