Tag: Ben Forster

Posted in Christmas News

Festive news #3 – West End Sings for Childline

And because things come in threes, here’s the news about West End Sings’ Christmas single ‘If We…

Posted in Christmas News

Festive news #2 – Christmas Concert by Music Theatre Masterclass

Also giving up precious time before Christmas in aid of a good cause, is this motley crew…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Theatre West End

Review: The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s (#Phantom30th)

“There are worse things than a shattered chandelier” I’ve been blogging here for a handful of years…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals

Album Review: Elf the Musical (2015 Original London Cast Recording)

  “You gotta remember that December is the time for glitz” I have to say I was…

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2016 What’s On Stage Award nominations

Best Actor In A Play Sponsored By Radisson Blu Edwardian: Benedict Cumberbatch, Hamlet James McAvoy, The Ruling Class Bradley…

Posted in Christmas Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Elf the musical, Dominion Theatre

“I always get a special glow when the snow comes falling down” There’s something a little perverse…

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2015 What’s On Stage Award nominations

Best Actor In A Play Sponsored By Radisson Blu Edwardian David Tennant – Richard II  Mark Strong – A…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Evita, Dominion Theatre

“The lady’s got potential” Right, first things first, Marti Pellow’s name is deliberately bigger than Madalena Alberto’s…

Posted in Albums Music

Album Review: Somewhere in the Audience

  “You feel the urge, you think you can’t help it” Eric Woolfson may be better known…