West Side Story by PLOS West Side Story is a classic musical and one I know well having choreographed it, albeit several years ago. I was therefore delighted to attend when I received the invite from Putney Light Operatic Society. West Side Story is based on Romeo & Juliet but set in 1950’s New York. It focuses on rival gang’s,
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Chicago the Musical at Phoenix Theatre Chicago feels like a musical that is has always been around. It originally opened in 1976 on the West End, it was then revived in 1997 at the Adelphi Theatre, Cambridge Theatre and the Garrick until 2012. It then toured for 5 years up until last year. I was lucky enough to see both
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H.R.Haitch at the Union Theatre H.R.Haitch is a musical comedy which although was a showcased in 2015, the current production at the Union is the first fully staged production of it. The current production is blessed with impeccable timing with the royal nuptials of Harry and Meghan happening this weekend making the story even more relevant. H.R.Haitch tells of Prince
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Hope and Charity – a Charity concert at The Churchill Theatre I was invited to Hope and Charity, a musical theatre concert in aid of St Christopher’s Hospice on Thursday night in the Lounge at The Churchill Theatre. Organised by local performer and LSMT graduate, Sarah-Leanne Howe she gathered a line up of 10 musical theatre performers many of which
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Pippin by SEDOS Pippin is a show that seems to be in vogue at the moment with the recent revival at the Southwark Playhouse and Sedos have been able to ride this wave of popularity. It tells of Charlemagne’s son, Pippin, who is determined to find his ‘corner of the sky,’ his reason for living. He tries war, sex, revolution,
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Sweeney Todd by GEOIDS Sweeney Todd is a musical by Stephen Sondheim which tells of ‘The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.’ Todd had returned to London after being sent to Australia by Judge Turpin, who was in love with his wife. Todd returns to find that his child, Johanna, is now a ward of the Judge and his wife is dead.
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Chess by the ENO Chess is a piece that I have appreciated, especially musically, for a while, having performed in the show myself a number of years ago. The show is set during the politically driven Cold War. American Chess grandmaster Freddy Trumper takes on Russian grandmaster, Anatoly Sergievsky but Freddy lets ego get in the way and soon Freddy’s number two, Florence has switched
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Bat Out of Hell I had somehow completely missed last years production of Bat Out of Hell at the Coliseum and after attending their preview event I was determined to catch it this time round. I finally got my chance on the evening of the 23rd April. Bat Out of Hell is possibly one of the most random musicals I
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Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom is the West End’s latest offering, based on Baz Lurhmann’s movie of the same name. Scott Hastings has grown up in the ballroom dance world however due to his desire to dance his own steps rather than federation steps he finds himself without a partner, just before the finals. Fran, a beginner convinces Scott to dance
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Sunset Boulevard at New Wimbledon Theatre Sunset Boulevard is one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hits that tells of Norma Desmond a forgotten silent movie star. One night Joe Gillis, an out of work writer, turns up at her door. After convincing him to assist her with a script she has been working on, Desmond soon begins to manipulate him. Before long and
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