Rachel Tucker returns to Broadway to star in COME FROM AWAY
Two weeks ago it was announced that West End leading lady Rachel Tucker will be leaving the London cast of Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre on 8 February 2020. From 10 February, Alice Fearn will be taking over the role. Today, Rachel Tucker has announced on Instagram that from 3 March 2020, she […]
REVIEW: The Canary and The Crow (Arcola Theatre) ★★★★
The Canary and the Crow, playing at the Arcola Theatre in London, is a play about Daniel Ward‘s experiences as a young schoolboy, earning a scholarship to an exclusive grammar school where he was one of only 2 black pupils in his school year. The play is a multi-layered piece of theatre about the realities of […]
Smash hit Edinburgh Fringe Festival show BABY REINDEER comes to London
“I did question whether I deserved it. Where did my wrongdoing stop and hers begin?” When award-winning comedian Richard Gadd offers a stranger a free cup of tea, he has no sense of the nightmare to come. One act of kindness. Six years of torment. The sell-out smash hit of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Baby […]
REVIEW: Luzia (Cirque du Soleil) ★★★★
There’s a trip to the circus, but then there’s Cirque du Soleil – an extraordinary, magical spectacular that will make you gasp, cringe and cheer! For this latest production, the focus is on Mexico and the natural environment. Water, wind, plants and creatures, surprise the audience with wondrous creations that flow seamlessly from scene to […]
Simon David talks about bringing ‘Over My Dad’s Body’ to the Vaults
Hello and thank you for taking time out to talk to us today at West End Wilma. The pleasure is all mine! What have been some of your highlights in your career so far? My ‘career’? Well, a highlight has to be taking my first comedy show, ‘Virgin’ to the Edinburgh Fringe two years ago […]
World premiere of STAGES – A VIDEO GAME MUSICAL comes to London
The world premiere of a brand new musical comes to VAULT Festival this March (3-8), written and composed by Christian Czornyj and directed by Adam Lenson Aiden is sixteen, autistic and loves video games. They can be repeated, mastered and controlled. But what happens if the game starts to glitch? In this interactive video game […]
West End cast reunite for 10th Anniversary concert performance of LOVE STORY
Erich Segal’s iconic novel Love Story became a much-loved film and, in 2010, a hit West End musical. Now the stars of that production Emma Williams, Michael Xavier and Peter Polycarpou reunite, along with the creative team behind the acclaimed Cadogan Hall concert of Howard Goodall’s The Hired Man. Love Story is simple and poetic. […]
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE (Apollo Theatre) ★★★★
“I’m offending, I’m a trending, gender-bending, gender-blending, gender-pending, gender-ending and transcending work of art.” Jamie New is a boy from Sheffield, with big dreams and an even bigger personality to boot. In the height of his school years and in the build up to his senior prom, Jamie decides to truly reflect himself, he will […]
REVIEW: Kinky Boots (Cinema Broadcast) ★★★★
If you missed, like I did, the West End production of Kinky Boots when it ran at the Adelphi Theatre from September 2015 to January 2019 (for over 1400 performances), there is a unique opportunity to see why this wonderful musical gathered so many award nominations. A live filmed production of the show is being […]
REVIEW: COPS (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★
Tony Tortora‘s play Cops captures a long forgotten time with carefully drawn contrasting characters, a background of mobsters and corruption and dated attitudes that have evolved over the last sixty years. It moves at a snail’s pace as the characters’ home truths are slowly revealed during three painstakingly slow stakeouts. As a result, one feels […]