REVIEW: EDUCATING RITA (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch) ★★★★
Educating Rita is a delightfully exhilarating story of a bright, lively woman’s unbreakable determination to get an education through a literature course with the Open University. Rita is a twenty four year old hairdresser in her everyday life, but is doggedly determined to become better educated, what ever it takes. She has been assigned a […]
REVIEW: SHIRLEY VALENTINE (Richmond Theatre) ★★★★
Shirley Valentine sails in to the Richmond Theatre this week starring Jodie Prenger Those of us above a certain age (I.e.me) will have a soft spot for the feature film version of Willy Russell‘s ‘Shirley Valentine‘: a warm, comforting hug of a film. I was fascinated to see how the original play would compare and […]
West End Wilma Charity Single – out now!
West End Wilma presents The 2016 Wilma Awards Charity Single “NO AWARDS FOR YOU” A song for bad losers everywhere In aid of the National Autistic Society Available for digital download now on Itunes and Amazon and other good music download sites Based on the song ‘Tell Me It’s Not True’ from the Musical Blood Brothers Lyrics […]
SHIRLEY VALENTINE to tour the UK starring Jodie Prenger
Willy Russell’s heart-warming comedy Shirley Valentine premiered in 1986 and took the world by storm. In celebration of its 30th Anniversary the first major revival of this national treasure will embark on a UK tour in 2017. Opening on Thursday 2 March in Bromley, Shirley Valentine will star much loved actress Jodie Prenger as Shirley. […]
REVIEW: BLOOD BROTHERS (Churchill Theatre Bromley)
I remember seeing Blood Brothers when it originally played in the West End more than 15 years ago at The Phoenix Theatre. I recall being mesmerised by the entire story and how two brothers could have be come separated at birth, to have their lives cut so tragically short in a bitter twist of events. […]