Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Production Photos by: Mark Senior Tickets and more information: https://semites.one/ Semites was conceived by actor Ben Nathan after an experience he had working on a play which resulted in an altercation with his co-star at the time. This prompted him … Continue reading Semites @ The Bunker Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/pickle-jar/ Booking until: 10th November 2018 Production Photos by: Ali Wright Having previously performed in a UK tour of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one woman monologue Fleabag, actress and writer Maddie Rice has brought her own original one … Continue reading Pickle Jar @ Soho Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/the-trench/ Booking until: 17th November 2018 Production Photos by: Rah Petherbridge Having seen recent success with their immersive production of Alice’s Adventures Underground, theatre company Les Enfant Terribles have brought their production of The Trench … Continue reading The Trench @ Southwark Playhouse*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ The second Edinburgh import that I managed to catch was Lights Over Tesco Car Park performed by the Poltergeist theatre company. The premise of the show follows the theatre company being contacted by a man called Robert who claims … Continue reading Lights Over Tesco Car Park @ Pleasance Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://charingcrosstheatre.co.uk/theatre/mythic Production Photos by: Marc Brenner Booking until: 24th November 2018 Do you ever look back and think about how much angst you carried in your teenage years? Well, the Titans children did it first by … Continue reading Mythic @ Charing Cross Theatre*
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ As part of their Caledonian Express season, the Pleasance Theatre in Islington is playing host to a whole range of shows that performed at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Having had major FOMO over the summer, I was super … Continue reading We’ve Got Each Other @ Pleasance Theatre*
A new musical is opening at the Cockpit later this month. Award winning composer Scott Alan has created a song cycle using his back catalogue of work, to tell the lives of six individuals who juggle the challenges life throws … Continue reading Quick Fire Questions | Scott Alan on The Distance You Have Come.
Halley Feiffer’s off-Broadway hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynaecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York will be making it’s European debut in London at the Finborough Theatre from the 2nd to … Continue reading Quick Fire Questions | Halley Feiffer, writer of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynaecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York.
Although we anticipate a wealth of Broadway transfers in Waitress, Come From Away and 9 to 5 making appearances in the West End next year, the excitement around those shows may overshadow some of the brilliant new British musicals that … Continue reading Original British Musicals You Can Listen To
Earlier this week, I was lucky enough to be invited to a sneak peek at Eugenius ahead of performances starting at The Other Palace. Having started as a workshop production at the London Palladium, Ben Adam and Chris Wilkins’ superhero … Continue reading How Do You Make A Musical New Again?
