No year is complete without a trip to the panto each Christmas. This year I was fearful that I wouldn’t get my annual trip(s) to my festive favourites but I needn’t have worried, Potted Panto at The Garrick swooped in to save my festive season. Potted Panto promises 7 pantos in 70 minutes. This means 7 pantos for the price
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Every trip to the theatre currently feels so special, living without it for several months really makes you appreciate the whole experience of attending the theatre. Songs For A New World not only embodied this feeling but was a wonderful piece of theatre in its own right. For those that don’t know Songs For A New World, it is a
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Pippin is a show I have seen numerous times and in many different styles but seeing it in an outdoor theatre with just 6 performers was a first for me! The show tells of ‘Pippin,’ son of the king who wants to lead an extraordinary life. He tries to find this in many places, from war to sex and from
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I always try and avoid reading reviews prior to seeing a show I have already booked for. This helps me go in with an open mind but there seemed to be no way of escaping people’s thoughts of the The Prince of Egypt. However I left the theatre wondering if we had watched the same show!! The Prince of Egypt
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Be More Chill through one lens could be described as your typical transformation show: geek loves girl and does what he can to get popular and win the girl until he discovers his original self was far more appealing. However you then add in a squip, a supercomputer from Japan that takes over your brain in order to make you
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You Stupid Darkness by Sam Steiner is set in Brightline’s office where Frances, Jon, Anglie and Joey attend each Tuesday night to answer calls from those needing someone to talk to. They emerge into the office from a world that requires gas masks and where bridges are collapsing, although why is never fully revealed to the audience. Whilst the whole
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There has been a huge amount of hype for Dear Evan Hansen and I was excited to finally find out if it was worth all the fuss. Dear Evan Hansen is a Broadway transfer which focuses on 17 year old Evan. Evan is struggling to fit in and make friends at school however thanks to a letter he writes to
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The Bodyguard is possibly known as one of the most iconic love stories in cinema history but how does it translate to stage? The musical, like the film, tells of Rachel Marron who is a star in her prime. Rachel however has a stalker with dangerous intentions. Despite Rachel’s protests a Bodyguard in the form of Frank Farmer is hired
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Great Expectations at Playground Theatre is Theatre Lab’s latest offering. The story is a classic story by Charlws Dickins and adapted by Lydia Vie. It tells the entwined tale of wealthy property owned Miss Havisham, her daughter Estella and orphan Pip who falls for her. Slowly the mystery of Pip’s benefactor and why all of the clocks at Miss Havisham’s
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It is fast becoming a Christmas Tradition to head to Sadler’s Wells for New Adventures’ seasonal ballet. This year was The Red Shoes. The Red Shoes tells of 2 men that are in love with Victoria Page, a dancer. One is Lermontov, the ballet impresario who spots Page’s talent. He commissions a ballet is commissioned by composer Julian Craster for
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