Since Hadestown appeared at the National In 2018 it seems like the West End audiences have been begging for it to get a full scale run in the London and now they have got their wish, however would it live up to the built up expectations? The show is based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, two young
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Pretty Woman the musical has hit Wimbledon following a 2 year run in the West End which I saw twice and loved both times. The musical follows the film pretty faithfully and tells of Vivian who is a prostitute working in Hollywood. She bumps into billionaire Edward Lewis and her interest in classic cars and ability to strike a deal
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I Should Be So Lucky is the Stock Aitken Waterman musical and for those that may not have heard of Stock Aitken Waterman I guarantee that you would have heard of their music. They penned hits including ‘Especially For You,’ ‘Never Going To Give You Up,’ ‘I Should Be So Lucky,’ and produced even more including ‘You Spin Me Right
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The Time Travellers Wife is a musical based on the book by Audrey Niffenegger which tells of Henry who time travellers due to a rare genetical condition and his wife Clare who remains constant and meets him not only on the correct timeline but at various other points in her life. Henry spends his time trying to get back to
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Cruel Intentions has finally hit London! After an off Broadway run and a stint at the Edinburgh festival the show has finally hit London. I caught it back in 2019 at the Edinburgh Festival and I was keen to see what had changed from its run there. The musical is based on the 1999 film of the same name which
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The Little Big Things is a show that has been getting rave reviews so I had to get myself tickets and see what the fuss is about and boy am I glad that I did. Before I even get started on the show itself it is worth noting that The Little Big Things sees the first Wheelchair user to lead
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I am very late to the Sunset Boulevard party, having only seen it on the 3rd January. With the show closing in London on the 6th January it seems pintless adding yet another 5 star review to the mound but I couldn’t let the moment pass without writing something. So here are my top 5 moments/favourite things in/about the show…and
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Having seen Unfortunate at The Edinburgh Festival 2019 and loving it I was so excited to see how the show had developed in the intervening years and discover what a longer version of the show looked like. As I said in my earlier review Unfortunate does to the Little Mermaid what Wicked did to The Wizard of Oz, just maybe
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If there was a competition over polarising musical then Diana has to be one of the favourites to win. For the UK audiences up until Monday night, this musical was only available via a Pro Shot on Netflix after the show played on Broadway for just 33 performances and 16 previews. The Pro Shot won worst picture, worst director, worst
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Treason is a musical currently in development and one with a huge amount of talk behind it. From a 5 track EP featuring Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser through to last years 2 night concert a Drury Lane and culminating in this fully staged version, playing in Edinburgh, Sheffield and London. The show follows the gunpowder plot of 1605, narrated
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