Category: Musicals

Posted in Howard Goodall Musicals Theatre West End

(P)review: Bend it like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre

“Who wants to cook aloo gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham” The musical of…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015

Review: The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Landor Theatre

“They try to figure out what makes her tick” Described as a musical faerytale, Michael Webborn and…

Posted in Broadway Drama Desk Awards Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Not-London Simon Stephens Theatre Theatre awards

Winners of the 2015 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play: Clare Barron, You Got Older Lisa D’Amour, Airline Highway Anthony Giardina, The City of Conversation…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, Criterion Theatre

“Learning to let go” Just a quickie for this one-off – a fundraiser for the Make A…

Posted in Albums Music Scott Alan

Album Review: Scott Alan Live

  “And there it is…” For a composer who hasn’t had a major show on over here,…

Posted in Musicals Theatre

Review: The Theory of Relativity, Drayton Arms Theatre

“Find your favourite fruit” Given that in ‘Quiet’, Matilda is giving West End audiences lessons on the…

Posted in Albums Andrew Lloyd Webber Marvin Hamlisch Maury Yeston Music Stephen Sondheim

Album Review: Kim Criswell – Back To Before

  “Where are they now, those women who stared from the mirror?” I saw Kim Criswell for…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review Waterloo East Theatre

Review: Flames, Waterloo East Theatre

“You’ll live your life in constant fear We’ll have to make him disappear” Cripes. Flames is described…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Billy Elliot the Musical, Victoria Palace Theatre

“What does it feel like when you’re dancing?” I got to revisit Billy Elliot the Musical as…