Evelyn Hoskins set to join the West End cast of WAITRESS
Waitress the musical will welcome West End Wilma Award Winner (Rising Star, 2015) Evelyn Hoskins (Assassins, Spring Awakening) to the role of Dawn in the New Year while original London cast member Marisha Wallace (Dreamgirls, Aladdin) is also announced to return to the West End production. Last month Marisha won the West End Wilma Award […]
REVIEW: Peter Pan (Grand Theatre Blackpool) ★★★★
This year’s pantomime at the Grand Theatre is Peter Pan, the story of the boy who doesn’t want to grow up. We follow his adventures in Neverland accompanied by the three Darling children as Peter (Jack Heasman) is on a quest to find a mother for the Lost Boys. Rachel Grundy plays Peter’s fairy friend […]
REVIEW: Girl From The North Country (Gielgud Theatre) ★★★★★
Following on from its recent sold-out London run at the Old Vic, and then the Noel Coward Theatre, Girl From The North Country returns to the West End’s Gielgud Theatre for a limited season. Four years ago, Director Conor McPherson was approached, and asked if he’d be interested in using music maestro Bob Dylan’s songs […]
REVIEW: MARY POPPINS (Prince Edward Theatre) ★★★★★
I wanted to hate Mary Poppins. I don’t know why but I remember seeing it on Broadway many moons ago and not thinking much of it. So I didn’t plan to go and see the new West End production but boy am I glad I did. At just under three hours I expected the show […]
REVIEW: Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis (Park 90) ★★★★★
Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis is a brilliantly written, superbly performed play with great humour and emotion. Seeing a lot of theatre does throw up some interesting situations – earlier in the week I saw and reviewed A Taste of Honey – a 50-year-old play about how women in restricted circumstances will do whatever […]
Sophie Isaacs to join the West End cast of SIX
SIX today announce that West End Wilma Award Winner (Rising Star, 2018) Sophie Isaacs will be crowned the new Katherine Howard in the West End cast. She will join the production at the Arts Theatre on Tuesday 21 January. Sophie starred as Heather McNamara in the cult West End hit musical ‘Heathers’, she was Annette […]
REVIEW: HADESTOWN (Walter Kerr Theatre) ★★★★★
Hadestown, an acclaimed new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today… and always. The show has opened on Broadway after a run at Londons National Theatre – bringing with it most of the cast including West End […]
REVIEW: TOOTSIE (Marquis Theatre) ★★★★
Starring Crazy Ex Girlfriend’s Santino Fontana in the leading role, Tootsie is a comedy musical based on the 1982 film. Michael Dorsey (Fontana) is a struggling actor, who no one will hire because he is so difficult to work with. At the end of his tether and willing to do anything to get a part, […]
REVIEW: 9 to 5 The Musical (Savoy Theatre) ★★★★
The infamous song ‘9 to 5‘ is part of the remarkable career of the beloved Dolly Parton, country superstar and household name. Fans of the original film have delighted at the opportunity to see the classic story of three, but this particular run includes two very special guests Bonnie Langford and David Hasselhoff. We are greeted […]
REVIEW: Aladdin (New Victoria Theatre) ★★★★
I was lucky enough to be invited along to the New Victoria Theatre in Woking, where the story of Aladdin unfolded in a truly magical way when it flew into town earlier this week. As usual with Woking’s Pantomimes, there were some incredible sets. This year they had a flying magic carpet and it was […]