The Magic Flute continues at Wilton’s Music Hall, London until 8 March 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Mozart’s family-friendly masterpiece The Magic Flute is given some English patter in this new, clever and deliciously cheesy translation from John Savournin (book) and David Eaton (lyrics).
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The Yeomen of the Guard – Opera Holland Park
The Yeomen of the Guard continues at Opera Holland Park, London until 10 August 2024. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Despite this tragic ending, the joyful tunes of this bittersweet story stay with you.
The Sorcerer – Wilton’s Music Hall and Touring
The Sorcerer was reviewed at Wilton’s Music Hall, London. The tour continues until 18 August 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ G&S fans and lovers of English comedy should flock to see this rare gem.
Odyssey: A Heroic Pantomime – Jermyn Street Theatre
Odyssey: A Heroic Pantomime continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 31 December 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Five Questions With: John Savournin
Script writer and director John Savournin and composer, lyricist and musical director David Eaton’s Christmas production Odyssey: A Heroic Pantomime – a madcap retelling of one of the oldest and most thrilling journeys ever undertaken – continues at London’s Jermyn Street Theatre until 31 December 2023.
Express G&S – Wilton’s Music Hall
Express G&S continues at Wilton’s Music Hall, London until 18 August 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Express G&S – Pleasance Theatre
Express G&S continues at the Pleasance Theatre, London until 2 July 2021 (Wednesday to Friday) before embarking on a UK tour. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Billed as “When Agatha Christie meets Gilbert and Sullivan”, Express G&S is a new parlour production from Charles Court Opera inspired by the one-act frivolities popular […]
Iolanthe – Maltings Theatre, St Albans
Iolanthe at the Maltings Theatre, St Albans as part of the Roman Theatre Open Air Festival and Touring. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Hats off to the cast for cheerfully continuing on a relentlessly wet night. They stopped ten minutes in so that the stage management team could cover the set and […]
London premiere for Charles Court Opera’s Express G&S
Charles Court Opera has emerged from lockdown with the London premiere of musical murder mystery Express G&S and a UK tour of its acclaimed production of Iolanthe. Described as ‘the masters of G&S in small spaces’, the company will present its new spoof of the classic railway whodunnit at the newly configured, socially distanced Pleasance […]
Reschedued dates announced for the world premiere of Express G&S
Due to the upcoming lockdown Express G&S will now get its rescheduled world premiere at the newly configured, socially distanced Pleasance Theatre from 2-7 February 2021 (press night is 3 February). Award-winning Charles Court Opera (“The masters of G&S in small spaces”) take on the challenge of performing the complete works of Gilbert and Sullivan […]
Hamilton (Lewis): A Musical Parody – King’s Head Theatre, London
Hamilton (Lewis) continues at the King’s Head Theatre, London until 22 September 2018. Star rating: one star ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ Purportedly a pastiche of Broadway and West End smash hit Hamilton, the writers of Hamilton (Lewis) claim that the inspiration for their musical came from people tweeting that they thought Lin-Manuel Miranda’s show […]
Hamilton (Lewis) musical to debut at King’s Head
The other record-breaking Hamilton, world champion racing driver Lewis is the subject of a new musical parody which will debut at London’s King’s Head Theatre in September. Directed Benji Sperring, whose previous work includes hit productions of The Toxic Avenger and Shock Treatment, Hamilton (Lewis) will tell the story of the boy from Stevenage who […]
