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THEATRE REVIEW | Mowtown The Musical – National Tour
★★★ | Mowtown The Musical After borrowing $800 from his family, Berry Gordy bought a small house in suburban Detroit, built a recording studio and laid the foundation for one of the most successful record labels of all time. Boasting Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, The Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, amongst others, Motown […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – National Tour
★★★ | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – National Tour Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s well-loved family musical tells the biblical story of Joseph and his eleven brothers. Joseph is favoured by his father and is given a Technicolor coat, which causes his brothers to become so jealous of his favourable treatment that they take him into […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | On Your Feet – National Tour
★★★ | On Your Feet, Sheffield Tracing her rise from Cuban immigrant to global superstar, On Your Feet tells the story of Gloria Estafan and the Miami Sound Machine. From humble beginnings, the group went on to sell over 100 million records, albeit not without struggling to bring their fusion of Latin beats and Pop […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | We Will Rock You, National Tour
★★★ |We Will Rock You, National Tour Set in a distant, dystopian future where musical instruments and composers are banned, where generic pop music is imposed on the public and rock music is all but unknown, a small group of “Bohemians” struggle to restore the idea of thought, fashion and, most importantly, rock music as […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Rouge, London
★★★ | Rouge The final headline act the 2019 Underbelly Festival Southbank is the Australian circus cabaret act Rouge. The award-winning group is in a long line of acts that have played at the famous Southbank venue, the most memorable of them Little Death Club – a naughty but nice cabaret act from Berlin that tore the […]
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Theatre Review | Annie – National Tour
★★★☆☆ | Annie – National Tour It’s a hard knock life for little orphan Annie. Living in the orphanage which is ruled with an iron fist by the devilish Miss Hannigan, Annie longs for the day when her parents will return to find her.  After escaping from the orphanage and as Christmas approaches, she is […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Calendar Girls The Musical – National Tour
★★★☆☆ | Calendar Girls The Musical When Annie’s husband John dies from leukaemia at an early age, her close friend Chris, suggests that they raise funds though their Women’s Institute group to purchase a comfortable sofa for the visitor’s lounge in the hospital where John was treated. But Chris’ plans are to forego the usual […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | American Idiot – National Tour
★★★☆☆ | American Idiot – National Tour In a post 9/11 America, three friends go their separate ways to try to find both themselves and where they belong in society. Will stays in suburbia to try and make his relationship with his pregnant girlfriend work, Tunny joins the army and Johnny stays in the city […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Saturday Night Fever – National Tour
★★★☆☆ | Saturday Night Fever – National Tour Stuck in a dead end job and in a deadbeat family, Tony Manero escapes the dull routine of his life by gathering the adoration of the crown as he struts his stuff on the dance floors of Brooklyn’s discos. But whilst practising with new dance partner, Stephanie […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Rip It Up, Garrick Theatre, London
★★★ | Rip it Up The 60s are back in the West End, and add a lot of dancing, throw in a few handsome pop stars, and what you have is an evening of very very light theatre. Rip it Up, now playing at the Garrick Theatre, throws into the mix the best songs from […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Moscow City Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty, Sheffield
If you are looking for an accessible, straight forward evening of ballet which showcases the skill and suppleness of these talented individuals, then this may well be the production for you.