REVIEW: THE ADDAMS FAMILY (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★
I feel quite smug being able to say this if the fourth time I have seen The Addams Family musical, given that this is its UK premiere. I managed to catch it on Broadway back in 2010 and have also seen a couple of am-dram productions in London. This new version lives up to all […]
Cast announced for FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL UK Tour
Full casting is announced today for Footloose: The Musical, which returns next month following a smash-hit 2016 tour. Opening at New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 21 April, the tour will include a strictly limited West End season at The Peacock, playing for three weeks from Tuesday 12 September 2017. Joshua Dowen will play Ren McCormack, […]
REVIEW: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★
John Partridge gives a career defining performance in La Cage Aux Folles at the New Wimbledon Theatre La Cage Aux Folles (written by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman) is based on the 1973 play by Jean Poiret. It tells the story of a gay couple who run a drag bar in Saint-Tropez, with one of them […]
REVIEW: DICK WHITTINGTON (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★
Christmas just isn’t Christmas without Matthew Kelly in an outrageous frock. At least that’s what I thought for the past couple of years while watching Wimbledon Theatre’s Panto. Normally the shining jewel in the festive season’s crown, Family First have clearly spared no expense in producing this glitzy show (Arlene Philips alone must have cost […]
REVIEW: CATS (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★
If there’s one show from my childhood I remember listening to again and again it’s CATS, so needless to say I was incredibly excited when I saw it had rolled back into town. I was with excitement to hear the songs I loved so much when I was younger and had high hopes that after […]
Arlene Phillips to make her pantomime debut in DICK WHITTINGTON at New Wimbledon Theatre
First Family Entertainment are delighted to announce that renowned choreographer Arlene Phillips will be making her pantomime debut as Fairy Bowbells in New Wimbledon Theatre’s Christmas Pantomime, Dick Whittington, from Friday 9 December 2016 to Sunday 15 January 2017, with a press night on Tuesday 13 December. Arlene Phillips is a world renowned choreographer. Her […]
REVIEW: KEEP DANCING (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★
‘Keep Dancing’ sells itself perfectly off the back of the BBC hit show Strictly Come Dancing. As a fan of the show, I went in to the New Wimbledon Theatre looking forward to a night of glitz, glamour and class that emanates from the show. Sadly however, I was left wanting. Most of Act 1 […]
REVIEW: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★
In a run down flower shop in one of the worst areas of town, Mr Mushnik has no choice but to shut up shop due to lack of business, putting Seymour and Audrey out of work. Thankfully Seymour has found an exotic plant which he has been nurturing and Audrey convinces Mushnik to try putting […]
REVIEW: JACKIE THE MUSICAL (New Wimbledon Theatre)
A jukebox musical with songs from the seventies, inspired by a magazine for teengage girls and choreographed by Arlene Phillips. That’s all you need to know to decide whether you’ll want to see this or not. The show opened in Dundee in March 2016, the editorial home of Jackie magazine at the peak of its […]
Sing along to the classic 70s hits with Jackie the Musical at New Wimbledon Theatre
Written by Mike James, with choreography by Arlene Phillips and directed by Anna Linstrum, Jackie the Musical will play at the New Wimbledon Theatre from Tue 7 – Sat 11 June. Supported by Jackie publishers DC Thomson, former magazine Editor Nina Myskow joins the production as Editor-in-Chief, and will head up a brand new digital/online […]