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Bonnie Langford: Fifty Years On Stage – live-streamed from Crazy Coqs
Bonnie Langford: Fifty Years On Stage – live-streamed from Crazy Coqs, London (repeated at 6.30pm and 8.30pm on 17 December 2020). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ From the almost unbearably cute six-year-old who won TV talent show Opportunity Knocks to her multiple stage successes and TV soap fame, there hasn’t been much in […]
Book Review: Life Drawing – A Life Under Lights – Jessica Martin
LIFE DRAWING – A LIFE UNDER LIGHTS – Jessica Martin (UNBOUND Books – ISBN: 978-1-78352-758-8) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have just read a graphic novel which has been a delight from beginning to end, an autobiographical story presented in comic-strip format and published as a book. Jessica Martin is well-known […]
‘There are some amazing writers out there creating amazing work’: Theatrical Rights Worldwide’s Drew Baker on the British Musicals Collection
Thank you, Musical Theatre Review for sending me to the airiest, coolest, calmest spot in central London on one of the hottest days of the year, writes Susan Elkin. I’m in the Theatrical Rights Worldwide office with a pigeon’s eye view of Regent’s Street five floors below, lots of white paint, theatre posters and an atmosphere […]
Spamalot – Bridlington Spa and Touring
Spamalot continues at Bridlington Spa until 23 September and then tours until 7 April 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The performance of the current Spamalot tour I attended didn’t start off well. A 15-minute delay to curtain up – possibly caused by technical difficulties backstage – was accompanied by irritating […]
Spamalot to begin UK tour in Blackpool
The Knights of the Round Table will be galloping into towns across the UK this autumn when a major new production of Spamalot hits the road following its critically acclaimed run at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre. Presented by Selladoor Productions and the Mercury Theatre, the latest version of the award-winning musical will open at Blackpool Opera […]
Spamalot – New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham and Touring
Spamalot continues at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham until 7 February and then tours until 20 June 2015. Star rating: 5 stars ***** Monty Python’s Spamalot is the ultimate musical aimed to take the Mickey out of itself and all musicals before it. Billed as ‘lovingly ripped off’ from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it […]
Musical Theatre 2015 Preview – all you need to know
You can’t get more comprehensive than this, here’s a preview of all the 2015 musical theatre openings we know about so far in the West End, on the London Fringe and across the UK. JANUARY: Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Playhouse, London The UK premiere of David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane’s […]
Interview – Todd Carty dusts down his coconuts for the Spamalot tour
Lisa Martland writes… In a few weeks time, when the post-Christmas blues are kicking in, there will be an antidote in the shape of Monty Python’s Spamalot which is galloping back out on tour from January 2015, bringing the recent London production directed by Christopher Luscombe to theatres across the UK. Dusting off his coconuts and […]
Jodie Prenger joins Spamalot for last two weeks of London run
Monty Python’s Spamalot ends its current run at the Playhouse Theatre on 12 April after two years in the West End, with actress and singer Jodie Prenger reprising her role of The Lady of The Lake for the final two weeks. Having previously played the role in 2010 during the Spamalot UK tour, Prenger is […]
West End Heroes – Dominion Theatre
Performed at the Dominion Theatre, London. An idea two years in the making, West End Heroes combined a variety of West End performers with singers and musicians from the Armed Forces for a unique evening in aid of the charity Help for Heroes, hosted by Brian Conley. The military services contain a number of regular musical troupes. […]
