The revival of this 1964 Stephen Sondheim musical could hardly be more prescient in 2022. Anyone Can Whistle deals in themes of tolerance and acceptance – including self-acceptance – that speak profoundly to the age in which we live, where mental health is at the forefront of public consciousness. What’s more, staged at Southwark Playhouse – tucked in beside a
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School of Rock is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical that is based on the Jack Black movie of the same name. We meet Dewey Finn who, despite just being kicked out of the band that he created, is determined to win Battle of the Bands. At the same time he is struggling to pay his rent so when his housemate gets
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Waitress is one of the big hitters currently on the tour circuit so I was delighted to go along to the Churchill to see how the tour was fairing up after previous visits to the show both on the West End and the early tour dates. Waitress follows Jenna, a pie maker in an abusive relationship who is pregnant. When
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New Wimbledon Theatre is feeling creepy and kooky this week as the Addams Family have come to town with their own brand of dark humour and family values. Many people may be familiar with their iconic click click but not everyone will know the show. The musical follows Wednesday introducing her new boyfriend, Lucas and his parents to her family
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Thank goodness ‘the show is back on the road’. In this case Blood Brothers and after the closures and detours that have impacted the theatre industry it’s got to be great news for everyone who relies on and enjoys watching the industry of theatre. The Blood Brothers HGV truck parked up outside the theatre is clocking up the miles. Darlington
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The Nicest Kids In Town are back in Bromley this week with the latest production of Hairspray. I am a huge fan of Hairspray having seen several professional and amateur productions of it as well as having directed an amateur production of it myself. I’m always therefore keen to see Hairspray and see what the current cast were like and
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Pretty Woman is one of the latest movie to musical to hit the West End stage. Whilst this genre can get a lot of criticism I actually love the likes of Legally Blonde and the Wedding Singer so I was keen to seen how Pretty Woman translated to the stage. Pretty Woman tells of prostitute Vivian who happens to bump
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20 years ago Taboo hit the London stage in a new venue. Taboo is a musical by Boy George, Mark Davis Markham and Kevan Frost which tells the story of Boy George before and during his rise to fame and based in part on the New Romantic scene including the likes of Phillip Salon and club promoter Leigh Bowery. 20
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The saying ‘Behind every great man is a great woman,’ could easily sum up The Drifters Girl. The Drifters Girl is the musical which tells the story of Faye Treadwell who was The Drifters manager and outlasted not only all 60 different iterations of the group (!) but a court case over the rights to the name. The back story
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When they announced that Bonnie & Clyde was hitting Theatre Royal Drury Lane and that the musical theatre icon that is Jeremy Jordan was going to reprise his role as Clyde from the Broadway production I was one of those people that was sat buying tickets who managed to sell out the performance in 6 minutes! I had a feeling
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