Abigail’s Party is a play very firmly set in the 1970’s with cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks served up, talk of house prices being £21,000 and numerous references to the musical choices of the day it is very much of it’s era. The play unfolds in Beverly and Laurence’s living room as new neighbours Angela and Tony along with
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With a cast of three, Jon Brittain and Matt Tedford’s outrageous cross dressing romp takes aim at the political domination of the 1980s by Margaret Thatcher. Matt Tedford reprises his acclaimed take on Margaret Thatcher, leading the audience through the main premiership events but with a particular focus on the introduction by Jill Knight (and an unmentioned David Wilshire) of
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Rip It Up the 60’s is the latest of the ‘Rip It Up’ shows to hit the West End. Starring Harry Judd, Louis Smith, Jay McGuiness and Aston Merrygold the audience are treated to a whole host of songs and dance routines from the 60’s. The format of the show was slightly tired. The first segment was set inside a
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‘Love will set you free’. It is a very bold statement to walk into, it is also a statement that poses many questions. The singular quote hung on the back wall throughout the entire performance and during my journey home I sat thinking about how much truth this quote had. When I looked back on the characters and their own
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A Beautiful Noise is a concert style show featuring the music of Neil Diamond and other artists from his era. The show is fronted by Fisher Stevens and features a live band and 2 backing singers who are also used to showcase some of the female artists work. The set up of the show is very simple. There was a
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The Band is a new musical which tells the story of 5 teenage girls with a love for a boy band. The band are never named but they just happen to sing all of Take That’s back catalogue. These 5 girls however grow up and apart but when Rachel wins a competition to see The Band in Prague the friends
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Violet has finally hit London. The show premiered off Broadway in 1997 and Sutton Foster starred in a one night concert on Broadway in 2014 which lead to a short run on Broadway. Violet has now hit the London stage. It tells of Violet, a disfigured girl who travels from Spruce Pine, North Carolina to Tulsa Oklahoma in order to
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Howard Goodall’s Girlfriends In Concert by LMTO Girlfriends is a musical by Howard Goodall that is rarely performed. Written in 1985 it tells of the women on the WAAF, the Women’s Auxiliary Airforce. It focuses on a group of 5 women including best friends Lou and Amy who both fall for the same pilot Guy. It is a show about
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The Distance You Have Come – A Song Cycle By Scott Alan at Cockpit Theatre I’ve been a fan of Scott Alan for a while having listened to many of his songs on repeat so when offered the chance to review his new song cycle, The Distance You Have Come, I jumped at it. The Distance You Have Come focuses
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Trump The Musical: It is the year 2020 and Trump is running for re-election, Nigel Farage is King of England, Kim Jong Un’s hand is still hovering about the big button and Putin is wondering where his pal Trump has gone. Welcome to the word of Trump The Musical! The plot is more than tenuous in Trump The Musical. Trump
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