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 of their lives. The show
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Families finding it difficult to put a decent meal on the table, town councillors lining their own pockets and an imminent Royal Occasion could indicate Britain today, but this is in fact the post-war Britain of 1947 magically conjured to life in the production of Betty Blue Eyes at the Union Theatre. The war has ended but Britain’s citizens are
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Guys & Dolls at The Bridge Theatre seems to be the show that all of theatre land is talking about at the moment so I went along to find out what was so special about it! The show itself is a classic Broadway musical which premiered in 1950. We meet Nathan Detroit, who runs a floating crap game and Adelaide,
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When I saw the Olivier award nominations, combined with the word of mouth Standing at the Sky’s Edge had been getting, I knew I had to see it. Luckily I managed to get tickets just before it closed its run at the National Theatre. Normally I wouldn’t write a review so close to its closing however with the hype around
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Sylvia is one of the new British Musical Theatre offerings to hit London this year. The show had a run in 2018 as a work in progress and this time it is back for its world premier. The show has book, lyrics, direction and choreography by Kate Prince along with Priya Parmer for the book and Josh Cohen and DJ
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Following a successful run at both the Old Vic and Noel Coward theatre, Conor McPherson’s show, the Girl From The North Country is now on tour around the UK. The show, set in the 1930’s follows a family that run a guesthouse in Minnesota. Struggling, not only with the Great Depression but with illness, race and unplanned pregnancies, Nick Laine,
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With Mother’s Day approaching here is my Top 10 Musical Theatre songs sung by Mothers. Let me know if you agree! 10. Stay With Me From Into The Woods Stay with me is sung by The Witch to her daughter Rapunzel when she learns that the Prince has been visiting her. In this song she tries to convince Rapunzel to
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Bonnie and Clyde is really having its moment in London. From a sold out concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane to a successful run at The Arts Theatre to a larger scale transfer to the Garrick in just over a year. This combined with a huge fan base means that the hype around the show is huge….but does it live
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2023 is a timely moment for the revival of Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers. Set in Liverpool in the early 1960s, it’s sentiments and themes still have resonance today. It tells the story of the Johnstone twins, separated at birth by a desperate and secret pact between two women. One twin is given away to Mrs Lyons to be brought up
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No Limits is a new song cycle by Sam Thomas, during which we meet numerous individuals making their way through life and reaching a moment of decision, from a woman catfishing her hot neighbour, to someone confessing their dream of wanting to become a rockstar and from an expectant mother who lost their own mum to someone who is desperate
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