Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize 2020 – a virtual concert streamed online via YouTube. While the annual Sondheim Student Performer of the Year contest fell victim to Covid-19, the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize which has run alongside it since 2008 was happily saved with the bonus of top musical theatre […]
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All-star line-up for Stiles and Drewe Prize online concert
A host of West End stars have been enlisted to perform the shortlist of 15 compositions in the running for the 2020 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize in a virtual concert to be streamed online next Sunday (5 July 2020). With musical direction by Steve Ridley, the songs will be performed by: Allyson […]
CD Review – Comrade Rockstar – Studio Cast
COMRADE ROCKSTAR – Studio Cast (SimG Records – SimGR-CD033) Comrade Rockstar is the latest offering from SimG Records. Written by Julian Woolford and Richard John, this is a musical based on the life of Dean Reed – known in the 1980s as the Soviet Elvis. I was a little wary at first because I am […]
Miss Atomic Bomb – St James Theatre
Miss Atomic Bomb continues at St James Theatre, London until 9 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Hurrah! A new British musical and one that is original. It’s not been adapted from a classic novel nor does it rely on music hall knees-ups. Its originality derives from the British sense of […]
Comrade Rockstar – Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford
Comrade Rockstar was performed in concert at the Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Having previously been workshopped at drama schools across the UK across a period of some ten years, the complete performance in concert of Julian Woolford and Richard John’s Comrade Rockstar at the Ivy Arts Centre, […]
