REVIEW: It Happened In Key West, Charing Cross Theatre ✭
Julian Eaves reviews new musical It Happened In Key West by Jill Santoriello and Jason Huza now playing at the Charing Cross Theatre.
Julian Eaves reviews new musical It Happened In Key West by Jill Santoriello and Jason Huza now playing at the Charing Cross Theatre.
There´s enough to enjoy here to merit the price of the ticket. So, go on, you deserve it. Indulge yourself!
Producers have announced the new cast for the West End transfer of acclaimed musical The Toxic Avenger. The acclaimed musical which played a sell-out season at the Southwark Playhouse will get its Scottish premiere with a run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before transferring to the Arts Theatre in London for a limited ten week run. Joining Mark Anderson, who returns after starring to great acclaim as Melvin/Toxie in the original London production, are: Natalie Hope, Emma Salvo, Oscar Conlon-Morrey and Ché Francis with Peter Bindloss and Sophia Lewis as swings/understudies. The hysterical cult musical is based on Lloyd Kaufman’s 1984 cult comedy schlock-horror Troma film The Toxic Avenger. The Toxic Avenger The Musical tells the story of the citizens of Tromaville who are crying out for a hero. Enter nerdy Melvin Ferd the Third, an aspiring earth scientist, determined to clean up the state’s major toxic waste problem. When … Read more
While the musical inevitably simplifies complex issues, it seamlessly integrates some of the debate about Britain’s attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers. With these issues as relevant today as they were when the show premiered in 2012, Glasgow Girls is a powerful, compelling plea for seeing refugees as people rather than just faceless statistics.