Calendar Girls tells the true story about a group of ordinary women in a small Yorkshire Women’s Institute and how together they manage to do something extraordinary. Spoiler: Annie loses her husband, John, to leukaemia at a young age so along with her best friend Chris, Annie decides to raise money to purchase a new settee, for the relatives room
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So it’s finally Panto season and I was lucky enough to be at the opening night of Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch’s (pronounced ‘ornchurch apparently) Sleeping Beauty. Oh yes I was!! Let’s kick this review off with a traditional pantomime rhyme: The story you see, was interesting me, For what was once a classic, is now filled with modern day magic. The
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle showing at The Rose Theatre in Kingston is a whirlwind of excellence. The play starts with a prologue, it moves into the play within the play and then we are delivered a deeper backstory in Act II. One thing that is extremely clear with this production of the Brecht classic is that the storytelling from all
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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World is a NEW musical adaptation based on the children’s book by Kate Pankhurst ‘Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World’. The musical tells the story of a young girl Jade who gets lost on a school trip and ends up in an unopened exhibition with some of the greatest women in history. Would
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A Murder is Announced at the Churchill Theatre is an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s thrilling novel of the same title. ‘The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished to read an advert in the local newspaper that a murder will take place this coming Friday at Little Paddocks, the home of Letitia Blacklock. Unable to resist, the group gather at the
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It’s time!!! Priscilla Queen of the Desert is back at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley showing from Monday 25th – Saturday 30th October and I had the privilege of witnessing the fun and the fire of opening night. The musical is based on the Oscar-winning movie and tells the hilarious and heart-warming adventure of three friends who jump aboard a beat
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Thursday night was press night for Nativity the Musical and well the pre-set for this show is to die for, you walk in and it instantly feels like Christmas, there is glitter everywhere. With a cast jam packed full of celebrities I was intrigued to see the quality that they would be presenting and I will not lie, I am quite disappointed
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The Bridge House Theatre located in Penge is a beautifully intimate space to witness magic produced by the cast and creatives of Twelfth Night. Walking into this bar/ restaurant, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this production but I can honestly say that I was blown away. I don’t want to give too much away with fine details
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‘Love will set you free’. It is a very bold statement to walk into, it is also a statement that poses many questions. The singular quote hung on the back wall throughout the entire performance and during my journey home I sat thinking about how much truth this quote had. When I looked back on the characters and their own
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