Tag: Jacob Chapman

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Album Review: Bumblescratch (2016 London Concert Cast Recording)

  “What is this that I see” Robert J Sherman’s musical Bumblescratch played a high-profile charity concert…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: Carousel, London Coliseum

“The crowd of doubtin’ Thomases Was predictin’ that the summer’d never come” The English National Opera have…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Bumblescratch, Adelphi Theatre

“At least a rat ‘as got an excuse” In the cut-throat world of the West End, introducing…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Christopher Hampton Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Sunset Boulevard, London Coliseum

“Has there ever been a moment With so much to live for?”  Dammit – one of the key…

Posted in Arcola Theatre Film Jason Robert Brown LGBTQ+ Lyric Hammersmith Musicals Not-London Old Red Lion Royal Court Southwark Playhouse Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre Royal Bath Top moments West End

10 of my top moments in a theatre in 2015

The inevitable end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances will be soon be coming (I just have…

Posted in Musicals Not-London Theatre UK

Review: The Smallest Show on Earth, Mercury Theatre

“Forget this gateau, this means war” When is a new musical a new musical, especially when it…

Posted in Maury Yeston Musicals Southwark Playhouse Theatre

Review: Grand Hotel, Southwark Playhouse

“Come begin in old Berlin” Finally, a traverse staging that feels properly justified. It’s still highly dependent…

Posted in Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Review: Sweeney Todd, London Coliseum

“At the top of the hole sit the privileged few” And it is mostly the privileged few…

Posted in Charing Cross Theatre Gilbert and Sullivan Musicals Theatre

Review: The Mikado, Charing Cross Theatre

“The Japanese equivalent for hear, hear, hear” Though I am most familiar with the score, I’ve never…