Follies at the Grand Opera House, Belfast is also performed on 16, 19 and 20 September 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This revival marks 50 odd years since Follies first beguiled an audience and it’s still here.
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Shout! The Mod Musical – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
SHOUT! The Mod Musical continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 20 July 2025. Under Joseph Hodges’ direction and Jay Gardner’s choreography this revival fizzes with energy.
Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage to star in Bonnie and Clyde the Musical
Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage will star as the titular Bonnie and Clyde in the West End premiere of Bonnie and Clyde The Musical, opening at London’s Arts Theatre from 9 April 2022. Following the extraordinary reaction to her performance as Bonnie in Bonnie and Clyde In Concert in January 2022, Olivier-Award nominated […]
Strike Up the Band – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Strike Up the Band continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 31 March 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Barely two months after the excellent in-house production of Nice Work If You Can Get It, Gershwin is already alive again with the sound of his glorious music, as played by […]
Perfectly Ordinary: A New Musical – G Live, Guildford
Perfectly Ordinary: A New Musical at the Bellerby Studio at G Live, Guildford. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Mental health is a topic that affects us all in different ways – whether as patients, family members, friends, carers, or medical professionals. Yet despite its increasing prevalence and prominence in recent years, sadly it […]
9 to 5 The Musical – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
9 to 5 The Musical continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 1 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In the wave of musical adaptations of comedy movies from the last decade, right after Legally Blonde and before Kinky Boots (which also used an original score by a famous pop […]
Interview – actor and singer Harry Kit Lee opens up about his latest solo show
HARRY KIT LEE is an actor and singer who has created So This Is Who I Am, an autobiographical show based on aspects of his life and the songs he has chosen to illustrate it. Michael Darvell wonders if this is a true picture of the performer… Did you start singing from an early age, […]
Upstairs at the Gatehouse production of 9 to 5 – cast details
Casting has been announced for the London Fringe premiere of the Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5 The Musical ahead of its debut at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in late summer. Based on the hit 1980s movie which starred Queen of Country Parton, the show will play the Highgate Village venue from 30 August through […]
Sunday At the Musicals Christmas style – female artists line up to join the cast
A host of female singers are lining up to play two special seasonal versions of the popular Sunday At the Musicals charity concerts in London’s West End next month. Produced by Paul Burton and Paul Burton Productions and directed by Roy Gould, Sunday At the Musicals – Christmas Special at the Phoenix Artist Club on […]
Make It a Double – Tammy Davies and Pippa Winslow – KOMO, Guildford
Make It a Double was performed at KOMO, Guildford. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Taking time out from Bill Kenwright’s UK touring production of The Sound of Music, Tammy Davies and Pippa Winslow brought their two-woman cabaret show to the newly renovated KOMO, a high-end cocktail bar and live music venue in […]
Artists line up to join Scott Evan Davis at The Pheasantry
The line-up for New York-based composer/lyricist Scott Evan Davis’ show at The Pheasantry in London’s Kings Road on Sunday has been revealed. Presented by the UK’s Sunday Show Tunes in collaboration with executive producer Maureen Rejali, the show will feature Davis on piano alongside UK artists Rosemary Ashe, Luke Bayer, Ailsa Davidson, Willy Falk, Ilan […]
Summer At the Musicals to raise funds for Royal Variety charity
A host of female singers are lining up to play a special charity concert in London’s West End on Sunday 28 August. Produced by Paul Burton and Paul Burton Productions and directed by Carole Todd, Summer At the Musicals at the Phoenix Artist Club will raise funds for the Royal Variety Charity (formerly the Entertainment […]
You Give Me Fever – The Phaedra Cabaret at Café Mila, Godalming
You Give Me Fever –The Phaedra Cabaret was performed at Café Mila, Godalming. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Presented by LynchPin Production Theatre Company’s ScripTease, You Give Me Fever – The Phaedra Cabaret is the brainchild of local playwright and director Jack Lynch (himself no stranger to ScripTease events), and performed by singer-actress Pippa […]
The Songs of Maltby and Shire – The Keep, Guildford
The Songs of Maltby and Shire was performed at The Keep, Guildford. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The third of Fasten Your Seatbelt’s evening cabarets was dedicated to the work of lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr and composer David Shire, the songwriting partnership behind the musical revues Starting Here, Starting Now and Closer Than Ever as […]
Cougar the Musical – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Cougar the Musical continues at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry until 6 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Creator Donna Moore was doing stand-up comedy in New York City when she first heard the term ‘Cougar’ used to describe a woman who is dating a younger man, promptly realising that men don’t get given a similarly […]
Cougar the Musical makes UK premiere at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
The UK premiere of Cougar the Musical will take place at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry from Saturday 16 May to Saturday 6 June (press night is 19 May). The show has been described as ‘a hilarious, raunchy and insightful new musical about three women of a certain age saying yes to life and learning that true happiness lies within. Soulful, sassy, poignant […]
The Songs of Kander and Ebb – The Keep, Guildford
The Songs of Kander and Ebb at The Keep, Guildford. Star rating: Four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Fasten Your Seatbelts’ series of cabarets honouring great American musical theatre songwriters continued with a tribute to the work of John Kander and Fred Ebb, whose creative partnership resulted in some 20 shows and a plethora of accolades across […]
The Songs of William Finn – The Keep, Guildford
The Songs of William Finn was presented by Fasten Your Seatbelts at The Keep, Guildford on 5 March. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The opening event in Fasten Your Seatbelts’ new season of musical theatre cabarets was dedicated to award-winning Broadway composer-lyricist William Finn, the creative genius behind shows including The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling […]
Just a Housewife – Guildford and Touring
Just a Housewife was reviewed at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Mill Studio, Guildford. More tour dates and venues are to follow. Just a Housewife sees singer-actress Pippa Winslow and pianist Andrew Hopkins present a collection of show tunes and other popular songs by Maltby and Shire, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Cy Coleman, Rodgers and […]
