Actor, presenter and cabaret performer Tim McArthur will take his celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s leading ladies on the road for later this month. The Sondheim aficionado, known for hosting the popular Sondheim Society’s monthly Cabaret Nights, will step into the spotlight once again with his Sondheim’s Divas show from 22 October until 28 November 2021. […]
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Five Questions With: Tim McArthur
Actor, presenter and theatre director TIM MCARTHUR is having a busy festive season. He is starring in A Perfect Christmas at London’s Cockpit Theatre, a festive musical revue he has also directed and devised (7-24 December 2020), and has once again staged the Royal Vauxhall Tavern panto (Pricked runs until 7 January 2021). He is […]
Jack Hinton presents The Baggy Trousers Concert
In April 2019, whilst rehearsing for Starlight Express out in Germany, Jack Hinton was diagnosed with testicular cancer and days later had to have emergency surgery. After the performer completed his contract (which ended rather abruptly due to Covid-19 in mid-March 2020) and settled back in London town, he still had his eyes set on […]
Now & Then – Above The Stag Theatre
Now & Then continues at the Above the Stag Theatre, London until 6 October 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Both heart-rending and heart-warming, Now & Then, a simultaneous, intricately woven trilogy of love against a country and western backdrop is a nicely judged musical in the perfect venue, the Above The Stag […]
Closer To Heaven – Above The Stag Theatre
Closer To Heaven continues at the Above The Stag Theatre, London until 31 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Continuing this bijou but beautifully presented venue’s on-going retrospective of writer JonathanHarvey’s work, following productions such as Beautiful Thing and BoomBang-A-Bang, Closer To Heaven is a musical with impeccable creative credentials. […]
Romance Romance – Above the Stag Theatre
Romance Romance continues at Above the Stag Theatre, London until 6 April 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Premiered Off-Broadway in 1987, Romance Romance then had an eight-month run on Broadway, and has been seen in London in various incarnations. This production at Above the Stag, a venue dedicated to LGBT+ work, […]
He Shoots! He Scores! – A Musical With Balls – Above The Stag
He Shoots! He Scores! – A Musical With Balls continues at Above The Stag, London until 20 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Whatever you may think of the sport, football is probably the game that’s most often been tackled in musical theatre. There’s Lloyd Webber’s Beautiful Game of course and […]
When Harry Met Barry – Above the Stag Theatre
When Harry Met Barry continues at Above the Stag Theatre, London until 11 June. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Paul Emelion Daly’s musical comedy romance first played at the Above the Stag Theatre in July 2011. In the intervening years, the venue has changed – from a room above a now-demolished […]
Torsten the Beautiful Libertine – Above the Stag Theatre
Torsten the Beautiful Libertine continues at the Above the Stag Theatre, London until 27 March. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ By now the theatre world has become accustomed to rock and pop stars moving into musical theatre territory. Joe McElderry is currently winning plaudits as Joseph on tour and of course, Mamma Mia!, Jersey […]
