Brexit at Edinburgh Fringe Festival It is 2020 and the UK has emerged out of another general election and a new Tory PM, Adam Masters must unite his party’s warring factions. Brexit is still the biggest issue of the day and rather than decide how to deal with this he tries to appease both sides by appointing Simon Cavendish a
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Tenacious D: The Musical of Destiny. Tenacious D: The Musical of Destiny tells the story of JB and KG. When they meet they decide to form a band, Tenacious D and they go onto chase the magical pick of destiny. Along the way they meet a group of roadies with a strict tour manager as well as Tenacious D’s ultimate
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Buried: A New Musical Buried is a new musical which tells of serial killers, Rose and Harry meeting, think Bonnie and Clyde for the Iphone generation! Whilst they meet both trying to kill the other, they bond over their common interest and soon a relationship of sorts develops. The path of true love however never runs smooth and when there
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Bare Bare is a rock musical set in a private Catholic Boarding school. It follows two boys, Peter and Jason however Jason is the school’s golden boy and refuses to tell anyone of their relationship. A spanner gets thrown in the works when Ivy decides to go after Jason and sets a downward spiral in motion amongst them all. It
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The Monster in the Hall The Monster in the Hall by David Greig follows a day in the life of Duck Macatarsney as she cares for her dope-smoking biker father who suffers from multiple sclerosis. Duck is anxiously awaiting a visit from social services to check up on them and is terrified she will be taken into care. Worst of
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Bring It On at Southwark Playhouse Bring It On The Musical is based on the film of the same name. By Lin -Manuel Miranda (music and lyrics) of Hamilton fame, Tom Kitt (music), Jeff Whitney (original story) and Amanda Green (lyrics). It tells of Campbell, the captain of the cheerleading squad at Truman High School. However her dream is soon
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Around the World in 80 days at The Union Theatre. The Union Theatre is an intimate setting for “Around the world in 80 days” which worked perfectly for this production. The 60 seat theatre was sold out for this production but the seating was well spaced and comfortable, if not a little worn in some places. The open stage gave
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Summer Holiday at The Churchill Theatre Summer Holiday tells the story of a group of 4 bus mechanics on a European tour in a Red London Bus, picking up stranded hitchhikers and a stowaway singing star as they go, but I am sure most of you know that bit. The musical is based on the 1963 smash film featuring (Sir)
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Tartuffe at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Guest reviewer Daniel Bennett attended the press night for Tartuffe, the latest play to hit the Theatre Royal Haymarket’s stage: Tartuffe is the latest revival to be fashionably inspired by a desire to make a statement about Trump’s America. Others of this ilk include the subtle commentaries on the current western political landscape offered
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Chicago the Musical at Phoenix Theatre Chicago feels like a musical that is has always been around. It originally opened in 1976 on the West End, it was then revived in 1997 at the Adelphi Theatre, Cambridge Theatre and the Garrick until 2012. It then toured for 5 years up until last year. I was lucky enough to see both
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