We Will Rock You By Cygnet Players
We Will Rock you is having its moment in amateur theatre and as someone who is directing one of these productions I was excited to get to see what another amateur company is doing with this show. The show itself is set in the future, where music is banned and living life online is the […]
42nd Street by Geoids
When you think of all singing and all dancing shows then 42nd Street is one of the ones that springs to mind. The show tells of Peggy Sawyer who joins the cast of Pretty Lady as a chorus girl whilst it becomes clear that the star of the show, Dorothy Brock is past her prime. […]
Sweeney Todd by Cygnet Players
Sweeney Todd is, in my opinion, up there with Stephen Sondheim’s greatest work and mounting this production is no walk in the park for an amateur production. It tells of ‘The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,’ who has returned to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin. Todd returns to find that his child, […]
Into The Woods by Geoids
Into the Woods is possibly my favourite Sondheim show and for musical theatre lovers this is a big statement. For those unfamiliar with Into The Woods, within this show you meet a slew of familiar fairy tale characters all of whom are in the woods for a variety of reasons. Tying the stories together however […]
The Little Mermaid by Centre Stage
The Little Mermaid is a musical that has been on my radar to see for a long time and when I found out that Centre Stage were putting it on both my younger self and my current self were thrilled. The musical stays faithful to the film and follows Ariel, a mermaid who gives up […]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Centre Stage
The Hunchback of Notre Dame tells of Quasimodo, orphaned and left in his uncle Frollo’s care. Quasimodo spends his life living in the bell tower at Notre Dame, that is until one day he decides to go into town for the Feast of Fools but in doing so he meets Esmerelda and it changes both […]