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A Week At The Theatre | Mad House, The Pride, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice*, Unfortunate.
A very, very busy week at the theatre for me! Have seen such a range of shows this week (including 1 show I’ll be reviewing next week and a trip to London Zoo at night!) which has been a lot of fun. Mad House at the Ambassador’s TheatreRating: 4/5Running until: 4th SeptemberTicket link: https://www.madhousetheplay.co.uk/ A…
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A Week At The Theatre | Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, Frozen, Jitney.
Such a great week of proper good shows! Been quite a busy one as I was on annual leave. As well as these three fantastic shows, also managed to squeeze in a quick return trip to Bonnie & Clyde too which I have already reviewed here Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World at Theatre…
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A Week At The Theatre | The Father and The Assassin, We Started To Sing, Girl On The Train*
Quite the week for lengthy play titles! Managed to catch two plays before they finish next week and I got to visit a theatre in London I hadn’t been to before. The Father and The Assassin at the National TheatreRating: 5/5Running until: 18th JuneTicket link: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/the-father-and-the-assassin The Father and The Assassin is an epic new…
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A Week At The Theatre | ABBA Voyage, The Lion*, Lift.
A very musical week this week, including two trips to the Southwark Playhouse and an immersive concert experience. I did also get to see the We Will Rock You tour at the New Wimbledon Theatre with and thanks to Olivia at RewriteThisStory and her friend Charlotte (you can read Olivia’s review here .) This week’s…
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A Week At The Theatre | Legally Blonde, Halls, Middle.
Quite a varied week in London theatre for me. A revival of a musical based on an iconic film, a workshop for a new musical and an intense one act play about a marriage breaking down. Where else would you get the variety? Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park Open Air TheatreRating: 3.5/5Running until: 2nd July…
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A Week At The Theatre | Prima Facie, My Fair Lady*, Grease*.
I am slightly lying with the title here, because I didn’t actually see Prima Facie this week. But it was the last show I saw before I was struck with good ol corona for the week. But now I’m back at the theatre and have been to see 4 absolutely brilliant shows that you can…
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Bonnie and Clyde @ Arts Theatre
Rating: 5/5Booking Until: July 10th 2022Ticket link: https://artstheatrewestend.co.uk/events/bonnie-clyde The two infamous outlaws brought to life in Frank Wildhorn, Ivan Menchell and Don Black’s cult classic musical have finally arrived in the West End. After two incredible sold out performances at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the fan favourite musical has finally been given a chance…
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A Week At The Theatre | Anyone Can Whistle*, Lava, The 47th, & Juliet.
It has been a while and it has been a BUSY week of theatre for me this week. I really like doing these sort of round up posts but I’ve been incredibly busy with work and trying to find the energy has been hard. However, I managed to see 4 shows this week, all of…
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A Week At The Theatre | Dirty Dancing*, Never Not Once, An Evening Without Kate Bush*
This week for me has been to see quite a range of theatre currently on in London. A huge glossy musical and 2 short plays in a couple of London’s best off West End theatres. So I thought I would combine the reviews into one post. The long and the short of it is all…
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Spring Awakening @ Almeida Theatre
Rating: 5/5Running until: 29th January 2022Tickets link: https://almeida.co.uk/whats-on/spring-awakening/2-dec-2021-22-jan-2022 In the first major London revival of the modern classic musical, Spring Awakening couldn’t be more relevant to today. A show dealing with youth empowerment, freedom and sexuality exploration are still important themes in young people today as they were back when the show opened on Broadway…
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