Girl Power Musical SIX with an all-new cast SIX a ‘pop-feminist’ musical written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, started out as a Cambridge University student production at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017. It has since gone on to be a global phenomenon with productions in London’s West End, in New York at Brooks […]
The Shark is Broken – Ambassadors Theatre – Review
The Play about The Film – The Shark is Broken *stop press – run now extended – The Shark is Broken is now booking through to 13 February 2022 – stop press* Based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel, Jaws is one of those films that is embedded in our collective consciousness. Trips to the seaside […]
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical – review
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical opens in the West End Bob Marley is both a pop culture icon and an embodiment of the spirit of Jamaica. The dreadlocked global superstar was not only famous for his unique sound and for trailblazing the reggae genre, in which he fused ska and rocksteady, but […]
Madam Butterfly – English National Opera – Review
Anthony Minghella’s Madam Butterfly What happens when you get an Oscar-winning film director to stage an opera? In the case of Madam Butterfly, directed by Anthony Minghella, first staged by ENO at the Coliseum in 2005, something extraordinary and beautiful. It’s a production that not only provides a new insight into the opera but also […]
Benjamin Britten’s ‘Death in Venice’ at The Royal Opera – Review
David McVicar’s Triumphant ‘Death in Venice’ at The Royal Opera. Director David McVicar’s take on Britten’s Death in Venice has just opened at the Royal Opera House; it’s the first of two Britten operas performed in the 2019/20 Season as part of The Royal Opera’s ongoing Britten cycle. The story follows widowed writer Gustav von Aschenbach’s descent […]
Don Pasquale at the Royal Opera House – Review
19th Century Catfishing with a Contemporary Twist. It’s a timeless tale – a rich older single man is seduced by a young woman with her sights firmly focussed on his wallet. This story has a twist though and that, together with stunning and at times provocative staging, makes the Royal Opera House’s new production of […]
Mamma Mia! The Party at the O2
Visit a Greek taverna and party the night away at the 02. Mamma Mia! is the iconic ABBA song, that became a musical, that became a film, that became a second film, and has now become an immersive event that you can really bring it all up close and personal. Mamma Mia! The Party at […]
Matilda the Musical – Review
The RSC’s Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre The Royal Shakespeare Company’s fearless and moving production of Matilda, inspired by the book by Roald Dahl, was initially directed by Matthew Warchus and began life at the RSC Stratford-upon-Avon in 2010 and has been in residence at the Cambridge Theatre since 2011. Unsurprisingly, this classy show remains […]
The Lion King at London’s Lyceum Theatre
The Lion King: I have fond memories of the 1990s when my children were young and were forever watching the 1994 Disney film version of The Lion King. I was well accustomed at the time to singing along to Elton John and Tim Rice’s famous soundtrack, as we listened to it on car journeys, but […]