Sunday, December 10, 2017
Yesterday evening I hot-footed it from the Charing Cross theatre seeing Marisha Wallace's Soul Holiday concert, to the Spiegeltent in Leicester Square to see Velma Celli in concert and it wa…
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Whilst it's still entertaining, the Aldwych is not the perfect venue to showcase La Soiree. Being too close to the front or too far back means you miss a lot of the action.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, December 5, 2017
Continuing her conquest of the West End theatre scene, Marisha recently released a Christmas album, Soul Holiday, full of festive treats to get us all in the Christmas spirit, and on Sunday,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, December 4, 2017
Christmas is approaching so spirits are high but as the days get colder we and darker we tend to crave the optimistic escape that theatre provides. Ordinary Days is just what we need - reali…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSaturday, December 2, 2017
Wasting no time in getting started, the Carole King musical opened with the protagonist (played by the talented Bronté Barbé) sitting behind a grand piano at the Carnegie Hall concert, a h…
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Adapted from the 1947 Lux Radio Broadcast, this production, directed by Guy Retallack, is staged as a live radio broadcast which is extremely interesting to watch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, November 25, 2017
The undoubted star was Diana Vickers, as Kat from the mobile phone generation, who brought a nice balance of humour and great vocals to the show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMThursday, November 23, 2017
The staging and costumes are stunning, with the colours and fabrics perfectly reflecting the magical dwellers of the sea and the hard solid land. Absolutely transporting the audience to the …
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Based on real life events, it tells the story of 16-year-old Jamie New, who's dreams are a little different to his classmates. Chronicling the struggles of growing up, issues with family and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30PMMonday, November 20, 2017
You don’t have to be an ABBA fan to get caught up in this wonderful show. Full credit to the talented performers who, with boundless energy, dance and sing their way through the show, givi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, November 19, 2017
Rachel Tucker is a masterful performer, both in terms of her faultless vocals and her ability to embody and live every song she sings.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSaturday, November 18, 2017
With the two headliners of this show – Will Young and Louise Redknapp - being bona-fide British primetime celebrities and regular tabloid fodder, its no wonder that Edinburgh turned out in…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThursday, November 16, 2017
The National Theatre's current production of Saint George and the Dragon is a modern and ambitious twist on the traditional folk tale of Saint George the dragon-slayer. Described as "a folk …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTiger Bay is a prime example of ‘deeds not words’. I am a Cardiff girl myself so to be able to return to my home City and watch the most beautifully portrayed musical, about the history …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, November 14, 2017
Opera: Passion, Power and Politics is a vast and exhilarating exhibition which explores the complex and beautiful history of opera as well as its power to affect us all. In collaboration wit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMDirected by Simon Godwin, the domestic comedy drama sets up an immediately recognisable scenario in which a repressed, dysfunctional family come together for the ritual of Christmas Day.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSunday, November 12, 2017
This new production chronicles the Merseyside National Treasure's rise to fame accompanied by the hits of not only Cilla herself, but the other bands of the time.
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Trestle centres around retirees Harry (Gary Lilburn) and Denise (Connie Walker) who are each navigating lonely lives through bereavement and emotional abandonment respectively.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, November 7, 2017
The premise of this post-apocalyptic retelling of the famous tragedy was clearly stated in the programme: civilisation had met its fall, and humanity is trying its best to survive through vi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMAwful Auntie, the award-winning novel by David Walliams, has hit the stage at the Richmond Theatre, combining the craft of the theatre with the art of great storytelling.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, November 2, 2017
Can you sum up the show in five words? 'Swashbuckling action-packed piratey fun!'
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, October 28, 2017
The present meets the past in Son of a Preacher Man, where 3 lonely hearts go in search of an old record store in Soho, which, during the 1960’s, the legendary Preacher Man was famed for g…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMHowever, there is a bit more depth to this musical than just the songs, as King’s story is that of a young and ambitious teenage girl, who never set out to be a singer and who was as surpr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMemorialising the famous jam session of 1956, where fate brought together legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and newcomer Jerry Lee Lewis, Million Dollar Quartet is an energeti…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, October 27, 2017
‘If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything’ as the saying says. Reasons to Be Cheerful quite literally had a packed house standing to its feet in exuberant applause a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMWednesday, October 25, 2017
Named after the group’s biggest hit and only chart-topper (which knocked The Beatles off the chart’s top spot), All Or Nothing is a biographical piece of 60s nostalgia about a generation…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSunday, October 22, 2017
On the 10th anniversary since their first show, I was lucky enough to go and watch War Horse. The play is emotion filled and the stunning story telling through the music and ensemble work ma…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, October 21, 2017
Like many UK Kristin fans, I saw Wicked when it opened back in 2006, subsequently listened to the Broadway recording and fell in love with the cast. I then entered an obsessive phase where I…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, October 20, 2017
Through both characters’ alternating monologues, the audience is given an insight into the harsh reality of George’s calculating, pathological agenda, juxtaposed against Adelaide’s inn…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, October 14, 2017
Last night I visited the New Victoria theatre to see the UK tour of Legally Blonde. Seeing as I've already seen the show and reviewed it, I thought I'd do a bit of a different post and tell …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, October 12, 2017
Although I’d never seen a production of Hair, many of the songs were familiar to me, and I felt as if I’d almost been born knowing them! Whilst I wasn’t part of the ‘Hair Generation�…
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