Chitty Chitty Bang Bang continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 13 September 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Watermill has continued to set benchmarks for regional theatre and Paul Hart’s production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is no exception.
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Gypsy – The Mill at Sonning
Gypsy continues at The Mill at Sonning until 15 July 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The first thing to say is that this is a rattling good revival of a rattling good musical.
Once – Fairfield Halls, Croydon and Touring
Once plays at Ashcroft Playhouse, Fairfield Halls, Croydon until 11 January 2020 before the tour continues. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Based on John Carney’s film, this show – first staged in 2011 – tells the story of a local musician and a young Czech woman whose paths cross in Dublin. […]
Moonfleet – Salisbury Playhouse
Moonfleet continues at the Salisbury Playhouse until 5 May 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ J Meade Falkner’s novel Moonfleet is ripe for the transition from page to stage. If anything, it’s a more rollicking yarn than Treasure Island. Smugglers, contraband, hidden treasure, creepy crypts, storms at sea, shipwrecks, a youthful […]
Cast revealed for Moonfleet musical at Salisbury Playhouse
Casting has been announced for the premiere of a major new musical based on classic adventure story Moonfleet which is due to open at the Salisbury Playhouse in April. Heading the cast are: Earl Carpenter (Les Misérables; The Phantom of the Opera; Sunset Boulevard) playing Maskew, with Ryan Heenan (Grease, UK tour; Sweeney Todd, Derby […]
Oranges and Elephants – Hoxton Hall
Oranges and Elephants continues at Hoxton Hall, London until 10 February. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The World Premiere of Lil Warren’s Oranges and Elephants which boasts that over 30 women are directly involved in the production, is the impressive launch of Hoxton Hall’s all-female spring season (Female Parts). This actor-musician, […]
Alice in Winterland – Rose Theatre, Kingston
Alice in Winterland continues at the Rose Theatre, Kingston until 7 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ “A work of genius” pronounced my grown-up daughter after the first act of the Rose Theatre’s Christmas show. That might be over-egging it a bit, but it certainly held its predominantly young audience enthralled […]
Can’t Buy Me Love – Salisbury Playhouse
Can’t Buy Me Love continues at The Salberg, Salisbury Playhouse until 16 January 2016. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s a neat idea: start your alternate Christmas entertainment for the grown-ups with a round up of pantomime plots. You thought they were all about men dressed as women and the handsome hero getting […]
