Rotterdam Transfers To Trafalgar Studios
Jon Brittain’s play Rotterdam will transfer from Theatre503 to Trafalgar Studios for a limited season from 26 July to 27 August 2016.
LGBT
REVIEW: Something Something Lazarus, King’s Head Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Something Something Lazarus is something unusual, something unique, and bodes well for the future of musical theatre in the UK.
REVIEW: Bad Girls, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Not knowing the musical I went in expecting a camp night at the theatre, but what I got was a show full of memorable characters with some great music and real heart.
REVIEW: Alright Bitches!, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭
Director Andrew Beckett keeps the pace lively and ultimately makes Alright Bitches!, a sunny antidote to the bleak winter here in the UK.
REVIEW: RoosevElvis, Royal Court ✭✭✭✭
Despite its visual confusion at the outset, this is an extremely watchable piece of theatre. It is a must see this Autumn.
REVIEW: Encounter, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭✭
Evocations of famous films can tip over into parody or unintended comedy very easily but thanks to the skill of the writing and the carefully graded, fully inhabited acting, this production is a triumph on all fronts and deserves a very successful run.
REVIEW: Rent Boy The Musical, Above The Stag ✭✭✭
The star of the show, in truth, is Carole Todd’s spirited, cheeky, and knowing choreography, which brings out the very best in the cast and masterfully establishes high readings on the happy barometer of the mood in the auditorium. The cast might not be real hookers, but they are all good hoofers.
LGBT Musical Facing East Gets Charity Staging
New musical Facing East will be presented in concert at the Lyric Shaftesbury Avenue in a concert version in aid of Pride In London and Stonewall. The event will be hosted by the Wicked and Ab Fab regular Harriet Thorpe, and will feature Rebecca Lock, Alasdair Harvey, Peter DiCesare and Michael Vinsen Based on Carol Lynn Pearson’s stirring play, Facing East is a new and intimate musical by David Rigano and Mark-Eugene Garcia. The musical follows an upstanding American Mormon couple who unexpectedly meet their gay son’s partner whilst dealing with his death. When they’re forced to face a reality long ignored, they must balance their beliefs with their emotions and make peace with this stranger in order to make peace with their loss. Now making its UK premiere for one night only at the Lyric Theatre, this is one of the first opportunities to hear the soaring new score … Read more
