Category: Musical Theatre

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Revival of Top Hat falls flat despite some impressive choreography – review

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We’d been very much looking forward to Top Hat, which has arrived at London’s Southbank Centre this Christmas as part of a national tour. The original 2011 stage adaptation of the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie swept the Oliver Awards, picking up Best New Musical; this revival, first produced earlier this year at the Chichester Festival Theatre, opened to rave reviews. It’s also directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall, who was responsible for the incredible choreography we saw in the dazzling revival of Anything Goes at…

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Kate Fleetwood steals the show in delightfully daft revival of Into the Woods – review

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We’d never actually seen a production of Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim’s musical hasn’t played in London for many years – so we were excited to pay a visit to the Bridge Theatre to check out Jordan Fein’s new staging of the classic show, which will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this coming year. If you’re not familiar with the musical, fear not, because much of the material is well-known; Into the Woods intertwines a whole series of fairytale storylines. Favourites including Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and…

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Paddington: The Musical is the best new show in town this festive season – review

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More than five years in the making, Paddington: The Musical has finally opened, just in time for Christmas – and we’re pleased to report that it has absolutely been worth the wait. Written by Jessica Swale, with songs by McFly’s Tom Fletcher and directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, My Son’s a Queer), it tells a story that we’re sure many will be familiar with. Paddington – a bear from deepest, darkest Peru, with a penchant for marmalade sandwiches – is found by the Brown family at Paddington railway station…

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Jan Sport delights in riotous new queer musical OSCAR at The Crown – review

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We will heavily caveat this feature by advising we don’t think it would be fair to give OSCAR at The Crown a full review: we weren’t able to attend the show’s recent press night, so we attended a performance a few days later. Unfortunately, for our show, due to company illness the cast performed a reduced version of OSCAR at The Crown – more akin to a staged concert. We were still able to enjoy most of the songs and some of the choreography, but we know we weren’t getting…

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New cabaret concert Wondering Soul to debut at London’s Crazy Coqs in November

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Following his acclaimed debut at the venue with Notes & Riffs On Love alongside The Luke Bacchus Trio, lead West End actor and singer Cameron Bernard Jones (Ain’t Too Proud, RENT, Play On!) will return for a new solo concert, featuring a broad repertoire ranging from classic musical theatre tunes to American spirituals and original poetry. He will be joined by pianist, composer and writer Guillermo Nazara, also returning as the show’s music director, following his 2023 debut in There Is Nothing Like A Dame, starring Peter Cummins. The two…

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Steps musical Here & Now is a fun, feel-good and fabulous night out – review

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Following its debut in Birmingham last year, Here & Now – the new musical based on Steps’ back catalogue – has embarked on a UK tour, opening last week at the Manchester Opera House. You’re probably already familiar with the songs – Steps’ music has been a staple of many a queer night and pride event for the best part of three decades – but what is the show all about? This new musical – book by Shaun Kitchener, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh – is set in an English seaside…

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“It’s slightly wrong but in all the right ways!” – Trevor Ashley on West End revival of The Producers

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Ah, The Producers – this iconic Mel Brooks film-turned-musical probably needs no introduction, but we’ll give it a quick one anyway. This classic comedy tells the tale of two failing Broadway creatives who conspire to create a flop show and run away with the money raised to fund it – but complications arise when their tribute to Adolf Hitler is a surprise success. The film was originally a hit way back in 1967; in 2001 it became a runaway success on Broadway, picking up a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards. We’re…

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Brigadoon is a charming revival of Lerner & Loewe’s musical at the Open Air Theatre – review

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We’ll admit that we knew very little about Brigadoon – the final show of this summer’s season at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – before going to check it out, other than it was written by musical theatre duo Lerner & Loewe (most famous for My Fair Lady). If you’ve not heard of it either, there’s a good reason for that – this is the first London revival for over 35 years. Perhaps the show has been ignored for so long because it’s absolutely ridiculous: we often have to…

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Burlesque the Musical is a fun and frivolous night out with some great crowdpleasers – review

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We went to check out Burlesque the Musical last year in Manchester – not in a review capacity, just to see what it was like – so we already had a fair idea of what to expect when the show opened in London at the Savoy Theatre. There have been some tweaks, of course, and this theatre is a very different space to the Manchester Opera House – but by and large it’s the same show, itself an adaptation of the iconic 2010 film starring Cher and Christina Aguilera. We…

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Achingly beautiful musical Girl From the North Country returns to London following Broadway success – review

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been eight years since Girl From the North Country – Conor McPherson’s musical, using the songs of Bob Dylan – premiered at London’s Old Vic Theatre. It subsequently enjoyed successful runs on the West End and Broadway – picking up Olivier and Tony Awards along the way – and spawned numerous tours. The show has now returned to its former home, spending this summer back at the Old Vic. So what’s it all about? Well, it’s not a cheery story: set during Great Depression-era…

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