SOMA, performed by students from the London School of Musical Theatre at the Bridewell Theatre, London, continues until 3 May 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
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The Pleasure Garden – Above the Stag
The Pleasure Garden continues at Above the Stag, London until 17 October 2021. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Lured in with the promise of an evening of naughtiness under the acacias, Above the Stag’s all-singing all-dancing musical erupts onto the stage. Amidst the petticoats, twiddling mustachios and frock coats, a missed […]
Fanny and Stella – The Eagle Garden Theatre
Fanny and Stella continues at The Eagle Garden Theatre, London until 28 August 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As the few dozen attendees took their seats at The Eagle last night there was an unusual tension in the air. Was the theatrical experience always like this? It has been so long. Somebody […]
Final casting is announced for Fanny and Stella, the first London Fringe show since lockdown
Final casting has been announced for the first London Fringe production since lockdown, a brand new socially distanced open-air production of Fanny and Stella, a musical with book and lyrics by Glenn Chandler, the creator of Taggart, and music by Charles Miller. Fanny And Stella is the premiere production at The Garden Theatre in the […]
Socially distanced open-air production of Fanny And Stella is premiere production at new Fringe venue
A brand new socially distanced open-air production of Fanny And Stella, a musical with book and lyrics by Glenn Chandler, the creator of Taggart, and music by Charles Miller, is to be staged as the premiere production at The Garden Theatre in the newly refurbished beer garden of The Eagle in Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London […]
All-star line-up for Stiles and Drewe Prize online concert
A host of West End stars have been enlisted to perform the shortlist of 15 compositions in the running for the 2020 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize in a virtual concert to be streamed online next Sunday (5 July 2020). With musical direction by Steve Ridley, the songs will be performed by: Allyson […]
The Return of the Soldier – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
The Return of the Soldier was reviewed at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester. The production transfers to the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich from 2-6 October 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★★ ★ Writing in 1918 as the effects of the First World War still raged around her, Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier holds […]
Hope Mill’s last two shows of 2018 are The Return of the Soldier and A Christmas Story
British musical The Return of the Soldier and the UK premiere of Broadway hit A Christmas Story The Musical will be the final two in-house productions in 2018 from the highly successful partnership between Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre and London arts producer Aria Entertainment. Charles Miller and Tim Sanders’ musical adaptation of Rebecca West’s novella […]
When Midnight Strikes – Drayton Arms Theatre
When Midnight Strikes continues at the Drayton Arms Theatre, London until 12 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In all likelihood, it is one of life’s experiences to be present at a New Year’s Eve party that has been more of an endurance test than a celebration. The party marked in […]
Cast for revival of When Midnight Strikes at the Drayton Arms Theatre
Final casting has been announced for the London revival of British musical When Midnight Strikes later this month. Running from 17 October until 12 November with a press night on 24 October at the Drayton Arms in South Kensington, the production will be directed by Marc Kelly with musical direction by Oli Rew. The production […]
From Page To Stage festival – Bacharach’s Some Lovers heads line-up
Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers will receive its fully presented European premiere as part of this year’s From Page To Stage summer festival. Bacharach’s second original musical is a surprise inclusion in the line-up for Aria Entertainment’s annual event which moves to its new home at The Other Palace for three weeks this […]
London School of Musical Theatre – Jason and the Argonauts – Bridewell Theatre
Jason and the Argonauts was performed by students from the London School of Musical Theatre at the Bridewell Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jason and the Argonauts started life as a studio album by composer Charles Miller in 1998 before being commissioned by the London School of Musical Theatre […]
Fanny and Stella: The Shocking True Story – Above the Stag Theatre
Fanny and Stella: The Shocking True Story continues at the Above the Stag Theatre, London until 14 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ In 19th century London, Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park were fairly well-to-do young men, with a taste for the theatrical. Their cross-dressing routine as Stella Clinton and Fanny Winifred Park was a popular touring attraction, […]
Book and CD reviews – Tess of the D’Urbervilles, David Campbell, Chris Grady’s Your Life in Theatre and more…
NICK WAKEHAM casts an eye over some of the latest CD and Book releases. DAVID CAMPBELL SINGS JOHN BUCCHINO (MP3 Download) This is a refreshing departure from the otherwise highly orchestrated show tunes albums that have been available in the past couple of years. David Campbell Sings John Bucchino is simply that – Campbell’s rich vocals […]
It’s Only a Way I’ve Got – Fenton Gray – Emporium Theatre, Brighton
Fenton Gray performed his show It’s Only a Way I’ve Got at the Emporium Theatre, Brighton. Fenton Gray, along with guests Emma Odell and Robert Metson, takes his audience on a nostalgic journey to celebrate the two worlds of sophisticated revue and knockabout music hall, as well as paying respect to Gilbert & Sullivan and Irving Berlin. […]
The Return of the Soldier – Jermyn Street Theatre
The Return of the Soldier continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 20 September. Simon Anthony Wells’ set for The Return of the Soldier is poignantly evocative of the period in a year when we are thinking so much about the First World War which began exactly a century ago. One side of the stage is […]
Miller and Sanders’ The Return of the Soldier has world premiere at Jermyn Street
Coinciding with the centenary of the First World War, The Return of the Soldier – an intimate new chamber musical by Tim Sanders (book and lyrics) and Charles Miller (composer) based on Rebecca West’s celebrated 1918 novel – will receive its world premiere at the Jermyn Street Theatre from 2-20 September (press night is 4 September). The intensely […]
When Midnight Strikes – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
When Midnight Strikes continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 29 September. A man cheats on his long-suffering wife and panic arises. This is a theme played out regularly across television, film and theatre. However, author and lyricist Kevin Hammonds and composer Charles Miller’s When Midnight Strikes adds a new twist to this formula […]
