The Sword and the Dope at Waterloo East Theatre The Sword and the Dope is an original musical which has been described as a cross between Monty Python (think Spamalot), Drop Dead Donkey and Blackadder with some panto elements dropped in for good measure. It takes us back to the time of King Arthur and the Knights of the round
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Miss Nightingale Miss Nightingale is a British musical by Matthew Bugg which is set during World War 2. It tells of cabaret club owner Sir Frank Worthington-Blythe who is opening a new club in London and is looking for a new act. Maggie Brown, shortly renamed Miss Nightingale is introduced to Frank by her then boyfriend Tom Fuller and is
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Swifties at Theatre N16 Swifties is a new play by Tom Stenton, based on Jean Genet’s play The Maids, which sets out to explore celebrity culture and its impact on the lives of the average person. In particular we see Nina and Yasmin, obsessed by Taylor Swift and the stark contrast this provides to their life working in an Amazon Fulfilment
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Summer Nights In Space Summer Nights In Space is a new musical by Henry Carpenter which opened last night (15th February) at the Vaults Festival. In its blurb it describes itself as a ‘Musical comedy about the search for love across the universe.’ It tells the story of John Spartan, our space obsessed astronaut, who finds out that space is not
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With 2016 being the first full year of Musical Theatre Musings it is only proper that I do a roundup of the year from my favourite shows and theatres to my own personal blog highlights. Thank you to all my readers and those that invite me to shows and I hope to see many more shows in 2017!! Best West
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From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads at Waterloo East Theatre From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a play written and directed by Adrian Berry. It tells of Martin, an 18 year old who is struggling with mental health difficulties. His mother is an alcoholic and his father left when he was 2 but his obsession with Bowie is the one
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Closer Than Ever On the 26th April 2016 I attended The Pheasantry to see Closer Than Ever. As a huge musical theatre fan I was thrilled to be given an opportunity to see a piece I was not familiar with. Closer Than Ever is a song cycle by Maltby & Shire which focuses on love, relationships and the passing of
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Well where to start with my review for Something Something Lazarus…. a bizarre show of two halves. The first half is founded in realism, the cast of the show are also a cast rehearsing for an unnamed show. The group are made up of Della, the musician of the group, Vee the performer with a fondness for gin who thinks she
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Reel Life by Folio Theatre My dealings with Folio Theatre Company began last year when I attended the launch night for Wimbledon’s studio theatre’s festival Illuminate. Whilst at the launch night I saw a promotion video for a play called Unearthed that spiked my interest. I therefore went along to watch Unearthed and was very impressed, so much so that
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2015 has been a busy year for Musical Theatre Musings. It saw the start of this blog to at some points reviewing 3/4 shows a week for this blog and other publications. In total I saw 50 shows. 2015 also saw my first outing with the lovely #LDNTheatreBloggers to see Balla Brazil after chatting to many on them on twitter for
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