Tag: off west end musical

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…

January 8, 2022
The Green Fairy @ Union Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://www.uniontheatre.biz/the-green-fairy.html Booking until: 23rd November Run time: 2hr 10 mins Production Photographs by: Jack Sain Taking place in the pub she spent her whole adult life in, The Green Fairy follows Jo, a woman with an alcohol addiction who is looking back on her life as guided by The Green…

November 6, 2019
Soho Cinders @ Charing Cross Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.5 Tickets and more information: https://charingcrosstheatre.co.uk/theatre/soho-cinders Booking until: 21st December Run time: 2 hrs 20 minutes Production Photographs by: Pamela Raith Giving the classic fairytale Cinderella a modern update, Soho Cinders follows Robbie who becomes romantically involved with a budding London Mayor candidate named James Prince. Over the course of the evening drama, scandals and…

October 29, 2019
Preludes @ Southwark Playhouse*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/preludes/ Booking until: 12th October Run time: 2 hr 15 mins. Production Photographs by: Scott Rylander Trigger warnings: Flashing lights, strobe lights. Dave Malloy’s sonically charged musical Preludes is making it’s UK premiere at the Southwark Playhouse. Obviously, as a huge fan of his musical Natasha, Pierre and The Great…

September 25, 2019
Dogfight @ Southwark Playhouse*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/dogfight/ Booking until: 31st August 2019 Run time: 1 hr 45 mins. Production Photographs by: Eliza Wilmot Trigger warnings: Flashing lights. The last show in their summer season, the British Theatre Academy are finishing with Pasek and Paul’s musical Dogfight. The show follows the relationship between Eddie, a marine on…

August 23, 2019
Bare: A Pop Opera @ The Vaults*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://www.thevaults.london/bare Booking until: 4th August Production Photos by: Tom Grace Run time: 2hrs 30mins. Bare: A Pop Opera is a sung-through musical with a pop/rock score by Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere that takes place in a catholic school where a group of teenagers are putting on a production of…

June 30, 2019
Amour @ Charing Cross Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://charingcrosstheatre.co.uk/theatre/amour Booking until: 20th July 2019 Production Photos by: Scott Rylander. Run time: 2hrs 15mins Trigger warnings: flashing lights. Set in 1950s Paris, Amour follows a shy civil servant called Dusoleil who passes his time writing letters to his mum while daydreaming about his neighbour Isabelle who is locked away…

May 10, 2019
Ain’t Misbehavin @ Southwark Playhouse*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/aint-misbehavin/ Booking until: 1st June 2019 Production Photos by: Pamela Raith Run time: 2hrs A piece of musical theatre that was originally conceived by Richard Maltby Jr, Ain’t Misbehavin takes the music of the iconic jazz musician/entertainer Fats Waller and uses his music to form an explosive and vibrant song…

April 27, 2019
Can-Can The Musical @ Union Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://www.uniontheatre.biz/can-can.html Booking until: 9th March 2019 Production Photos by: Scott Rylander Run time: 2hr 15mins Can-Can the musical is set in nineteenth century Paris and follows Christian, heir to a huge fortune from his banker father, and Jane, an actress who is the toast of the Paris stage, and their…

February 15, 2019
Violet @ Charing Cross Theatre*

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://charingcrosstheatre.co.uk/theatre/violet Booking until: 6th April 2019 Production Photos by: Scott Rylander Run time: 1hr 40min straight through. In Jeanine Tesori & Brian Crawley’s musical, the titular character Violet heads from North Carolina to Tulsa in order to seek out a preacher who could help heal her facial scar, caused by…

January 22, 2019