Madagascar The Musical at New Wimbledon Theatre Madagascar The Musical opened with a bang last night at New Wimbledon Theatre. Based on the DreamWorks 2005 movie it is the newest family musical to hit the stage. The show tells of Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo. A group of friends who, at the
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Evita at The Churchill Theatre Evita has either been touring or in the West End for a few years now but for some reason I haven’t seen it. Luckily I was able to put this right last night at The Churchill Theatre. Evita tells the true life story of Eva Peron and her rise to fame, as narrated by Che.
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Titanic The Musical at The Churchill Theatre Titanic the Musical is nearing the end of it’s voyage having started it’s life in the UK at Southwark Playhouse in 2013, continued its journey at Charing Cross Theatre in 2016 then going on tour. It was therefore about time for me to see it! Titanic the Musical is based on real people
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This Is Elvis When Sarah told me, she couldn’t make it to review This is Elvis, I was excited to review it in her place, having seen the show once before I was looking forward to seeing it again and this time from a different point of view having once loved it as an audience member. But! Before I talk
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Circa’s Peep Show as part of the Underbelly Festival. Peep Show is Circa’s latest extraordinary show to hit London. Whilst the performers are all Circus trained it is so much more than a traditional circus, in fact I would go so far as to tell anyone going to see it to expel all notions of what a circus is prior
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My Beautiful Circus by Giffords Circus I haven’t been to the circus in years so when I was invited to Giffords Circus’ London press night I jumped at the chance. I have a huge soft spot for aerial acts so knowing they had some in the show only added to my excitement. The location for Giffords Circus’ celebration of 250
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Heathers The Musical If you are a musical theatre fan then you can’t have escaped the hype that is surrounding this show. The combination of Carrie Hope Fletcher and this iconic movie has resulted in a huge amount of hysteria about Heathers. The hype has meant that they have managed to escape without a fully fledged press night and therefore escaped the
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Translations – National Theatre By Brian Friel (Review by guest blogger Daniel Bennett) ‘What happens when a land is robbed of its language?’ This is the question National Theatre runs alongside its promotional material for the renowned Irish playwright Brian Friel’s Translations. It’s a fair question, but it is deceptively simple. It suggests the play deals with a single theme;
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Into The Woods at Cockpit Theatre I’ll be upfront about this from the start. I adore Into the Woods, it is my favourite work of Sondheim’s and having been in a production of it I know it fairly well. I was therefore thrilled to hear that it was coming back to London and even more pleased when I was asked
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20th Century Boy at the Orchard Theatre 20th Century Boy is the story of Marc Bolan’s rise to fame and his untimely death at just 29 years old. For those, like me, who weren’t really sure about the back story of Marc Bolan he was a London lad who grew up determined to be a star. He tried with a
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