REVIEW: The Rubenstein Kiss, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
Sophie Adnitt reviews The Rubenstein Kiss now playing at Southwark Playhouse.
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REVIEW: Girlfriends, Bishopsgate Institute ✭✭✭✭
Julian Eaves reviews Howard Goodall’s musical Girlfriends performed by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra at the Bishopsgate Institute.
REVIEW: Bananaman, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭
The kids will be somewhat amused by it, and you may enjoy the quips, but Bananaman probably won’t be a holiday show to remember for long.
REVIEW: A Christmas Carol, Lyceum Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
A Christmas Carol London Musical Theatre Orchestra Lyceum Theatre, 11th December 2017 5 Stars Book Tickets Seeing this sprawling, grand, majestic musical entertainment again in the once splendid surroundings of Bertie Crewe’s opulently spacious rococo interior (behind Beazley’s proudly neo-classical facade), with the full resources of the LMTO massed on stage, complete with a chorus and a line up of superb soloists, all in evening dress, flanked by a brace of sparkling Christmas trees, and beneath the trademark red banners of this specialist orchestra, in this melodramatic, sentimental story of vice and redemption, it is easy to think that there is rather more of nineteenth century French grande-opera about it than the conventional trappings and concerns of Broadway showbiz. Hearing Alan Menken’s stunning score, given lush and vivid life in Michael Starobin’s gorgeous orchestrations, it is easy to imagine oneself back in the world of Meyerbeer, Gounod and Berlioz, where … Read more
REVIEW: Daisy Pulls It Off, Park Theatre ✭✭✭✭
While it may poke fun at these values, Daisy Pulls It Off at the Park Theatre doesn’t pretend to be anything other than a lot of jolly good fun.
REVIEW: Sunday In The Park With George, The Other Palace ✭✭✭✭✭
For those who didn’t see Sunday In The Park With George, then all I can say is, please – if you can – try and find time to see the productions of this astonishing young company. Your life will not be the same again.
REVIEW: Honeymoon In Vegas In Concert, London Palladium ✭✭✭✭
Right from the first notes of the thrilling overture, this was going to be a night no one present would ever forget.
A Princess Undone Tour
Stephanie Beacham is to play HRH Princess Margaret in the world premiere of A Princess Undone, a new play by Richard Stirling. Kensington Palace, 1993. She was the Diana of her day. That day has gone. But HRH The Princess Margaret, the most glamorous figure of her generation, has a final chance to be of service. While the Royal Family is at Balmoral, she removes several bags of correspondence from the Queen Mother’s home, including potentially sensational letters from Prince Charles – and Diana, Princess of Wales. She means to burn them all. But there are other papers. Some of them relate to Margaret herself, and a scandal as dangerous as anything since. When an ex-gangster arrives to bring her even closer to her past, the Queen’s sister has the choice to make or break her family yet again. Inspired by actual events, A Princess Undone, by Richard Stirling, which … Read more
