Willemijn Verkaik in Concert Willemijn Verkaik is a Dutch actress and singer best known for playing Elphaba in 3 different languages, appearing on Broadway, West End and the Dutch and German tour. She also voiced the Dutch Elsa. With credential like this it was hard not to be excited to hear her live. Willemijn took over the Cambridge Theatre, normally
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Footloose the Musical Footloose is a musical based on the 1984 Kevin Bacon film and it finally reached Bromley as part of its National Tour. When Ren’s father walks out Ren and his mother, they have no choice but to move from Chicago to a small town named Bomont. As the outsiders Ren and his mother are far from made welcome
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All or Nothing – The Small Faces Musical All or Nothing is the latest mod musical touring the country. It is based on the music of the 1960’s band ‘ The Small Faces.’ It iss told through the eyes of their lead singer – Steve Marriott. The show opens with our narrator, an older Steve Marriott, taking the audience back
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Superhero at Southwark Playhouse Superhero is a brand new one man musical. It tells of the struggles of a father, Colin Bradley, to fight for custody of his daughter, Emily and to stop her moving to America with her mother. We hear about pivitol moments in their relationship and his battle. These moments range from Emily’s birth to his contact
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Little Women the Musical Little Women the musical is based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott and apart from reading the book many years ago and knowing one song from the show (Astonishing) I was not familiar with the show at all. The show tells of the 4 distinctly different March sisters, Jo; Meg; Beth and Amy during
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Urinetown Urinetown is a musical satire comedy which is set in the not so distant future where there is water shortages and as a consequence it has lead to a ban on private toilets. Public toilets are all owned by the Urine Good Company (UGC) and extortionate fees are charged for use. If the rules are not obeyed then the
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The Other Palace….Work In Progress and why this is London Theatres Future. ‘The Other Palace,’ Formerly known as St James Theatre, has undergone a rebrand since the purchase of the theatre by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Its rebrand has focused around musicals in development. The main house is hosting shows that are new to London or new titles and the studio hosting
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Interview with the Cast of Half A Sixpence: I was lucky enough to be granted an audience with Charlie Stemp, Emma Williams, Bethany Huckle & Sam O’Rouke. Question: Can you tell us about any onstage mishaps? CS: At the end of the show I am driving off on a motorbike and I clip one of the bar stools and it
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Half A Sixpence – Noel Coward Theatre Half A Sixpence is one of those musicals that I had always heard about but for one reason or another never seen on stage. Then I heard that Stiles & Drewe had given it a makeover….well rewrite and the reviews were glowing. I finally managed to see it for myself and I have
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Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story Buddy is a musical that seems like it is always on tour or playing somewhere but it is also a show that I haven’t seen for many years so I was pleased to revisit it and remind myself just why this show is so popular. The shows tells of Buddy’s beginning playing country music,
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