Category: Musicals

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals Stephen Sondheim

Album Review: Into the Woods soundtrack

“Let the moment go, don’t forget it for a moment though” The big screen version of Stephen…

Posted in Musicals Theatre

Review: Return to the Forbidden Planet, New Wimbledon Theatre

“Two beeps or not two beeps” Early 2015 is turning out to be something of a nostalgia-fest…

Posted in Curve Theatre Musicals Not-London Theatre UK

Review: Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ The Musical, Curve

  Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ The Musical at the Curve…

Posted in Musicals Theatre

Review: The Producers, Churchill Bromley

“Look at these reviews…” There’s little point denying the economic realities of mounting a major tour of…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Arthur Miller David Hare Ivo van Hove Kevin Elyot Lee Hall Mike Bartlett Moira Buffini Olivier Awards Tennessee Williams Theatre Theatre awards Tom Stoppard

2015 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  King Charles III by Mike Bartlett – Almeida / Wyndham’s Taken at Midnight by…

Posted in Musicals Theatre

Review: Yarico, London Theatre Workshop

“And so poor Yarico for her love, lost her liberty” When a show openly acknowledges that it…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Aldwych Theatre

“Everything seems to be Some kind of wonderful” Where Broadway leads, the West End will surely follow…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Re-review: Miss Saigon, Prince Edward Theatre

“Why God? Why today?”  I wasn’t the hugest fan of Miss Saigon first time round as my…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre LGBTQ+ Musicals Theatre West End

Re-reviews: Di and Viv and Rose / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

“It was a ball, it was a blast It was a shame it couldn’t last” A half-term…