As it has been nearly 18 months since I last attended the Bridge Theatre for Guys & Dolls I was thrilled to return to check out the new cast including Gina Beck as Sarah. This production of Guys & Dolls is a wonderful production which merges the classic story with a fresh take that sees the show staged in an
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The Fabulist is the latest new production to hit the Charing Cross Theatre which is part musical, part operetta and all based upon an opera by Giovanni Paisello, ‘The Imaginary Astrologer’ set to a new book and lyrics by James P Farwell. The show tells of 2 sisters, Cassandra and Clarice, who run their own silent movie company in Moussolini’s
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Hello Dolly is back in London nearly 60 years after its debut on the West End and the revival itself opened after a postponement as a result of the Covid pandemic. The musical tells of Dolly Levi, a widow, who makes her living through matchmaking, amongst other things. Whilst she has been employed to find a wife for Horace Vandergelder
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Something Rotten has final hit the UK shores, at least in concert form. It feels like a long time coming for a show that is centred around Shakespeare and his birth place and I was thrilled to see if the show lived up to the hype. The show tells of the Bottom Brothers Nick and Nigel, writers who are around
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Mean Girls has hit the West End and not a moment to soon! The musical based on the 2004 film of the same name depicts Cady, who having grown up in Kenya moves to the USA. On her first day of school she is befriended by Janis and Damian but also the Plastics, lead by Queen Bee Regina. Encouraged by
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Pretty Woman is first an foremost an iconic film which premiered in 1990, staring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. It tells the story of young street worker and her chance encounter with a billionaire, which ultimately throws her into a new world of The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, expensive shops, opera trips and gala nights. The musical stays with this story
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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World is a musical based on the books by Kate Pankhurst and adapted by Chris Bush, which looks at numerous women from across history and celebrates their achievements. The show is told through the eyes of Jade, a young girl who finds herself lost on a school trip to a museum and ends up
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Raise Your Voice because Sister Act is back on tour again! For those who have not yet seen either the West End or tour versions of the show you will hopefully be familiar with the hit film from 1992 starring Whoopi Goldberg. Sister Act the musical is a vibrant, feel-good comedy about Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe club singer who
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Your Lie In April is a musical based on a highly successful manga which had seen an anime TV series and a live action film before this musical adaptation. It tells of Kosei Arima, a talented young pianist who stopped playing following his mothers death, realising he can no longer hear the music when he plays. He however meets free
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Starlight Express is one of the most talked about theatrical openings this year. The show was originally on from 1984 – 2002 at the Apollo Victoria with the show that tells of trains racing to be named champion. The show has been considerably updated since it’s last full scale London production but essentially the focus is on Rusty, a steam
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