Category: Musicals

Posted in Musicals Theatre

Review: Jackie the Musical, Churchill Bromley

“Jackie – a woman of a certain age” I don’t remember reading my big sister’s copies of…

Posted in Blogged Musicals Theatre

Support new musical theatre writing – The Wicker Husband

“She sang a melody of the hope of the springtime” It’s not often that you’ll find me championing…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Re-review: Guys and Dolls, Phoenix Theatre

“Follow the fold and stray no more” In the merry-go-round of theatres and shows and transfers and…

Posted in King's Head Theatre Musicals Theatre

Review: Something Something Lazarus, King’s Head Theatre

“I’m not unwrapping your sex chair” It’s always interesting to get feedback on my blogging though the…

Posted in Martin Sherman Musicals Terry Johnson Theatre West End

Re-review: Mrs Henderson Presents, Noël Coward Theatre

“Everyone loves a bit of filth”  I really enjoyed Mrs Henderson Presents when I saw it last…

Posted in Musicals The Other Palace Theatre

Review: Miss Atomic Bomb, St James Theatre

“That’s just the fallout people” Atomic bombs derive their destructive power from nuclear fission, when atoms split…

Posted in August Wilson Christopher Hampton Cyndi Lauper Duncan Macmillan Florian Zeller Howard Goodall Jessica Swale Kenneth Branagh Lin-Manuel Miranda Mark Gatiss Martin McDonagh Olivier Awards Robert Icke Shakespeare Theatre Theatre awards

2016 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Farinelli and the King by Claire van Kampen – Duke of York’s Hangmen by…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Richmond Theatre Theatre

Review: Tell Me On A Sunday, Richmond Theatre

“Long lost feelings, stir inside me” Like many a child of the 80s, or so I like…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Union Theatre

Review: Bad Girls the Musical, Union Theatre

“You won’t get that out a book on prison procedure When those suits get caught on the…