Reading Time: 2 minutes“A vibrant take on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, brought to life by the National Youth Theatre REP Company for an unforgettable night of comedy” The NYT Rep Company have created an incredibly funny show, displaying the comedy of…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Sophie Duker creates a chatty, engaging, hilarious evening of comedy anddelivers a very funny, relevant show that has the whole audience laughing!” Sophie Duker: the self professed ‘delulu’ main character with potential daddy issues. She runs onto…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis new musical, based on the book of the same name by Kate Pankhurst, tells the story of Jade who gets lost on a school trip to a museum and finds herself in the ‘Gallery of Greatness’ where she meets some fantastically great women, including Rosa Parks, Mary Anning, Jane Austen, and Mary Seacole!
Reading Time: 3 minutesYour Lie In April at The Harold Pinter Theatre is a beautiful new musical adaptation of the Manga by Naoshi Arakawa, telling the story of piano prodigy Kōsei Arima and the arrival of new student and violinist Kaori Miyazono.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSister Act, first performed in the West End in 2009 and based on the 1992 film of the same name, includes a musical score by Alan Menken, with songs such as ‘Raise Your Voice’, ‘Fabulous Baby’, and ‘Spread the Love Around’ raising the roof at the Dominion Theatre.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSwan Lake in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall, choreographed by Derek Deane, involves 60 swans and is divided into four acts. Though initially skeptical at quite this many sections to the performance, they each feel the perfect length, with a short pause following act one and intervals after the second and third acts. As each act concludes the audience is left marveling at the beautiful choreography and phenomenal dancers, but every section is more mesmerising than the last, with new costumes and featured dancers bringing exciting perspectives and storytelling. Performing in the round allows the audience to watch each individual dancer whilst also seeing them flawlessly come together to create an ensemble.
Reading Time: 3 minutesVery few theatre shows are born great, however some do achieve greatness, and I’m sure some do probably have greatness thrust upon them; Twelfth Night at Regent Park’s Open Air Theatre is a great show, set in a stunning venue.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA new musical with music and lyrics by Testament and book by Zodwa Nyoni, Chisholm for President! tells the story of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress in 1968, and to run for nomination of President of the United States in 1972.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf there is one way to watch this record breaking film, that won eleven Oscars including Best Picture and multiple production design awards, it’s like this.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA heartbreaking and equally heartwarming new musical with a fantastic, talented cast Before After is a new musical playing at Southwark Playhouse, telling the story of Ben and Ami, a pair that meet by chance on a…