The Wind in the Willows was performed as part of Summer Showtime on The Coaling Jetty at the Turbine Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Forget Cool Britannia, how’s about Coal Britannia. The impressive residential and retail total revamp of the fabulous Grade II Battersea PowerStation is now really starting […]
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First look at The Wind in the Willows at the Turbine Theatre
The Turbine Theatre has given theatre-lovers a first glimpse of the upcoming special outdoor version of The Wind in the Willows with the release of photographs of the cast in rehearsal for the production. Due to bring its tales of the riverbank to life from 21-25 July 2021 as part of the Thameside venue’s second […]
Live-stream return for Sasha Regan’s The Pirates Of Penzance
Home-bound theatre-lovers who missed out on the recent streaming of the Palace Theatre debut of Sasha Regan’s award-winning all-male version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance will get another chance to see the hit show this Easter. Recorded live on 13 December 2020, The Pirates of Penzance will return to Stream.Theatre from 29 […]
Sasha Regan’s All Male H.M.S. Pinafore – exclusive images
Originally seen at the Union Theatre in 2009, Sasha Regan’s acclaimed all-male production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance has returned for a 2016 UK tour. Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan has taken these exclusive images. A classic musical comedy of mistaken identity, The Pirates of Penzance follows young Frederic, a child apprenticed to […]
Loserville returns to the Union Theatre in December
Loserville, the musical co-written by Busted star James Bourne and Elliot Davis is returning to London’s Union Theatre this December. In the week it was announced that pop group Busted had re-formed, the 2009 musical based on Welcome to Loserville – the 2005 album by Bourne’s second group Son Of Dork – is revived by director Michael Burgen (Our […]
Our House – Union Theatre
Our House continues at the Union Theatre, London until 12 September. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ One of the best ways of ensuring that a jukebox musical succeeds is a catalogue of songs that are lyrically rich, so that their themes can be woven together into a coherent story. Our House fares better than […]
Madness musical Our House revived at the Union Theatre this month
Madness musical Our House, with a book by Tim Firth, opens at London’s Union Theatre from 19 August to 12 September (press night is 21 August). The production is directed by Michael Burgen, with choreography by William Whelton and musical direction by Richard Baker. The story follows Camden lad Joe Casey who, on the night of his 16th birthday, makes a decision that […]
Loserville revived at the Union Theatre
Elliot Davis and James Bourne’s musical Loserville will be revived at London’s Union Theatre (25 February to 21 March), directed by Michael Burgen and featuring Any Dream Will Do finalist Lewis Bradley (Wicked, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Eddie. It’s 1971. Michael Dork may be a computer geek but he’s invented something that could change the world. He’s also discovered girls: a prospect (almost) as […]
