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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After many hours spent watching Titus Burgess on our TV screens in the likes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Schmigadoon! as well as wishing I could see him appear in some of his Broadway roles including Sebastian the Crab in the Little Mermaid and Zidler in Moulin Rouge he has finally made his way to London for his own concert
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From Brother and Sister duo Kaz and David Maloney with William Godfree comes Longitude: A Clockmaker’s Obsession. Longitude tells the real-life story of 18th century clockmaker John Harrison and his decades-long pursuit to develop an instrument to allow sailors to correctly measure Longitude (and thus location) for a £20,000 reward. The opening set the scene well and with imagery of
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Jerry’s Girls is a musical review which covers a large amount of Jerry Herman’s hits from shows such as Mack & Mabel, Mame, Hello Dolly, La Cage Aux Folles, A Day in Hollywood, Milk & Honey & Dear World. It is delivered by Jessica Martin, Cassidy Janson and Julie Yammanee who take the audience on a whirlwind tour of Herman’s
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical based on the 1968 film of the same name. The show tells of inventor Caractacus Potts and his 2 children, Jeremy and Jemima. He discovers that his children have developed an affection for a car in a junkyard that used to be a prize winning car and they convince their father to buy
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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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