Monday, January 23, 2023
The best advice I can give you for Cirque Du Soleil’s Kurios is, leave all sense of reality, understanding and logical explanation at the entrance of the Royal Albert Hall, for this visual…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, January 15, 2023
I kicked my theatre year off with a press/media night for the sensational Six The Musical. It’s been 18 months since I last experienced this rapid history lesson of Henry VIII’s wives an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, July 1, 2019
On Your Feet! isn’t perfect and isn’t up there with band bios like Jersey Boys or Sunny Afternoon but ultimately resistance is futile because the rhythm is gonna get you.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, May 24, 2019
Despite the best efforts of Kelsey Grammer in the lead role, this leaden and often down right confusing revival of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum is unlikely to give the show new im…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, May 16, 2019
If you have an opportunity to catch Rob Lamberti in action do so, his performance is truly outstanding and a fitting tribute to the legend that was George Michael.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, March 25, 2019
My regular readers will know that I’m a huge fan of the West End show Jersey Boys. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen it, but I know it’s in triple figures. This week m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, March 18, 2019
9 To 5 the Musical is based on 20th Century Fox’s picture and was originally produced on Broadway by Robert Greenblatt in April 2009. It’s written by Patricia Resnik, with music and lyri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, March 12, 2019
A brief but hugely memorable history lesson awaits you at the Arts Theatre. Sexy, sassy, sensational, seductive, stunning and superb, are just Six ways that you can describe this show and it…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, March 5, 2019
I would encourage you and a group of friends to book yourself an experience of The Grand Expedition – you won’t regret it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, February 8, 2019
If you missed the phenomenon of Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel in 2015, you now have the perfect opportunity to jump on the band wagon with this new thrilling play adaptation of The Gir…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, February 1, 2019
David Bintley, artistic director since 1995, who is sadly retiring from the Birmingham Royal Ballet this summer choreographed this production of Beauty & the Beast, first staged in 2003.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, January 28, 2019
My advice is if you like Green Day don’t you be an idiot, book now to see this production of American Idiot before it’s too late.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:02AMSunday, January 27, 2019
There are now a few reviews of Thriller Live on my website and all are unanimous – this is an entertaining extravaganza that any Michael Jackson fan would be mad to miss seeing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, November 20, 2018
Using state of the art video projection, contemporary newsreel footage, TV commercials, incredible concert-style lighting and a full live brass ensemble The Simon & Garfunkel Story is a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, November 8, 2018
Award-winning ITV comedy show’s series creator and writer Derren Litten is bringing Benidorm’s signature sunshine and shenanigans to theatres across the UK and Ireland.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, November 1, 2018
Soldier On reminds us that, whilst the memory of those conflicts has faded from the front pages, the price is still being paid, the grief and horror of what occurred made new and raw every d…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, October 28, 2018
The Full Monty heads to Southampton from 11 to 16 February next year. Recently I caught up with the cast, including star Gary Lucy, and director Rupert Hill and we had a chat.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, October 26, 2018
Where to start on something that is so perfect that it defies belief, for, Company is the very definition of perfection in my opinion. From the opening to the closing moment time just flashe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, October 25, 2018
David Walliams has an incredible talent of telling stories of normal, everyday children who achieve remarkable things in the face of adversity, with a fair amount of gross humour and giggles…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, October 22, 2018
It’s pantomime time at the Mayflower Southampton and some of the best-seasoned pantomime performers in the UK are within the stellar cast of Dick Whittington including Joe McElderry, Bobby…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, October 19, 2018
The Trench, conceived, written, co-directed and performed by Oliver Lansley and his lively company, Les Enfants Terribles, was inspired by the story of Sapper William Hackett, the only tunne…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, October 9, 2018
The newly refurbished Mayflower theatre deserved a blockbuster of a show to be its first big three-week resident and who better to fly in than the cast of Wicked.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, October 8, 2018
I feel sorry that this production of Camelot was for one night only but what a pleasure and a privilege it was to be in the audience for this great occasion.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, October 1, 2018
42nd Street, made famous by the 1933 film, is based on the 1932 novel by Bradford Ropes. This glitzy, glamorous revival is set to make your heart soar, and have you tap dancing down the step…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, September 29, 2018
The Pomegranate Theatre in Chesterfield is a gem of the East Midlands theatre scene. It may be compact, but it’s perfectly formed, and the same could be said of Theatre6 and Catherine Schr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, September 17, 2018
Flowers for Mrs Harris is one of the most heartwarming shows I have ever seen and a return to the great British musical. The audible gasps, from the audience, at certain parts a testament to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSaturday, September 15, 2018
The hype for Heathers The Musical is real, awards need to be nominated for and won. High School will never be the same again, it’s just ‘So Very’.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, September 14, 2018
Sometimes you know that a particular show or indeed performance will not only be special, but also remain with you for a long time to come. The Thriller Live 4,000th Charity Gala Performance…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, September 10, 2018
From the moment a smock-dressed lady ambles on stage, the cramped space in South London erupts into a burst of foot-tapping tunes. Unexpected Joy boasts a rousing chorus of tunes and some im…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, September 9, 2018
Eugenius! really is an extravaganza showcase for the completely nonsensical musical. It’s cheesy, baffling and a visual delight all in one.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, September 4, 2018
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss have created something truly special here in Six – a complete one of a kind, act of genius. Who knew history could be so entertaining? Seeing is believing though,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM 
