Reading Time: 2 minutesEve: All About Her, is a one-man show created by and starring Keith Ramsay. This show began life at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, but has now transferred for a limited run at the Soho Theatre in London. The show was heavily acclaimed in Edinburgh and earned Ramsay “The Stage Edinburgh Award for Acting Excellence.” I would have to agree this was a brilliant performance, but the show itself I found incredibly confusing.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMerrily We Roll Along is not an easy show to pull off. The story starts in 1980 and gradually works its way back to 1955, charting a journey from corrupted aspirations back to college optimism. It’s a story about dreams—their allure and their elusiveness, growing up, and how friendships survive. If they do. It’s an ambitious show for the National Youth Music Theatre to attempt; after all, these characters spend most of the time at an age far exceeding that of their actors. And, it’s a Sondheim. Fortunately for us, this production is a sure-fire success.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDo you believe in love at first sight? This question is the headliner of Candy (written by Tim Fraser), which began life as a fifteen minute short at Bunker Theatre in 2018, and over the last five years has been added to and adapted into the full sixty minute one-man show that it is now.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Terrible Show is equal parts burlesque, pantomime and mime – a practically wordless array of absurd, blatantly sexual physical comedy.
Reading Time: 4 minutesI would be remiss to not first cast some light on the incredibly unique journey Death Note has ridden to becoming a musical. In 2003, Death Note, a Japanese manga (comic/graphic novel) series written and illustrated by Tsugumi Obata and Takeshi Obata, respectively, was first published. In 2006, the anime (animation) adaptation first aired in Japan to widespread acclaim. Its popularity was so huge that two live action Japanese films shortly followed. A musical adaptation then premiered in Tokyo in 2015, before touring Japan and opening of a South Korean production. Jumping forward to 2023 we skip over several seasons of the musical in Japan and South Korea, a Netflix live action film and a concert version opening in Russia, and we land in the present day – Death Note: The Musical In Concert opening at the London Palladium.
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ - This show was presented by the Liverpool Empire Youth Theatre, a company which unites local talent with industry professionals to provide real-world experience for those between the ages of 15 and 21
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing Jack, a reluctant Hufflepuff, as he navigates bullies, coming out, love and. keeping more secrets than the Chamber itself, this 75 minute play is an absolute delight. Written by Robert Holtom, and boasting the VAULT Festival Origins Award as well as an OffWestEnd.com short run commendation to its name, it doesn't disappoint.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom the team that brought us Werewolf: Live. I was thrilled to see another 'social board game' live show. The concept: five of your favourite comedians playing the game observed. Boring you think? You'd be wrong. Blood on the Clocktower is a game of murder and mystery, lies and logic, deduction and deception.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSam Lupton is all of us. Looking for a ways to deal with a break up of a relationship, through escape, feelings, blocking, dating and clearing out. Only Sam decided to write his story into an Edinburgh fringe show.
Reading Time: 3 minutesInterview with composer, playwright, choral director and musical theatre educator Spencer Williams, a co-writer of For Tonight. For Tonight will be showing at the Adelphi Theatre for one-night-only, on the 5th September.