Pageant continues at the London Irish Centre until 26 August. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ Back in 1991, when Pageant opened Off-Broadway, the concept of a beauty pageant populated by drag queens may have seemed novel. That novelty may also have sustained it into its 2000 run at the Vaudeville Theatre, […]
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Pageant musical to play Camden Fringe
Musical writer and director Bill Russell’s comic vision of the world of beauty contests, Pageant, will return to the UK this summer with one run in London and another in Poole. The brand new production of the show, which will also be directed by Russell (Side Show, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens), will […]
Big Shot – London Irish Centre
Big Shot at the London Irish Centre as part of the Camden Fringe 2016. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ In a theatrical age of jukebox, revival and adaptation, it’s always a relief to see original musicals being developed, and the prospect of an internationally award-winning premiere of Lauryn Gaffney’s Irish musical Big Shot arriving in the capital is an exciting […]
