Tag: Dean Chisnall

Posted in Cast Recordings Lin-Manuel Miranda Music Musicals Stephen Schwartz Theatre

Album reviews: Working / Bat out of Hell / 42nd Street

A trio of West End cast recordings (well, one’s off-West-End…) show that it is sometimes hard to…

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May 21, 2018
Posted in Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾, Menier Chocolate Factory

“You may be 13 but you’re still an adolescent boy” After premiering at the Curve Theatre in…

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August 2, 2017
Posted in Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Southwark Playhouse Stephen Schwartz Theatre

No-time-for-a-review: Working, Southwark Playhouse

 It was good though V good     Photo: Robert Workman

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July 6, 2017
Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals Theatre

Album Reviews: The Concrete Jungle / 110 in the Shade / Theseus

This trio of brief album reviews covers The Concrete Jungle, 110 in the Shade and Theseus  “When…

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August 28, 2016
Posted in Cast Recordings Michael John LaChiusa Music Musicals Stiles + Drewe Theatre

Album Reviews: Peter Pan A Musical Adventure / The Confession Room / Marie Christine

This trio of album reviews covers Peter Pan A Musical Adventure, The Confession Room and Marie Christine…

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August 22, 2016
Posted in Arcola Theatre Hampstead Theatre Marvin Hamlisch Menier Chocolate Factory Mike Leigh Musicals National Theatre Old Vic Royal Court Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Simon Stephens Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards What's On Stage Awards

Winners of the 2013 What’s On Stage Awards

THE DIGITAL THEATRE BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY WINNER – Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic…

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February 17, 2013
Posted in Alan Bennett Almeida Theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Chichester Festival Theatre Curve Theatre David Hare Donmar Warehouse Eugene O'Neill Hampstead Theatre Headlong Henrik Ibsen Howard Brenton Joe Penhall Kiln Theatre Lucy Kirkwood Lucy Prebble Lyric Hammersmith Mark Gatiss Menier Chocolate Factory Mike Bartlett Mike Leigh Musicals National Theatre Nick Payne Old Vic Print Room Royal Court RSC Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Sheffield Theatres Simon Stephens Soho Theatre Southwark Playhouse Stephen Beresford Stephen Sondheim Stiles + Drewe The Other Palace Theatre Theatre awards Union Theatre Watford Palace What's On Stage Awards Young Vic

2013 What’s On Stage Award nominations

THE DIGITAL THEATRE BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic Billie Piper…

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December 6, 2012
Posted in Albums Alexander S Bermange Music

Album Review: Act One – Songs from the musicals of Alexander S Bermange

  “Every moment’s one to treasure” Composers who put together albums of their songs, especially if they…

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October 3, 2012
Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Cast Recordings Music Musicals Theatre

Album Review: Evita 2006 London Cast Recording

 “Just a little touch of star quality”    I haven’t done many reviews of soundtracks to shows…

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October 9, 2011