Peter Pan Goes Wrong

​Nine months on from their presentation of The Play That Goes Wrong, simply one of the funniest plays I have ever seen and a tough act to follow, the wonderful members of Mischief Theatre are back with a Christmas offering that is every bit as funny and even more inventive. This version of the panto […]

The Mousetrap tour dates

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has announced further dates on its UK tour: Salisbury Playhouse Theatre, 27 January to 1 February 2014 Swindon Wyvern Theatre, 3 to 8 February Reading Hexagon, 10 to 15 February Watford Colosseum, 17 to 22 February Chesterfield Pomegranate, 24 February to 1 March Hull New Theatre, 3 to 8 March Billingham Forum Theatre, […]

Privates on Parade recording to be released

Stage Door Records release the Original London Cast Recording of ‘Privates On Parade’ on CD January 27th, 2014. ‘Privates On Parade’ is an award winning musical comedy written by Peter Nichols with music by Denis King. The plot focuses on the activities and exploits of the fictional Song And Dance Unit South East Asia (SADUSEA) […]

Jeremy Legat

Jeremy Legat is currently flying around the Richmond Theatre, playing the boy who never grew up, Peter Pan, in this years panto. Jeremy took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to tell me more about himself and the show. Can you tell me about yourself and your career highlights to date? Hello! My […]

Aladdin

Rating **** Reviewed by Rosalie Carter New Wimbledon Theatre Playing until 12th January 2014 I love a spot of Panto. I love screaming “He’s behind you”. I love the ghosties and the ghoulies who interrupt a good sing song (“Well, we’ll have to do it again then won’t we? Whoops!) And most of all I […]

The Little Mermaid

Rating **** Reviewed by Sarah Day Riverside Studios, Hammersmith Playing until 12th January 2014 If you want your mermaid to be human (Edvard Collin tells a young Hans Christian Anderson struggling to find his voice), give her human traits. Make her fallible. I would add to that, don’t dress her in a shiny tail, fake […]

Buttons – Another Cinderella Story

Rating – **** Reviewed by Alex Foott Charles Court Opera Performance date – Tuesday 10th December 2013 You’d be forgiven for thinking it an odd move for an opera company to tackle pantomime. Surely, for those who are accustomed to lengthy arias dripping with melodrama, pulling off a good old-fashioned knees-up bursting with holiday cheer […]

Cinders the adult panto

Rating *** Reviewed by Michaela Clement-Hayes Star Inn, Guilford – 12th December 2013 Panto is always the same – men in drag, girls in fishnets and a lot of giggling children. Each night the innuendos get bigger, the audience gets more involved and the director stops watching. Us Brits love it! Everyone knows the story […]

Ushers: The Front of House Musical

Rating **** Reviewed by Michaela Clement-Hayes The Hope Theatre Performance date: 10th December 2013 Running until: I’ve never worked as an Usher but I know a few friends who grace various London theatres with their presence, so I was curious to see how their story would be told. Five minutes in and I’d been inadvertently […]

Alexander S. Bermange

The Wit and Whimsy of Alexander S. Bermange with special guests Julie Atherton and Cassidy Janson St James Theatre, London – Sunday 2nd February 2014 “A wonderfully witty comic songwriter and performer” – LBC 97.3 The Wit and Whimsy of Alexander S. Bermange is returning to the St James Theatre following its sell-out success in […]

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