Tag: John Conroy

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News: Berlusconi the musical reveals its cast

“I am the Jesus Christ of politics” Francesca Moody Productions (Fleabag, Baby Reindeer) and Thomas S. Barnes have announced…

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TV Review: The Crown Series 5

Imelda Staunton dons the headgear but series 5 of The Crown feels like it is damaging the…

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Trailer for Series 5 of The Crown

“Have Royal scandals damaged the country’s reputation?” The Crown has been getting all sorts of advance publicity,…

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First glimpse at Series 5 of The Crown

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Stiles + Drewe Theatre TV West End

TV Review: Kipps, the new Half A Sixpence Musical

The musical formerly known as Half A Sixpence re-emerges on TV as Kipps but not quite enough…

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Album Review: Take Flight (2007 Original Cast Recording)

  “What is this impulse that drives otherwise sane men to attempt the impossible?”  Take Flight was…

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Album Review: Half A Sixpence (2016 London Cast Recording)

  “Um-tiddly-um-pum-um-pum-pum Stick it in your fam’ly album” With Half A Sixpence due to close in the…

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The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2016 nominees

Best UK Cast Recording American Psycho – Original London Cast Recording Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined –…

Posted in Musicals Stiles + Drewe Theatre West End

Review: Half A Sixpence, Noël Coward Theatre

“I’d let him strum my banjo” It was no surprise to discover that Half A Sixpence would…