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FIRST LOOK: The Braille Legacy at Charing Cross Theatre

Douglas Mayo21st April 2017 Features, Gallery, West End

The Braille Legacy at Charing Cross Theatre

“The Braille Legacy” is the story of a revolution and an heroic fight for independence, with the themes of difference, freedom, hope and love and the triumph of human values over adversity. This new musical is now enjoying its world premiere at London’s Charing Cross Theatre and we are pleased to bring you these great production images by Scott Rylander. In Paris in the 19th century, blind people were victims of profound discrimination. Louis Braille, a bright young mind with a mad dream, arrives at the Royal Institute of Blind Youth, searching for the same chance as everyone else: to be free and independent. But he soon discovers that people and things aren’t always what they first seem. By sheer determination and courage he stumbles upon something revolutionary: a simple idea, a genius invention, a legacy. Two hundred years ago, Louis Braille changed the world by inventing the tactile system … Read more

REVIEW: The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭

Danny Coleman-Cooke17th August 201721st April 2017 Reviews, West End

A combination of bad casting and lacklustre directing from Simon Callow leads to an ultimately disappointing evening; the greatest act of philanthropy would be to scrap it and start again.

First productions announced for Bridge Theatre

Mark Ludmon20th April 2017 News, West End

Ben Whishaw, Simon Russell Beale, Rory Kinnear and David Morrissey are among stars lined up for the first productions at the new Bridge Theatre opening in London in October. For the new venue by Tower Bridge, London Theatre Company (LTC) founders Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr have secured new plays by leading playwrights including Lucinda Coxon, Lucy Prebble, Sam Holcroft and Nina Raine. The theatre will open with a new comedy by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, Young Marx, directed by Hytner, with Kinnear in the title role plus Oliver Chris as Engels. Depicting a young Karl Marx in Soho in 1850, it reunites the creative team behind smash hit One Man, Two Guvnors. Design will be by Mark Thompson, music by Grant Olding, lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Paul Arditti. With previews from October 18, it will open October 26 and run to December 31. In line … Read more

Clary, Havers And Zerdin Return For Palladium Panto 2017

Douglas Mayo20th April 2017 News, West End

Book now for Dick Whittington at the London Palladium

Qdos Entertainment have announced that Following the success of Cinderella last year, Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin and Nigel Havers will return for their production of Dick Whittington which will play at the London Palladium from 9 December 2017 to 14 January 2018. For Dick Whittington Julian Clary will play Spirit Of The Bells, Paul Zerdin will play Idle Jack and Nigel Havers will return to play Captain Nigel. Dick Whittington is being produced by Nick Thomas and Michael Harrison (who will also direct the show) for Qdos Entertainment, the team behind last year’s twice Olivier-nominated production of Cinderella at the London Palladium. Cinderella broke box office records for the highest grossing week in West End theatre history. As the world’s biggest pantomime producer, over the past 35 years Qdos Entertainment has established itself as one of the largest entertainment companies in Europe. Over the past three decades the pantomime giant … Read more

REVIEW: Whisper House, The Other Palace ✭✭✭

Julian Eaves11th May 201719th April 2017 Reviews, West End

Overall, Whisper House is an interesting experiment, a novel departure from the ‘norms’ of musical theatre. If it doesn’t quite fulfill its ambitions, well, that’s not the worse thing in the world, is it?

FIRST LOOK: The Whisper House at The Other Palace

Douglas Mayo11th May 201718th April 2017 Features, Gallery, West End

The Whisper House is a dark and thrilling musical ghost story which opens tonight at The Other Palace in London from the Tony Award-winning composer of Spring Awakening and American Psycho. An eerie lighthouse stands on the remote East Coast of America at the height of World War II. When Christopher’s father’s plane is shot down, he is sent to live with his Aunt Lily and her mysterious Japanese housekeeper. It isn’t long before he starts to hear strange music seeping through the walls… but is his imagination getting the better of him, or are the ghosts warning of real danger? Soon the whispers become something louder. Starring Simon Bailey, Nicholas Goh, Simon Lipkin, Niamh Perry, Dianne Pilkington and a seven-piece on-stage band, Whisper House combines a thrillingly original rock score with an unforgettable story about learning to embrace the unknown. Music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening, American … Read more

REVIEW: After You, Crazy Coqs at Cafe Zedel ✭✭✭

Julian Eaves19th April 201718th April 2017 Reviews, West End

There is a simplicity to the characters which is artless and appealing in its own way, but it also makes them rather thinly drawn, and even over the course of an hour, we find ourselves asking rather more questions about them than we find answered.

REVIEW: Shit-Faced Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Leicester Square Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Alexa Terry23rd April 201717th April 2017 Reviews, West End

Shit-Faced Shakespeare, with the essence of the rustic fringe festival at its heart, is a welcoming night of inebriated indecency which unshackles you from reality.