THE PLEASURE GARDEN – Original London Cast (Jay Records CDJAY 1467). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The latest piece from the ever-productive Glenn Chandler continues with a theme often at the heart of the Scots playwright’s work, that of the gay community and its machinations.
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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 […]
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, […]
