Hayley Sprout

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  • Lights Over Tesco Car Park @ Pleasance Theatre*

    Lights Over Tesco Car Park @ Pleasance Theatre*

    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 to have seen bright red lights over the car park in Tesco. Then he received…

  • Mythic @ Charing Cross Theatre*

    Mythic @ Charing Cross 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 overthrowing their parents and becoming the Olympians. Now, Marcus Stevens and Oran Elder have created…

  • We’ve Got Each Other @ Pleasance Theatre*

    We’ve Got Each Other @ Pleasance 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 excited to check out the season. The first show I visited was Paul O’Donnell’s hysterical…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Scott Alan on The Distance You Have Come.

    Quick Fire Questions | Scott Alan on The Distance You Have Come.

    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 at them. Under the musical direction of Scott Morgan the production will feature a stellar…

  • 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.

    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.

    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 27th October. Starring accredited actor, comedian and presenter Cariad Lloyd, A Funny Thing sees Karla, a foul-mouthed twenty-something comedian,…

  • Original British Musicals You Can Listen To

    Original British Musicals You Can Listen To

    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 exist. Two of the three shows below, you can catch on stage this year while…

  • How Do You Make A Musical New Again?

    How Do You Make A Musical New Again?

    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 musical Eugenius captured the hearts of audiences during a run at The Other Palace earlier…

  • Around The World In 80 Days @ Union Theatre*

    Around The World In 80 Days @ Union Theatre*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://www.uniontheatre.biz/around-the-world-in-80-days.html Running until: 1st September 2018 Production Photos by: Mark Senior Based on the novel by Jules Verne, the show follows a man named Phileas Fogg who bets his fortune that he can travel around the world in 80 days. He sets off with his assistant Passepartout on his travels while…

  • Quick Fire Questions | Meghan Tyler, writer of Medicine

    Quick Fire Questions | Meghan Tyler, writer of Medicine

    Coming to the Hope Theatre in Islington, later this month is award winning playwright Meghan Tyler’s play Medicine. The play takes place in Ireland and explores the relationship between main character Moira and her mum. Described as boldly funny and achingly sad, the play looks at how the effects of mental illness affects us and…

  • The Three Musketeers @ St. Paul’s Church*

    The Three Musketeers @ St. Paul’s Church*

    Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: http://iristheatre.com/event/the-three-musketeers/ Running until: 2nd September 2018 Production Photos by: Nick Rutter Rounding out the summer in Covent Garden, Iris Theatre present a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas classic tale The Three Musketeers. This new adaptation, written by Iris Theatre’s artistic director Daniel Winder follows the protagonist d’Artagnan setting out for Paris…