Tag: Gary Watson

Posted in Dennis Kelly Lockdown Treats Musicals RSC Theatre

Lockdown treats: ‘When I Grow Up’ times two

Duelling, but equally lovely, renditions of the Matilda classic ‘When I Grow Up’ see members of the…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: Strictly Ballroom the Musical, Piccadilly

Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom the Musical may not be the strongest musical in the world, but it’s…

Posted in Leeds Playhouse Musicals Not-London Terry Johnson Theatre UK

Review: Strictly Ballroom, West Yorkshire Playhouse

“I don’t know if you are illusion” Hoping for a ten from Len and to avoid the dreaded…

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh

Film Review: Cinderella (2015)

“Perhaps the greatest risk any of us will ever take is to be seen as we really…

Posted in Musicals TV

TV Review: That Day We Sang

  “We want all the spirit of Lancashire, but not the accent”  One of the most anticipated…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre Royal Stratford East

Review: Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be, Theatre Royal Stratford East

“Once in golden days of yore” In a year celebrating the centenary of Joan Littlewood’s birth, the…

Posted in Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals National Theatre Open Air Theatre Peter Morgan Robert Lopez RSC Sheffield Theatres Southwark Playhouse Theatre Theatre awards What's On Stage Awards

Winners of the 2014 What’s on Stage Awards

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Helen Mirren – The Audience at the Gielgud (49.5%) Anne-Marie Duff – Strange Interlude at the…

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2014 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Helen Mirren – The Audience at the Gielgud  Anne-Marie Duff – Strange Interlude at the NT…

Posted in Marvin Hamlisch Musicals Theatre West End

Review: A Chorus Line, London Palladium

“Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch…again!” When I was learning to play the piano as a young’un,…