The Sound of Music at The Churchill Theatre The Sound of Music is a classic musical where even putting the movie soundtrack on feels familiar and comfortable. The tour therefore has a difficult balance to strike in that it has to live up to expectations and tick all the traditional Sound of Music boxes whilst still keeping it fresh. Luckily
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Bananaman Bananaman is the latest new musical to hit the Southwark Playhouse. Released from the Beano comic and our TV sets Bananaman is now unleashing his own special form of theatre. The musical tells of how an ordinary boy, Eric Wimp becomes Bananaman. With the help of his friend Crow they rescues both his crush Fiona and the whole of
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Hamilton: Hamilton is the biggest show to hit the West End since……. well possibly since Wicked! Tickets sold out within moments but I was lucky enough to be able to snap up 2for press night! Hamilton tells the story of one of the founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton. Born in the Caribbean he made his way to America to make his
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Young Frankenstein: Young Frankenstein opened in the West End at the Garrick Theatre on the 28th September. It was a show I had been anticipating due to performing some of the numbers a few years ago and I finally managed to see it! Young Frankenstein is based on Mel Brooks 1974 movie of the same name, a spoof based on
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Barnum at The Menier Chocolate Factory Barnum is one of these shows that I have always wanted to see but for some reason never have. When I heard that the Menier Chocolate Factory was putting this on my excitement peaked as I always seem to adore whatever spin the Menier puts on its productions. Barnum follows the man himself, Taylor
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Everybody’s Talking About Jamie was this years birthday theatre trip for me and a present from Mr Musical Theatre Musings. The show stems from a documentary about Jamie Campbell (renamed Jamie New in the show), a 16 year old boy with an ambition to wear a dress to his prom. The musical follows Jamie from his
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Animus by Trinity Laban at Laban Theatre As a huge advocate of the arts and the power of it I am a massive believer that an important way to support the arts is to support those coming through their training. I was lucky enough to be invited to Trinity Laban’s 3rd year production of new musical Animus. Animus is by
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Big Fish The Musical Big Fish is the latest musical to hit The Other Palace’s main stage and after watching the movie many years ago and loving it, I was excited to see what the musical version had to offer. The show, originally a novel by Daniel Wallace, tells of Edward Bloom, a dying man who has spent his life
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The Toxic Avenger at The Arts Theatre How do you sum up The Toxic Avenger….well there are very few words that can do this crazy musical justice. The Toxic Avenger is based on the 1980’s superhero,comedy B movie of the same name. In New Jersey the city is drowning in toxic waste and one unlikely hero, Melvin takes up the
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Cilla Cilla is one of the latest jukebox musicals doing the rounds which not only features the songs of Cilla Black herself but also numbers from her era by artists such as The Beatles and The Mamas and Papas. The show follows Cilla White (her real name) from her early days singing at the now famous Cavern Club, her meeting
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