A selection of critics have chosen their ‘show of the year’ although some struggled to pick just one. The shows represent just a small percentage of productions staged this year, but we hope these ‘top picks’ bring back some happy memories.
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INTERVIEW: Composer & musical director Glyn Kerslake brings The Nightmare Before Christmas back to Salisbury Playhouse
Lesley Bates writes: When it comes to Christmas, Salisbury has a special place in GLYN KERSLAKE’s heart. For the past seven years or so, the West End veteran has become a regular fixture at Salisbury Playhouse over the festive season, either as performer or musical director or both, usually for the musically-themed revues offered by […]
The Night Before Christmas – Salisbury Playhouse
The Night Before Christmas continues at the Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse until 30 December 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Pantomime can be a bit loud and scary, not to mention far too long, for tiny tots. When Salisbury Playhouse artistic director Gareth Machin first unwrapped this 55-minute Christmas present for pre-schoolers in the […]
Interview – performer turned composer Glyn Kerslake on his latest show – Little Robin Red Breast at Salisbury Playhouse
You’ll know GLYN KERSLAKE from many beloved cast recordings. He came shooting straight from the hallowed halls of ArtsEd straight to the West End in 1988 in Les Misérables, and has enjoyed a 30-something-year career as a leading man in both town and tour, from Schönberg to Andrew Lloyd Webber to Sondheim and beyond. In […]
Interview – Sophie Evans on her role in The Night Before Christmas at Salisbury Playhouse
SOPHIE EVANS, the Welsh singer who first captivated national TV audiences as a 17-year-old in the star search show Over the Rainbow, has rapidly established herself as a stage and screen rising star. Although she just narrowly missed out on the top spot in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s BBC TV talent search in 2010, the girl […]
