Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Dirty Dancing is not just a show about a love affair against the odds, or an early 60s period piece. Its continued popularity over the past 31 years is just as much due to tackling issues of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMonday, March 18, 2019
Madagascar the Musical was a perfect family night out, full of fun for the young audience as they tapped, cheered and danced their way through the story, against the backdrop of a damp and d…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, March 15, 2019
9 To 5 is a feel-good show, helmed by powerful performers who allow you to ignore the shortcomings and enjoy it for what it is: a load of female led fun.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, March 14, 2019
This is the second Woman themed West End Live Lounge, but this time, the team have graduated from The Other Palace Studio to the main space as they become bigger and better.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, March 13, 2019
It’s a cult classic, it’s summery fun, it’s the music of ABBA and altogether it’s a great night out. It’s never going to be the most theatrically enthralling or deeply emotive piec…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, March 12, 2019
A saucy, seaside postcard of a show, Benidorm Live is sure to delight fans of the series and newbies alike as they take a carefree, innuendo-filled trip to sunny Spain.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSaturday, March 9, 2019
Waitress is a show that takes you off the beaten track and provides a more intimate, less flashy show compared to those we usually see. This nuanced musical is a sweet treat that will warm y…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, March 7, 2019
This week the 2019 Olivier Awards nominations were announced and Six is up for five. For a show which started as a university project, it’s pretty amazing and inspiring that Six is reachin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, March 6, 2019
Let’s start by saying that Rock of Ages is not a musical masterpiece by any means, but it is a super self-aware, high intensity, fun and crazily well performed show, that’ll definitely h…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMonday, March 4, 2019
There’s no denying that we all love a bit of magic in our lives and the Royal Albert Hall’s Disney’s Broadway Hits provided the perfect sprinkle of fairy dust on a grey Saturday aftern…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSunday, March 3, 2019
Originally directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and performed by LABrynth Theatre Company, Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Olivier-nominated Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, returns to London in a stri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, March 1, 2019
West End Live Lounge is back at The Other Palace on 10 March 2019 for a celebration of WOMEN. The stellar line up of performers will sings songs from powerful ladies, all whilst raising mone…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, February 28, 2019
I am old enough to have seen the original televised play for today of Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party in 1977 and have loved it ever since. Therefore, I was really looking forward to seeing…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMonday, February 18, 2019
One amazing story in Come From Away is that of Nick and Diane Marson who met on a diverted plane and fell unexpectedly in love. Editor, Olivia, got to chat to Nick and Diane about the show a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, February 16, 2019
Peter Pan Goes Wrong is a theatrical disaster panto crammed with slapstick calamities and magic misadventures. The production is framed around the JM Barrie classic and follows the formula t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, February 12, 2019
A Transylvanian delight, Rocky Horror will have you laughing in delight and dancing in your seat from the moment it begins in all its sparkly, transsexual glory.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, February 11, 2019
Offering the right balance of romance, suspense, dance, humour and music, the award-winning musical The Bodyguard gives audiences everything they want wrapped up in a quality-filled ‘nigh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, February 7, 2019
The Avenue Q puppets are back in one of the naughtiest and funniest musicals around, and they will make you laugh, cringe, gasp and howl as they make their way round the UK.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, February 4, 2019
There’s a reason Showstopper! won an Oliver Award; there’s a reason why this show (which on the tin has the potential to be messy) has been running for near enough 12 years without fail,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, January 29, 2019
After releasing their album Vision of You, back in December, Rob Fowler and Sharon Sexton have taken their exploration of the backstories of Falco and Sloane (the pair's characters in Bat Ou…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, January 24, 2019
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is exactly what it says on the tin, a musical that is created new every night by audience input and the amazing, fast-thinking and uber talented cast. Eve…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Based on Doris Betts’ short story The Ugliest Pilgrim, featuring music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley, Violet follows a disfigured woman as she embarks on a Greyhound Bus …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, The Prom provides pure elation mixed with comedy so expertly that you can’t fail to leave with a beaming smile on your face.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTaking the form of a one-woman show which tells the stories of the unheard meetings with famous performers, Songs For Nobodies is a wonderful display of vocal ability and performance from Be…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, January 9, 2019
The wounds are still fresh for Bat Out of Hell fans, who had to wave goodbye to their beloved show at the Dominion Theatre just a few days ago; but the Bat love was still strong as Christina…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, January 5, 2019
Jersey Boys is a perfect night’s entertainment performed by a superbly talented cast which will leave you wanting more.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, January 3, 2019
Jack & The Beanstalk is back is in all its traditional glory in this truly spectacular show that remains as magical as Jack’s famous beans.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, January 2, 2019
Nine Night is a truly fantastic, affecting and entertaining piece of theatre that deserves the space its been given plus more.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, December 31, 2018
This year has been a whirlwind year full of amazing theatre. I was lucky enough to see a total of 150 shows so whittling them down to a top 10 was extremely difficult. Although this list is …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, December 29, 2018
Come From Away, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin before transferring to the West End is a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in a time of need is truly inspirational and this in…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, December 20, 2018
As a perfect alternative to pantomime, this inventive, colourful, entertaining and story-based production of Alice: The Musical will engage the entire family with its well-known and well-lov…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:05AM 
