Saturday Night Fever at New Wimbledon Theatre Saturday Night Fever is an iconic movie with iconic dance moves. Even those who haven’t seen the film or any of the previous productions of the musical are able to identify the night fever move and the white suit. The show is set in the 1970’s and set to Bee Gee’s music. We
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Madagascar The Musical at New Wimbledon Theatre Madagascar The Musical opened with a bang last night at New Wimbledon Theatre. Based on the DreamWorks 2005 movie it is the newest family musical to hit the stage. The show tells of Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo. A group of friends who, at the
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The House of Edgar at Wimbledon Studios The House of Edgar is a musical by Thomas F. Arnold which combines the work of Edgar Allan Poe with the true story of Rufus Griswold. Griswold was Poe’s rival who was handed over the keys to his estate. When Griswold begins to rifle through the books, Poe’s works begin to come to
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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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Cilla Cilla is one of the latest jukebox musicals doing the rounds which not only features the songs of Cilla Black herself but also numbers from her era by artists such as The Beatles and The Mamas and Papas. The show follows Cilla White (her real name) from her early days singing at the now famous Cavern Club, her meeting
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Lend Me A Tenor by Wimbledon Light Operatic Society. Lend Me A Tenor is a musical farce by Peter Sham and Brad Carroll, based on the play by Ken Ludwig. It tells of the famous opera singer, Tito Merelli, that is due to arrive to sing Otello at Cleveland Opera House. However when Tito finally arrives it is clear that he
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Dinner by Putney Light Operatic Society Dinner is a black comedy by Moira Buffini which originally premiered at the National Theatre. Paige Janssen invites guests over for dinner to celebrate the success of her husband Lars’ pop psychology book, ‘Beyond Belief.’ Although when Paige gives the Waiter very deliberate instructions for the evening you get the sense that this
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6th May at the Wimbledon Studio as part of the Illuminate Festival. (See here for my article on the launch night of the festival and other performances) Unearthed is a new piece of writing by Alys Metcalf which tells the story of a codicil to a will, a to-do list which 2 estranged siblings have to carry out in order
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On Monday 30th March I attended ‘Illuminate Festival Launch Party’ at the New Wimbledon Theatre Studio. Illuminate is the brainchild of Sarah Dullighan and Alice Sillett and is a 6 week fringe theatre event with over 15 different productions. The idea of the launch party was to introduce the audience to what was coming up over the next few weeks.
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