Every trip to the theatre currently feels so special, living without it for several months really makes you appreciate the whole experience of attending the theatre. Songs For A New World not only embodied this feeling but was a wonderful piece of theatre in its own right. For those that don’t know Songs For A New World, it is a
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Three cheers for live theatre – and especially a musical – back at Southwark Theatre in spite of all Covid related restrictions! Reception at the theatre was well organised and seating pared down by removal of a row to allow for social distancing, together with Perspex dividers between seats of different parties (one bonus being unusually generous leg room). A
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Regents Park Theatre are currently showing a special concert version of the show, with the same team that brought the full show to Regents Park in 2016 and 2017 as well as the Barbican last year. I saw in when it was on in 2017 but I decided that another visit was in order. Whilst the show is billed as
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It looks like open air and drive in theatre are the ways we can get our theatre fix so here is a list of some of the open air theatre that is going on. BarnFest Barn Theatre in Cirencester has come up trumps again and have programmed a whole open air season! Barnfest runs in the grounds of Ingleside Houe,
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Rather than write a review of the Hamilton movie (although if I had it would have been a solid 5 stars) I’ve decided to put together a post on all of the interesting facts, beautiful moments and more about the show and the movie. I love peeling back layers within shows so do let me know in the comments about
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With so many of us desperate to get our theatre fix it seems as if the way we ae going to be able to do this is via drive-in theatre. These are the current drive in offerings and I will update these if any more get added to the list: Spice World and West End Stars! On the 1st August,
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I have found myself wanting to speak up and speak out for the black lives matter movement but also aware that I have a platform and a readership that I can hopefully use to do so. I have therefore spent time trying to educate myself on how I can use my platform to raise awareness. I appreciate that this is
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I always try and avoid reading reviews prior to seeing a show I have already booked for. This helps me go in with an open mind but there seemed to be no way of escaping people’s thoughts of the The Prince of Egypt. However I left the theatre wondering if we had watched the same show!! The Prince of Egypt
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Shrek is a musical I am incredibly fond of and (full disclosure) the show I am currently directing for Bromley Players. The musical is based on the 2001 film and is full of heart and a great moral message. Add to that some catchy songs and there is the foundations of a great musical there. The show spends a lot
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Be More Chill through one lens could be described as your typical transformation show: geek loves girl and does what he can to get popular and win the girl until he discovers his original self was far more appealing. However you then add in a squip, a supercomputer from Japan that takes over your brain in order to make you
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