Six at The Arts Theatre After a sold out run in Edinburgh the Six Queens have hit the Arts Theatre. After seeing the show and loving it in Edinburgh and was keen to see it in London and check that it all wasn’t some musical theatre/pop dream…..luckily it was not and it was everything I had dreamed of and more
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Michael Jackson’s 60th Birthday Celebrations with Thriller! Live. Musical Theatre Musings sent guest blogger Elle Janus along to catch up with the cast of Thriller! Live. This is what she had to say: I was lucky enough to celebrate The King of Pop’s 60th Birthday with the cast of Thriller Live! On a classic London open top bus sitting outside
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Saturday Night Fever at New Wimbledon Theatre Saturday Night Fever is an iconic movie with iconic dance moves. Even those who haven’t seen the film or any of the previous productions of the musical are able to identify the night fever move and the white suit. The show is set in the 1970’s and set to Bee Gee’s music. We
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by NYMT The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is by Helen Watts (book) and Eamonn O’Dwyer (music and lyrics) is based on the short story by Washington Irving although many of us will know it due to the 1999 film starring Jonny Depp. In Sleepy Hollow they are all wary of newcomers and nevermore so when
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Bring It On at Southwark Playhouse Bring It On The Musical is based on the film of the same name. By Lin -Manuel Miranda (music and lyrics) of Hamilton fame, Tom Kitt (music), Jeff Whitney (original story) and Amanda Green (lyrics). It tells of Campbell, the captain of the cheerleading squad at Truman High School. However her dream is soon
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A Little Princess by NYMT NYMT’s latest production is based on the book, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Those that adore the book and the film be warned there are some changes to the beloved story although this did not detract at all from my enjoyment of the musical. In this production of A Little Princess we meet
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Around the World in 80 days at The Union Theatre. The Union Theatre is an intimate setting for “Around the world in 80 days” which worked perfectly for this production. The 60 seat theatre was sold out for this production but the seating was well spaced and comfortable, if not a little worn in some places. The open stage gave
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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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Evita at The Churchill Theatre Evita has either been touring or in the West End for a few years now but for some reason I haven’t seen it. Luckily I was able to put this right last night at The Churchill Theatre. Evita tells the true life story of Eva Peron and her rise to fame, as narrated by Che.
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Titanic The Musical at The Churchill Theatre Titanic the Musical is nearing the end of it’s voyage having started it’s life in the UK at Southwark Playhouse in 2013, continued its journey at Charing Cross Theatre in 2016 then going on tour. It was therefore about time for me to see it! Titanic the Musical is based on real people
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