Whitney White and Gareth Gates as Snow White and Prince Charming © Frazer Ashford
It’s off to work they go for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as Evolution Pantomimes packs another festive punch at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls. For the fourth year running they have returned with another production and Quinn Patrick is back again to take on another pantomime dame, this time in the form of Nurse Nellie. Read the rest of this entry
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The West End better watch out, because Broadway has sent over a force to be reckoned with. While a town in 1950s Tennessee deals with race segregation at its most volatile, Memphis takes you back to the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Read the rest of this entry
If you haven’t been to one of Christina Bianco’s solo shows, you might not have heard the story of a young, eager girl auditioning for her favourite role in The Wizard of Oz. “I was too young to play Dorothy, but I auditioned singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow and I sung it with gusto, I was really loud and really enthusiastic,” she says before laughing. “I think they tried to cut me off after a verse and a chorus but I kept singing.” Read the rest of this entry
©Alastair Muir
The stagiest show in town has arrived in style – and it’s not here to make friends with its West End neighbours. With gags and satire aplenty, Forbidden Broadway is a playful and hysterical send up of London and Broadway’s hit shows and leading actors. Read the rest of this entry
It is not often that you expect a line up of Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Cheryl Cole, Florence and the Machine, Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Victoria Beckham, Madonna and – of course – Dora the Explorer. In Christina Bianco’s company, however, this is just a taste of the artists you can expect. Read the rest of this entry
The cast of Avenue Q. © Darren Bell
Avenue Q is well known for pushing the boundaries with its lewd and rude humour and the current tour, with its young and enthusiastic cast, is no exception. Read the rest of this entry
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The world of musical theatre may often be explored through concerts, but the history of British musicals is one that is seldom touched upon. The void has been filled with The Great British Musicals, performed by the newly-formed Novello Singers and artistic director Ross Leadbeater. Read the rest of this entry
T. Rex dominated the world of glam rock, but front man Marc Bolan is another musician gone too soon. His tragic story is brought to stage in 20th Century Boy, from his chart-topping successes to his untimely death. Read the rest of this entry
The way she makes you feel is clear. Velma Celli gives you fever when she struts her stuff and shows off her sequins and heels in her scorching, sordid show at Hippodrome Casino’s Matcham Room. Read the rest of this entry
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Blood Brothers is one of those shows that occupies a special spot in my heart. I can still vividly remember the first time I saw it many years ago on a school trip, then coming home and insistently saying that I never had and never would see a better musical. Well, it was quickly pointed out to me that I had only seen two others and so could not possibly make such a sweeping statement, but fortunately the show has never disappointed me and never slipped far from the top spot. Read the rest of this entry
