Supersonic Man is the latest new British Musical to hit Southwark Playhouse. It tells of Adam, a witty and rebellious young guy who wears bright pink hot pants to Pride and is running the London marathon who gets diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. We follow him and his partner Darryl as he comes to terms with his diagnosis and then
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An intriguing stew of dating anecdotes, Buddhist teachings and medical horror, The Society for New Cuisine has morsels of creative genius but overall hasn’t quite worked out what sort of play it wants to be. Written and performed by Chris Fung, this 70-minute one hander bursts into the black box space with a chaotic menu; serving up a lost man
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If, like me, you have been plagued by adverts for Phantom Peak for a while and want to know more well I’m here to help enlighten you as I finally took the plunge and went along. Phantom Peak can be best summed up as Immersive Theatre meets escape room and I had no idea what to expect when I went
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The Devil Wears Prada is based on the 2006 film which tells of Andy Sachs, a recent journalism graduate who, despite her disinterest in fashion, gets a job working for Miranda Priestly, editor in chief of Runway magazine. She soon begins to change in order to get ahead but just how far will she go to stick out her new
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Bat Out of Hell is possibly one of the most random musicals I have seen. Often with jukebox musicals the story is tenuous in order to try and weave together the songs but this show takes that to a new level. Bat Out of Hell is a loose retelling of Peter Pan. It tells of Raven, the daughter of Falco,
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With Mrs Doubtfire closing in April I knew I had to get along and see it or risk missing it and suffering huge FOMO so I finally got myself along to the Shaftesbury Theatre. Mrs Doubtfire is based on the 1993 film starring Robin Williams of the same name and it tells of Daniel Hilllard, who following his divorce from
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Firebird is a new play based on the the memoirs of Sergey Fetisov who met and fell in love with a young fighter pilot whilst he was undertaking his 2 years conscription to the Russian military during the height of the Cold War. The memoirs have been adapted into a film and now a play by Richard Hough. The play
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With the countdown to Christmas well and truly on, nothing quite says Christmas more than drag! For the last few years I have headed to a festive drag offering and this year was no different. This years offering came in the form of Peter Pan, by Tuckshop but this was Peter Pan with a difference! Whilst the premise of the
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[Title of Show] is a journey through musical theatre in the most meta way possible. Within the show Jeff and Hunter decide that they want to write a musical to enter it into a festival. Of course the writers of [Title Of Show] are also called Jeff Bowen (Music and Lyrics) and Hunter Bell (Book) and the show follows them
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Fly More Than You Fall is a new musical about grief and acceptance. 15 year old Malia is an aspiring writer but whilst at writing camp she finds out that her mother has terminal cancer. The musical portrays how she both deals with this news as well as her life in the aftermath of her mothers death. Alongside this Malia
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