REVIEW: Samantha Barks Live In Concert (Mayflower, Southampton) ★★★★★
After first grabbing the public’s attention as one of the final three contestants on the BBC talent show I’d do Anything, Samantha Barks has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame. Her critically acclaimed performance as the waif Eponine in the film adaptation of Les Misérables further cemented the singer as a member of musical theatre […]
REVIEW: HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (London Palladium) ★★★★
Honeymoon in Vegas was a famous film. Then a celebrated Broadway show. And on Sunday night it was a fantastic West End concert To start with, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra are brilliant. Jason Robert Brown’s orchestrations are always a treat, but to actually get to see them performed in front of you is something […]
REVIEW: THE LAST FIVE YEARS (St James Theatre) ★★★
THE LAST FIVE YEARS is probably composer Jason Robert Brown’s greatest achievement of his career so far. The musical is based on his own marriage breakdown and is so close to the real life story that his ex wife threatened legal action when it was released. The off-broadway musical opened in 2002 and there have […]