A Christmas Carol continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 31 December. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It can feel as if there are as many variant adaptations of Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol as there are of Peter Pan. When it comes to musical versions, many people’s personal favourite […]
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Alan Menken’s A Christmas Carol to play Lost Theatre
The 1994 Broadway musical reworking of Charles Dickens’ timeless A Christmas Carol will be this year’s seasonal offering from Wandsworth’s Lost Theatre. Co-directed by Lost artistic director Mark Magill and Martin John Bristow, with musical direction by Randy Smartnick, A Christmas Carol – The Musical will run from 19-31 December with a press night on 21 December. […]
Princess – Lost Theatre
Princess continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 19 November. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Who has not dreamed of being a princess, in their own fairy story? Well, after watching Stuart Saint’s Princess – The Good Girls Gone Bad, I can imagine there could be a resurgence. Set in an […]
Musical of the Year – Lost Theatre
Musical of the Year continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 29 October. Star rating: three and a half stars It’s 1955 and college sweethearts Rudy Brown and Lizzy Conlon embark on writing the ultimate award-winning musical. So begins a 60-year process of adapting the same musical to the styles of My Fair Lady, West Side […]
Norma Jeane the Musical – Lost Theatre
Norma Jeane the Musical continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 18 June. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was appropriate to have the press night of Norma Jeane the Musical on 1 June, when, had she lived, the legendary Marilyn Monroe would have celebrated her 90th birthday. The Lost Theatre created a fabulous atmospheric welcome […]
Strictly’s Joanne Clifton to star as Marilyn in Norma Jeane the Musical
Strictly Come Dancing professional Joanne Clifton will play Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jeane the Musical which opens at south London’s LOST Theatre at the end of this month. The dancer, who won the BBC TV show’s Christmas Special last year when she partnered Harry Judd, is a ballroom dancing champion whose recent work included the 2015 […]
Fables For a Boy – Lost Theatre
Fables For a Boy continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 24 April. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ With effective publicity designs, a well-written synopsis, an attractive web site and an enticing video taster, this new musical promised to be very interesting. Sadly, the actual production, presented at the Lost Theatre, is […]
Accidents and Emergencies – Lost Theatre
Accidents and Emergencies continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 21 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ From ER to Casualty, the hospital drama has always been a popular source of entertainment on TV, although aside from a few exceptions – Informed Consent at Jermyn Street is the last one this reviewer can remember – the […]
