I Was A Teenage She-Devil at The Other Palace
When I saw I was A Teenage She Devil described as a ‘queer 80s horror comedy rock musical,’ I knew that this was a show I needed to see. The show follows Nancy Nelson, a bullied outside whose desperate plea for help is answered by Satan himself, transforming her into the revenge fuelled rock chick. […]
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Wow! What a show! We arrived at The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical with zero expectations of what we would see. We hadn’t heard a soundtrack of the show, seen a movie or even read a Percy Jackson book. Yet my eight year old son and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing! In a […]
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
I feel like both the Percy Jackson books and films have passed me as a millennial with no children so I may have been what felt like one of the few people in the audience who had no idea what to expect. For those like me who have let the Percy Jackson world pass them […]
The Mad Ones at The Other Palace
The Mad Ones is a musical steering its way into London for the first time. After a run off Broadway and then a run in Birmingham Londoners finally get a chance to see what the fuss is about. The show is one which deals with the feeling of growing up and the pressures surrounding it. […]
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World at The Other Palace
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World is a musical based on the books by Kate Pankhurst and adapted by Chris Bush, which looks at numerous women from across history and celebrates their achievements. The show is told through the eyes of Jade, a young girl who finds herself lost on a school trip to […]
Julie: The Musical at The Other Palace Studio
Le Gasp! Productions’ JULIE: The Musical is a hilarious and witty celebration of non-conformity based on the life of queer icon, Julie D’Aubigny, and her experiences as a worshipped opera singer, renowned swordswoman and flaming bisexual. Sitting in the studio in the depths of The Other Palace, I awaited excited as I saw one by […]
Babies at The Other Palace
Babies is the new kid….or baby in town when it comes to British Musicals. This new musical by Jack Godfrey (music, lyrics and orchestration) and Martha Geelan (book and director) takes audiences back to their school days. Our 9 classmates are tasked with keeping a baby in the form of a crying doll with sensors […]
Cruel Intentions at The Other Palace
Cruel Intentions has finally hit London! After an off Broadway run and a stint at the Edinburgh festival the show has finally hit London. I caught it back in 2019 at the Edinburgh Festival and I was keen to see what had changed from its run there. The musical is based on the 1999 film […]
Be More Chill at The Other Palace
Be More Chill through one lens could be described as your typical transformation show: geek loves girl and does what he can to get popular and win the girl until he discovers his original self was far more appealing. However you then add in a squip, a supercomputer from Japan that takes over your brain […]
West End Misfits: The Christmas Edition.
West End Misfits is a concert which gives performers ‘the opportunity to present the material that they feel best represents themselves.’ This means that performers get to sing song they wouldn’t normally sing due to gender, race and maybe even age! This choice of topic lead to an eclectic mix of songs from women singing […]