Reading Time: 3 minutesTelling the story of the Japanese-Americans forced into internment camps during World War Two, Allegiance’s clever book and exciting, original songs highlight a devastating, true part of history that has been ignored for too long.
Reading Time: 3 minutesJack Bradfield's writing in Alice in Wonderland is excellent, managing to retain the key points of reference from the original whilst adding its own magic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMandela: A New Musical, follows the historical events of Nelson Mandela’s (played by Michael Luwoye) fight for justice and freedom for South Africans oppressed by the apartheid regime.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBaghdaddy is the debut play of Jasmine Naziha Jones, also playing its lead Darlee, with direction from Royal Court stalwart Millie Bhatia. It centres on British-Iraqi Darlee, piecing back fragments of her relationship with her father throughout the lead up to Britain's invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEveryone has heard the song ‘(You make me feel like) A Natural Woman’, but you might not know that it was written by Carole King, along with many other famous hits.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a time when there are many reasons to feel frustrated, lost and despairing, there isn’t a much better remedy than South African Road Trip to provide, as its subtitle reveals, Good Hope.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m not joking – it is imperative that you mime putting down your teacup, tie your imaginary shoelaces, have a think about what rhymes with ‘lackadaisical’ and run, don’t walk, to a world of musical improbability at the Hackney Empire.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Choir of Man started life in at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with its debut performance in 2017. It is now back for 2022, and I absolutely loved it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra returns to the Royal Albert Hall with the sixth instalment of the Harry Potter Film Concert series.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn celebration of 20 years of ZooNation: The Katie Prince Company really over-delivered in this electric energetic display of the best UK ensemble dancers at Sadler’s Wells Theatre!