As each year draws to a close, Musical Theatre Review usually pulls together a round-up of all the productions covered that have received four and five star reviews. After such an extraordinary year, during which any production staged has been a triumph over adversity, such an approach seemed inappropriate. Instead, I asked a small group […]
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Performance Preparation Academy – Flashdance The Musical
Flashdance The Musical was performed by third-year students from the Performance Preparation Academy at the Electric Theatre, Guildford. This review refers to the performance on 26 February by the ‘Skin’ cast. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Flashdance The Musical, Tom Hedley, Robbie Roth and Robert Cary’s musical theatre adaptation of Adrian […]
Performance Preparation Academy latest show is Flashdance the Musical
The third-year musical theatre students from Surrey’s Performance Preparation Academy (PPA) will be appearing in Flashdance the Musical at Guildford’s Electric Theatre next month. The production, which will be directed by Christopher Howell, with musical direction by Simon Lambert and choreography by Louise Pieri will play the Electric Theatre from 25-27 February. Based on the […]
Performance Preparation Academy – Bring It On: The Musical
Bring It On: The Musical was performed by Performance Preparation Academy third-year graduates at the Electric Theatre, Guildford. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Nobody is claiming the musical version of the Kirsten Dunst-starring Bring It On movie is great theatre nor is the subject matter, a high-school cheerleading competition in California, particularly attractive to British audiences. But […]
Bring It On: The Musical – PPA presents drama school premiere
Performance Preparation Academy’s third year Musical Theatre Diploma graduates are presenting the critically acclaimed Tony-Award-nominated high-flying drama school premiere of Bring It On: The Musical at The Electric Theatre, Guildford this week, from 5–7 March. Telling the story of a rival high school cheer squad, the musical first burst onto the Off-Broadway stage in 2011, later […]
