Dietrich Natural Duty at Wilson’s Music Hall This is a show which is difficult to define but describes itself as a mixture of theatre, cabaret and drag. It focuses on Peter Groom in the role of Marlene Dietrich, the Hollywood ledged that was forced to chose between her country and her beliefs during the second world war. In Dietrich Natural
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Denim The Reunion Tour- Soho Theatre Drag has never been more popular! It seems, thanks to shows like Rupaul’s Drag Race, this long established artform is finally breaking into the mainstream! With the Spice Girls reconciliation still fresh in the air, Denim – The Reunion Tour, couldn’t have come at a better time! Although, in this case, all five members
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Dr Dolittle at the Churchill Theatre Dr Dolittle opened its national tour at the Churchill Theatre this week. Based on the book and the 1967 film this is very much a retelling of the traditional story for the modern audience. Dr Dolittle tells the story of a man who, with the help of his parrot Polynesia, learns how to talk
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Fanatical at Playground Theatre Fanatical is a brand new musical with custom written music based at a Science Fiction Convention built around a (fictional) sci-fi tv series. As somebody quite happy to watch Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate and many more my thoughts ahead of seeing the show had me thinking of all the sci-fi genre musicals I could think
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Tap Dogs at The Peacock. Tap Dogs isn’t your typical dance or tap show. It focuses on a group of male dancers, dressed in jeans that tap their own unique way across the Peacock stage. Their tap style is unlike any other you will see and due to this there is no opportunity for the audience to get bored. The
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The Greater Game at Waterloo East Theatre The Greater Game is a play by Michael Head based on the real life story of the Leyton Orient tea who were the first football team to enlist together to fight in the first world war. It tells of the firm friends and heroes both on and off the pitch, William Jonas (Steven
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Full Monty at The Churchill Theatre Last night I had the pleasure of attending Simon Beaufoy’s award winning play The Full Monty at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley. It is the story of jack the lad Gaz, wonderfully portrayed by EastEnders star Gary Lucy, and his best mate Dave, played by Kai Owen, who are down on their luck after
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Say My Name! The Unauthorised ‘Breaking Bad’ Parody Musical. Say My Name- the Unauthorised Breaking Bad musical sets out to condense 5 seasons of the smash hit TV show Breaking Bad into a 90 musical comedy. If someone said to me – we need 6 people who can all play multiple instruments to a high standard, sing beautifully with a
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Liza Pulman Sings Streisand ‘Liza Pulman Sings Streisand’ does what it says on the tin. It doesn’t attempt to be a tribute show, an impersonation or a life story. Instead it is a talented singer performing some of Streisand’s classic songs as well as a few of the more unusual ones. It is shows like this that live or die on
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Dirty Dancing at the Orchard Theatre Dirty Dancing is unashamedly one of my favourite movies and I have seen both the previous West End production and tour, both of which I enjoyed immensely. It therefore had a lot to live up to but I needn’t have worried. For those of you that don’t know the story of Dirty Dancing (does
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