We Will Rock You at the London Coliseum ★★★★
Queen and Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You originally fist-pumped and head-banged its way onto the West End in 2002. Quickly winning favor with audiences, the jukebox musical featuring 24 of Queen’s best-loved hits went on to become the longest-running musical at the Dominion Theatre closing in 2014. Since then multiple international and touring productions […]
Aspects of Love at Lyric Theatre ★★★
Based on the 1955 David Garnett novella of the same name, Aspects of Love is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. Originally debuting in 1989 at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, Aspects of Love was a British-born hit with audiences and critics alike who praised […]
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Southwark Playhouse ★★★★
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying originally premiered in 1961. With music by Guys & Dolls composer Frank Loesser, the musical was an instant hit winning both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize. The original West End production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1963 directed by book writer […]
It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure – showing that even small-scale theatre can be accessible to all
Usually disabled people are just trying to do the right thing. But what if they weren’t? What if they were out to make as much money as possible from non-disabled, anxious people like us? Developed with a healthy dose of scepticism and unhealthy serving of cynicism It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure has transferred to the Soho […]
REVIEW: The Ocean At The End Of The Lane (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★★
The Ocean At The End Of The Lane made its world premiere at the National Theatre in 2019. Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and adapted for the stage by Joel Horwood, the production was an instant success receiving three Olivier Awards nominations for Best New Play, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and […]
REVIEW: ‘Berlusconi A New Musical’ at Southwark Playhouse ★★
The former prime minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi and his tax evasion scandal is a very niche idea to write a musical about. But the Producers of Fleabag and Baby Reindeer (who describe this show as ‘Evita on acid’) make me wonder if they were tripping on acid themselves when they came up with the […]
REVIEW: Girl from the North Country at New Wimbledon Theatre ★★★★★
Girl from the North Country is a fairly new musical, using the songs of Bob Dylan. The musical premiered at the Old Vic in 2017 becoming an instant hit and transferred to the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End soon after. An Off-Broadway production was mounted in 2018 at the Public Theatre, original home […]
REVIEW: The Bodyguard at New Wimbledon Theatre ★★★
Based on the hit 1992 film starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, The Bodyguard musical premiered in 2012 at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End. An instant success with audiences, the show went on to international fame with seasons in Utrecht, Cologne, Seoul, Australia, a US, Japan and China Tour just to name a […]
MRS DOUBTFIRE at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre ★★★ – “utterly terrifying”
Like many young people growing up in the eighties and nineties, I grew up watching the film Mrs Doubtfire. It was always on TV around Christmas and had an A-list cast including Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein and a six-year-old Mara Wilson (in the first of a series of box office hits […]
REVIEW: The Great British Bake-off Musical at Noel Coward Theatre ★★★★
I have never seen an episode of The Great British Bake-off and had never heard of a soggy bottom until I went to see Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary’s newest musical, based on the very popular tv series. Written during lockdown, The Great British Bake-off Musical is a light comedy that tells the story of […]