REVIEW: Top Hat
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis production of Top Hat at The Mill at Sonning directed by Jonathan O’Boyle is perfectly pitched to warm the scroogiest of hearts this Christmas.
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REVIEW: Love Goddess, The Rita Hayworth Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesLove Goddess started as a one-woman show and has clearly achieved some critical acclaim, which isn’t a surprise. The story of Rita Hayworth, or Margarita Carmen Cansino, is a fascinating one—if a little overdone as of late
REVIEW: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
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.
REVIEW: From Here To Eternity
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s 1941, a couple of months before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and G Company are stationed at the Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. It’s no surprise that James Jones’s original 1951 novel, From Here To Eternity, was heavily censored by his publisher - it’s a story about power, masculinity, gay men in the army, sanctioned bullying, and the effects of war.
REVIEW: An Improbable Musical
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.
REVIEW: Strictly Ballroom
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Strictly Ballroom’ follows the story of Scott, an accomplished ballroom dancer, Fran, a beginner ballroom dancer, their contrasting families, and a struggle to break free from expectations and pressure.
REVIEW: The Choir of Man
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.
REVIEW: Saturday Night Fever (on tour)
Reading Time: 3 minutesComing straight from the West End, Bill Kenwright’s production of Saturday Night Fever sets off on tour this September and we caught it at the Oxford Playhouse.
REVIEW: Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince in Concert
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.
REVIEW: Bat Out of Hell
Reading Time: 2 minutesBat Out of Hell tours the UK - we caught it at the Liverpool Empire and provided our thoughts in a review.