Watermans Friday Night Live: Thank God it’s Friday. It’s been a long week… Feeling a little jaded and in need of a ‘pick-me-up’? The Watermans Arts Centre in Brentford has just the thing – funfilled Cabaret Fridays, with Dusty Limits and friends. On Friday nights, Watermans are hosting a series of Cabaret evenings. There’s plenty […]
Wicked at the Apollo Theatre – Review
Wicked continues to defy gravity in London’s West End The Tony Award-winning production of Wicked has just celebrated its 12th successful year at the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End, where it has been selling out to enthusiastic audiences night after night, defying all expectations and proving beyond doubt that the public has an insatiable […]
IMPERIUM at The Gielgud Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Production of Imperium: Based on Robert Harris’ Cicero Trilogy and adapted for the stage by Mike Poulton (Wolf Hall) as two three-part plays, IMPERIUM is newly transferred to London following a sold-out run at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The play is really The West Wing in togas telling the story […]
Rooftop Film Club
Al Fresco Film in Fine Locations – The Rooftop Film Club: I had heard about the Rooftop Film Club through my kids, hip urban twenty-somethings who had given me excited accounts of hanging out on city rooftops watching movies with a young crowd. Something about the experience seemed to add to the process of getting immersed into the world […]
Strictly Ballroom at the Piccadilly Theatre
Get your dancing shoes on…. In 1992, Baz Luhrmann released the film Strictly Ballroom, which went on to become a worldwide cult classic. He took the part of Scott Hastings, a maverick young and talented Ballroom dancer who wants follow his heart and break conventions and the rigid autocracy of the Australian Dance Federation, but […]
Café de Paris – The Service
Dinner, bubbles and cabaret…..at the Café de Paris Café de Paris, London’s iconic club and cabaret venue have recently launched a new burlesque/cabaret show called “The Service” which we have been invited to review along with a three-course dinner and a bottle of Prosecco. For a proper old-school night out in the West End, it doesn’t get […]
Tina The Musical
Flashback to the 80s – Tina the Musical An invitation to see TINA the Musical took me back to 80s when legendary rock and singer Tina Turner launched a major comeback and hit the British music scene with a bang with much-loved hits like Let’s Stay Together, Private Dancer and What’s Love Got to Do […]
Dreamgirls – at London’s Savoy Theatre
Dreamgirls Review: If you’re looking for a dazzling rollercoaster of a musical look no further. Dreamgirls, directed by Casey Nicholaw (Aladdin and The Book of Mormon) is showing at London’s beautiful Savoy Theatre. It ticks all the right boxes from its classic showbiz storyline to its star-spangled outfits and the impassioned soulful voices of this […]
The Ferryman at The Gielgud Theatre
London, West-End Theatre – The Ferryman: Writer Jez Butterworth has made a career out of the darker side of Britishness – from 2009’s Royal Court hit ‘Jerusalem’, a coke-fuelled romp through a village fete, to ‘Britannia’ – a new Sky TV show featuring mud-covered Celts chanting and wearing interesting wigs. Throw in a couple of […]
The Lion King at London’s Lyceum Theatre
The Lion King: I have fond memories of the 1990’s 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 […]