Tag Archives | Isaac Hesketh

Live at Lola’s – London Hippodrome

Live at Lola’s – new concert series at the London Hippodrome. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Not every night needs to be an enormous book musical, and this show gets that elusive low pressure fun vibe just right with its blend of art and laughs. A stagey good time is guaranteed.

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My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) is Westway’s first cast album release

The original cast recording of award-winning show My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) will be first original cast release from new London-based musical theatre record label Westway. Due for release on 21 October 2022 as the musical becomes the Turbine Theatre’s first West End transfer when it begins a limited season at […]

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Full cast for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Legally Blonde

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced the full cast for the venue’s upcoming production of Legally Blonde. As previously announced Courtney Bowman (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Six) will star as the irrepressible Elle Woods alongside Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Emmett), Lauren Drew (Brooke), Vanessa Fisher (Vivienne), Isaac Hesketh (Margot), Nadine Higgin (Paulette), Alžbeta Matyšáková (Enid), Eugene […]

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Courtney Bowman to star in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Legally Blonde

Courtney Bowman will play Elle Woods in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s new production of Legally Blonde. The actress who originated the role of Fatimah in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and played Anne Boleyn in Six will reunite with SIX’s co-director and co-writer Lucy Moss who will direct the new production which play Regent’s […]

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Rent – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester

Rent at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester continues to be streamed online on 4, 5 and 6 December 2020; 11, 12 and 13 December 2020; and 18, 19 and 20 December 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ My colleague Nigel Smith reviewed this show when it opened in person at Manchester’s Hope Mill […]

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Rent – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester

Rent at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester (Although Rent has been closed by the national Covid lockdown, it was recorded live and is available as an online streamed performance from 27 November to 20 December 2020). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The creator of Rent, Jonathan Larson, saw parallels between Puccini’s […]

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