REVIEW: As You Like It (Barbican) ★★★
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s newest season at their London home, the Barbican, encompasses The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, and is now being kicked off with Kimberley Syke’s As You Like It. Orlando (David Ajao) first sets eyes on Rosalind (Lucy Phelps) when he wrestles for his fortune. They immediately fall head over […]
REVIEW: Soho Cinders (Charring Cross Theatre) ★★★★
With the festive season racing toward us, faster than a toddler to an advent calendar, its right to assume there are some amongst us who would sooner rinse the last dregs of the summer sangria and mourn the sun whilst watching ‘I’m a Celeb’ than sit through a musical retelling of ‘Cinderella’. But fear not, […]
Ruthie Henshall announces intimate UK Tour
Ruthie Henshall is back in the UK with a new intimate show In My Life which plays an exclusive four-city tour in April 2020. In My Life premiered at the Sydney Opera House in June 2019 and went on to tour Australia playing to packed houses and a slew of five-star, rave reviews. This new […]
Digital Lottery announced for the West End production of DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Performance have begun for the West End premiere of Dear Evan Hansen at the Noel Coward Theatre. A weekly digital lottery with the first draw taking place on Wednesday 13 November 2019 has also been announced. Patrons who are selected will be offered the option to purchase two tickets at £25 each. Full details for […]
Operation Mincemeat transfers to Southwark Playhouse in January 2020
Fresh from a sell-out, critically acclaimed initial run at the New Diorama Theatre which saw SpitLip take home the prestigious Stage Debut Award for ‘Best Composer/Lyricist’, the team are back with the latest incarnation of Operation Mincemeat at Southwark Playhouse for a limited run of ten performances 4 January – Saturday, 11 January 2020. The […]
Marisha Wallace & Lizzie Bea join Michael Ball in HAIRSPRAY at the London Coliseum
Further cast to join Michael Ball in Hairspray the Musical – the multi-award winning smash hit production which is returning to London for a special, strictly limited season in 2020 – is today announced. Lizzie Bea will star in the iconc role of Tracy Tunblad. Lizzie is currently performing in the UK Tour of Kinky […]
Waitress and Dreamgirls star Marisha Wallace to make her UK Tour debut
One of the West End and Broadway’s most instantly recognisable voices and beloved leading ladies is heading out on her first ever UK Tour. Marisha Wallace – the sensational star of such smash-hit shows as Dreamgirls, Waitress, Aladdin, The Book of Mormon and very soon Hairspray – will play a series of unmissable theatre shows […]
David Hasselhoff joins the cast of London’s 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL
Dolly Parton is delighted to announce that David Hasselhoff will play Franklin Hart Jnr in 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL at The Savoy Theatre from 2 December 2019 until 8 February 2020. David will join Caroline Sheen as Violet Newstead, Chelsea Halfpenny as Judy Bernly, Natalie McQueen as Doralee Rhodes and Bonnie Langford as Roz […]
I’m quitting social media – FOR EVER
We are living in a frustrating time, where we share our uninformed opinions on social media, sometimes with no real context to back up what we are saying. It is particularly frustrating for me, as a blogger, when people miss the point of what I am writing about because they only read the first half […]
REVIEW: What the Dolls Saw (Pleasance Theatre) ★★★★★
“Not for people with a fear of dolls…or feminism”, reads one tagline for the comedy thriller What the Dolls Saw which is part of the Pleasance Theatre‘s London Horror Festival which festival runs from 8 – 25 October; unfortunately What the Dolls Saw only played three performances but here’s to hoping it will soon be making its […]