With spooky season just around the corner check out my top 10 musical theatre Halloween songs – 10. Hellfire from the Hunchback of Notre Dame This song is sung by Frollo who is confronting his lustful feelings for Esmerelda, blaming her for his sins along with his hatred of her people. It marks a turning point in the show where
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Fly More Than You Fall is a new musical about grief and acceptance. 15 year old Malia is an aspiring writer but whilst at writing camp she finds out that her mother has terminal cancer. The musical portrays how she both deals with this news as well as her life in the aftermath of her mothers death. Alongside this Malia
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Come From Away has been on my to-see list for far too long. The arrival of it back in London as part of a UK and Ireland tour was news gratefully received. Many friends had recommended it over the years, and I knew a little of what it was about, but nothing could have prepared me for the emotive spectacle
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I was kindly invited along to check out brunch at the musicals. The basic info is: Brunch At The Musicals features a cast of West End performers along with a great selection of high quality food. On the day I attended our host was Karla Bear and the event featured Natalie Green (Wicked, Prince of Egypt, Les Miserables), Joshua Liburd
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Why Am I So Single is the latest musical from writers of Six, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss to hit the West End. This show, whilst retaining Marlow and Moss’ humour that we have become familiar with in Six, is miles away from the Tudor Court and is set right up to date with the majority of the action taking
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On Friday night I had the privilege of attending the opening night gala of The Orchard Theatre’s Summer Youth Project of “Bring It On: The Musical”. Comprising of 100 young people auditioned from within the local community performing both on stage and behind the scenes and put together in just two weeks I was excited to attend this show along
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The Fabulist is the latest new production to hit the Charing Cross Theatre which is part musical, part operetta and all based upon an opera by Giovanni Paisello, ‘The Imaginary Astrologer’ set to a new book and lyrics by James P Farwell. The show tells of 2 sisters, Cassandra and Clarice, who run their own silent movie company in Moussolini’s
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Hello Dolly is back in London nearly 60 years after its debut on the West End and the revival itself opened after a postponement as a result of the Covid pandemic. The musical tells of Dolly Levi, a widow, who makes her living through matchmaking, amongst other things. Whilst she has been employed to find a wife for Horace Vandergelder
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Something Rotten has final hit the UK shores, at least in concert form. It feels like a long time coming for a show that is centred around Shakespeare and his birth place and I was thrilled to see if the show lived up to the hype. The show tells of the Bottom Brothers Nick and Nigel, writers who are around
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Mean Girls has hit the West End and not a moment to soon! The musical based on the 2004 film of the same name depicts Cady, who having grown up in Kenya moves to the USA. On her first day of school she is befriended by Janis and Damian but also the Plastics, lead by Queen Bee Regina. Encouraged by
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