Who Let the Gods Out continues at the Polka Theatre, London until 22 March 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ A distinctively homegrown quirky humour is at the forefront of this musical stage adaptation.
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The Fabulist Fox Sister – Crazy Coqs
The Fabulist Fox Sister was performed at Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
London Easter dates announced for Oi Frogs & Friends
Olivier nominated family show Oi Frog & Friends! will return to London to play artsdepot in North Finchley this Easter. Currently touring the UK, the show which previously played a critically acclaimed West End festive season run in 2019/2020 will be back in the capital from 12-16 April. Presented by Kenny Wax Family Entertainment and […]
Hit family show Oi Frog & Friends to tour UK
Olivier-nominated family show Oi Frog & Friends! will follow its festive run in Cardiff with an extensive UK tour in 2022. Presented by Kenny Wax Family Entertainment, the stage musical inspired by Kes Gray and Jim Field’s bestselling and award-winning series of picture books Oi Frog! Oi Dog! Oi Cat! and Oi Duck-Billed Platypus! will […]
The Sorrows of Satan – Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire
The Sorrows of Satan, a musical play is streaming until 9 May 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This glossy production, filmed in the grandeur of the ballroom at that stately Hertfordshire pile Brocket Hall, is a streamed version of a show that premiered at the cosy off-West End Tristran Bates […]
Luke Bateman, Michael Conley, Stefan Bednarczyk and Molly Lynch star in streaming premiere of The Sorrows of Satan
Luke Bateman, Michael Conley, Stefan Bednarczyk and Molly Lynch will star in the streaming premiere of ‘A hell of a comedy about a devil of a musical’, The Sorrows of Satan, a musical play by Luke Bateman and Michael Conley, directed by Adam Lenson. Streaming from 5-8 May 2021 and then on-demand from 9-31 May, The Sorrows […]
The Fabulist Fox Sister – Southwark Playhouse
The Fabulist Fox Sister – A Musical Lie continues via live-stream from Southwark Playhouse, London until 12 December 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Fox Sister in question is Kate, who with her sisters Maggie and Leah pioneered seances in the 19th century. Basically it seems they were making it all up […]
Three new musicals to be livestreamed from Southwark Playhouse
In December The Little theatre space at Southwark Playhouse will stop becoming a bar and host a mini-season of three musical live streams: The Fabulist Fox Sister on 4 and 5 December 2020, Public Domain on 11 and 12 December and Stay Awake, Jake on 18 and 19 December. All tickets for the livestreams are […]
Oi Frog & Friends! – Lyric Theatre
Oi Frog & Friends! continues at the Lyric Theatre, London until 5 January 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
H.R. Haitch – Union Theatre
H.R. Haitch continues at the Union Theatre, London until 2 June 2018. Star rating: four stars ★★★★✩ As the nation gears up for the pomp and circumstance surrounding the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, another very different Royal wedding is taking place nightly in Southwark. In Maz Evans and Luke Bateman’s comedy H. R. Haitch, […]
The Other Palace’s The Little Beasts – cast announced
Casting has been announced for the work-in-progress presentation of brand new family musical The Little Beasts at The Other Palace this summer. Promising magical and innovative puppetry, the Perfect Pitch and Global Musicals presentation features music by Luke Bateman and a book and lyrics by Michael Conley and is aimed at children aged seven and […]
The Sorrows of Satan – Tristan Bates Theatre
The Sorrows of Satan continues at the Tristan Bates Theatre, London until 25 March. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The souls of Luke Bateman and Michael Conley were bared at the preview of their brand new musical, The Sorrows of Satan at the Tristan Bates Theatre. I am happy to report that […]
Mr Popper’s Penguins – artsdepot and Touring
Mr Popper’s Penguins was reviewed at the artsdepot, London. Its tour continues at the Festival Theatre, Chichester (until 11 December) before a Christmas season at the Criterion Theatre in the West End from 15-31 December. Star rating: four stars:★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Christmas season is well and truly upon us with ten delightful […]
Interview – Roxanne Palmer shares the magic of Mr Popper’s Penguins
Having just enjoyed a Christmas season at the Lowry Salford, the world premiere of brand new family musical Mr Popper’s Penguins, directed by Emma Earle, completes its tour of the country with a run at Rose Theatre Kingston from Thursday 14 January to Sunday 17 January. Painter and decorator by day, Mr Popper dreams of Antarctic adventures. He is astounded when one day […]
Mr Popper’s Penguins – Lowry, Salford
Mr Popper’s Penguins continues at the Lowry, Salford until 10 January 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ With so many children’s shows tilling the same well-furrowed ground, it is a real pleasure to come across a brand new family musical that goes slightly further afield for its source material. Written in 1938 by husband […]
New family musical Mr Popper’s Penguins set to tour the country
The world premiere of brand new family musical Mr Popper’s Penguins is set to tour the country from November 2015 to January 2016. Mr Popper and his Penguins will be hopping off to various locations, opening at the Theatre Royal Brighton on Thursday 26 November. The tour continues on to Malvern Theatre and London’s Cadogan Hall before settling in at the Lowry Salford for a Christmas […]
Under Construction – St James Studio
Under Construction, a showcase featuring three new musicals, was performed at St James Studio, London. Star rating: 2 stars ★ ★ The three musicals are: The Sorrows of Satan Authors: Luke Bateman and Michael Conley; director: Adam Lenson; musical director: Freddie Tapner. Cast: Oliver Hembrough, Paul Keating, Samantha Hull and Freddie Tapner. One Way Ticket Authors: Daniel Sturman and RC Staab; director: Luke Fredericks; musical director: Nathan Jarvis. […]
New musical theatre writing showcased in Under Construction at St James Theatre
Three new musicals will benefit from a week of development workshops, culminating in a public showcase at the St James Studio on 27 March 2015, thanks to FTG Productions’ initiative Under Construction. Fisher Taylor-Gaunt Productions sent out a call for submissions last year to musical theatre writers up and down the country. They received more than […]
