Bugsy Malone continues at Alexandra Palace, London until 15 January 2023 and then tours until 19 February 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
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Twelfth Night – Young Vic
Twelfth Night continues at the Young Vic Theatre, London until 17 November 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Shakespeare has never been so accessible. This sparkling revamp of Twelfth Night fizzes away like a Berocca and injects vitality and much-needed zazz into the Bard’s ridiculous tale of gender-swapping, mistaken identity, and social […]
Bugsy Malone – Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Bugsy Malone continues at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London until 4 September. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ When it was revealed that Bugsy Malone was going to be the show to reopen the newly redeveloped Lyric Hammersmith in 2015, it sounded like an ambitious project, not least because the creative powers-that-be were committed to […]
Lyric Hammersmith brings Bugsy Malone back in June 2016
The Lyric Hammersmith’s critically acclaimed production of Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone, with music and lyrics by Paul Williams and directed by Sean Holmes, will return to the Lyric for a 12-week run, opening on Friday 24 June 2016, with previews from Saturday 11 June. Bugsy Malone re-opened the Lyric Hammersmith in April 2015 following a […]
Bugsy Malone – Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Bugsy Malone continues at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London until 1 August. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Alan Parker’s 1976 movie musical Bugsy Malone remains a favourite from my childhood, so I have to admit to some apprehension when I heard it was being brought to life on the London stage. The original concept required […]
Bugsy Malone first production when Lyric Hammersmith reopens in 2015
In April 2015, Alan Parker and Paul Williams’ world famous stage musical Bugsy Malone, based on his acclaimed film, will reopen the Lyric Hammersmith following a multi-million pound redevelopment (previewing from 11 April). The Lyric’s artistic director Sean Holmes and choreographer Drew McOnie will bring to life the UK’s first professional stage production of Bugsy Malone in over […]
Happy Days – Brighton and Touring
Happy Days was reviewed at the Theatre Royal, Brighton and continues touring until 5 July. Do not be alarmed, dear reader. This is not a musical version of Samuel Beckett’s play of the same name. It is in fact a staged version of the US TV sitcom, which ran for ten ears, depicting small town life […]
Happy Days – A New Musical opens this week
This Tuesday (7 January), Musical Theatre Review has been invited to an exclusive cast performance of three tracks from Happy Days – A New Musical (‘Run’, ‘Message in the Music’, and the feel-good title song ‘Happy Days’) at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. Happy Days – A New Musical, written by Garry Marshall with music by Paul […]
