Hayley Sprout

Tag: musical

  • Footloose @ Peacock Theatre

    Footloose @ Peacock Theatre

    Racky Plews’ production of Footloose has reached its final destination its UK tour at the Peacock Theatre in London. Based on the famous 1984 film that starred Kevin Bacon, the musical follows a high school senior called Ren who moves to a small town called Bomont and, after learning that the small town has banned…

  • Annie @ Piccadilly Theatre

    Annie @ Piccadilly Theatre

    Nearly 40 years after premiering in the West End, the musical adaptation of Harold Gray’s comic strip Little Orphan Annie, Annie the Musical has landed back in the West End with a crash, louder than Miss Hannigan when she’s had a few bottles of gin. Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin’s famous score sings proudly and…

  • NYC ’17 | Seeing Hamilton on Broadway

    NYC ’17 | Seeing Hamilton on Broadway

    An impromptu decision back in September and a very low bank balance later, I was thrilled to see, what is rightfully described as “the best musical of the 21st century” at the show’s Broadway home. Hamilton created an earthquake in the theatre industry when the show opened at the Public Theater in February 2015. Lin-Manuel…

  • Lazarus @ the King’s Cross Theatre

    Lazarus @ the King’s Cross Theatre

    Inspired by the book by Walter Trevis, Lazarus is a surrealist, technologically fantastical piece of musical theatre about a man names Thomas Newton who has fallen to earth, he then, meets a girl that only he can see, who is trying to figure out why she’s there to help him. We also follow other people…

  • The Last Five Years @ St James Theatre.

    I was so unbelievably excited last week to attend the first preview of The Last Five Years at the St James Theatre. Going into it, I already knew the show was going to be good. The show is one of my all time favourite scores. The production was directed by Jason Robert Brown who also…

  • The Bodyguard @ Dominion Theatre

    This is SUCH a delayed post! It’s only recently that I have decided to start posting more and more theatre content alongside my bookish content. But now I am catching up with shows that I have seen in September that are still running. So, today I bring you my review of The Bodyguard, the musical based…

  • In The Heights

    If you have been following me on Twitter and/or Instagram since the start of the year, then you will have seen that I can’t seem to stop taking trips to see In The Heights at the Kings Cross Theatre. Last night was my 7th trip to el Barrio. From seeing the early cast members to seeing…

  • Vanities The Musical @ Trafalgar Studios 2

    Last week, Jen & I attended a performance of the European premiere of Vanities:The Musical. Based on the play of the same name, the show follows three best friends from cheerleaders in high school to sorority sisters to adulthood. The show spans from 1963 to 1974 & later from Texas to New York City. Due…

  • So have you heard about Hamilton?

    So this week was Alexander Hamilton’s birthday! Happy birthday you, bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman…. 261 years ago, Alexander Hamilton was born. But wait, who is Alexander Hamilton, you ask? Alexander Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was the first Secretary of Treasury, was George…

  • CITY OF ANGELS!

    ME AGAIN! Sorry I haven’t posted, been busy with college! But I have had time to see a few shows. 3 to be exact! I think I’m going to separate posts for all 3 of them!