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Friday, January 17, 2014

Happy Days, Churchill Theatre, Bromley by Paul Vale

Churchill Theatre, Bromley: Based on the popular sit-com from the 1970s, the musical version of Happy Days carries all the hallmarks of the original show. A rose-tinted window on life in mid…

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Anton Chekhov's Vaudevilles and Other Sketches, Jermyn Street Theatre, London by Paul Vale

Jermyn Street Theatre, London: It is said that Anton Chekhov, the author of classics such as Uncle Vanya, didn't like plays. More to the point, he didn't like long plays and with t…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AM
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Bloodshot, St James Studio, London by Paul Vale

St James Studio, London: One day in 1957 an envelope lands on the doormat of photographer Derek Eveleigh's rather seedy flat in Pimlico. It contains details of an unusual, fairly innocu…

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Friday, January 3, 2014

Lost Boy, Finborough Theatre, London by Paul Vale

Finborough Theatre, London: On the eve of battle in 1914 Captain George Llewellyn Davies, the inspiration for the character of Peter Pan, dreams of life after Neverland. Phil Willmott's…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AM
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Kiss Me Kate, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London by Paul Vale

Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London: As exquisitely crafted as Cole Porter's songs are, his tricksy rhymes, dated references and propensity to overplay a lyric pattern can become tiresome…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AM
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Rapunzel, Towngate, Basildon by Paul Vale

Towngate, Basildon: Of the Grimm brother's repertoire, Rapunzel is perhaps one of the least adapted fairy tales, but this pantomime version by Brad Fitt carries all the right ingredient…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Cinderella, Orchard, Dartford by Paul Vale

Orchard, Dartford: Contrary to popular belief, the dynamics of a good pantomime don't rely on a star name, but on the company as a whole being able to deliver that all important mix of …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AM
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Meet Me In St Louis, Landor Theatre, London by Paul Vale

Landor Theatre, London: Against the backdrop of the 1904 World Fair, the Smith family busy themselves with the more immediate issues of romance, coming of age and sibling squabbles. A distin…

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Exposure - MA Costume Design for Performance, Lilian Baylis Studio, London by Paul Vale

Lilian Baylis Studio, London: With its mixture of live performance and short film, Exposure sees the graduating costume designers of the MA Costume Design for Performance examining the relat…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PM

Peter Pan, Ashcroft, Croydon by Paul Vale

Ashcroft, Croydon: Back for a third year at the Ashcroft, Evolution Pantomimes mounts an adaptation of JM Barrie's much-loved story of the boy who never grew up. It is always a controve…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AM
Monday, December 9, 2013

Dick! Comes Again!: Bigger, Longer, Harder, Leicester Square Theatre Studio, London by Paul Vale

Leicester Square Theatre Studio, London: The story of Dick Whittington is given a burlesque treatment here from a cast led by popular drag-queen, Miss Dusty 'O'. Stuart Saint'…

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Friday, December 6, 2013

Dick Whittington, Theatre Royal Stratford East, London by Paul Vale

Theatre Royal Stratford East, London: Fairy Bow Bell arrives on the dot at seven o'clock to ring the changes over Stratford's unique take on the story of Dick Whittington. With an …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AM
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Jack Off The Beanstalk, Above The Stag, London by Paul Vale

Above The Stag, London: For more than three years the theatre company above the Stag pub in Victoria developed a loyal audience providing a mix of comedy, musicals and contemporary drama, al…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AM
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Halbwelt Kultur, Jermyn Street Theatre, London by Paul Vale

Jermyn Street Theatre, London: Against the economic and political chaos of the Weimar Republic, Berlin became the playground for the sociosexual outcasts of the world. Amid the drug dens and…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AM
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Royal Variety Performance 2013, Palladium, London by Paul Vale

Palladium, London: After last year's spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Variety Performance returns to the spiritual home of variety at the London Palladium for the 38th ti…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AM
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

No Place To Go, Gate Theatre, London by Paul Vale

Gate Theatre, London: Originally produced by The Public Theatre in New York, No Place to Go is the story of modern redundancy set to a jazz/blues score. Our hero, Ethan Lipton and his band a…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:59AM
Thursday, November 14, 2013

London Festival of Cabaret, St James Studio/Crazy Coqs/St James Studio/Palace/Crazy Coqs/Pheasantry by Paul Vale

St James Studio/Crazy Coqs/St James Studio/Palace/Crazy Coqs/Pheasantry: The London Festival of Cabaret, curated by Neil Marcus, celebrates the resurgence of the art form with a mix of inter…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AM
Monday, November 11, 2013

Voices, The Duke New End, London by Paul Vale

The Duke New End, London: In the early 1920s two men meet up in an act of remembrance of their comrades who died in Europe. Adapted and devised for the stage by director Stuart Clarke, Voice…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AM
Friday, November 8, 2013

Sandpits Avenue/League of St George, Hope Theatre, London by Paul Vale

Hope Theatre, London: The Hope Theatre has been founded by artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher and the team at the King's Head Theatre to promote new work including plays, operas an…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AM
Monday, November 4, 2013

Secret Love, Millfield Arts Centre, London by Paul Vale

Millfield Arts Centre, London: One of the many interesting things about Doris Day is that, in the early 1970s, she chose retirement from a career that had seen her established as one of the …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:26AM

HMS Pinafore, Union Theatre, London by Paul Vale

Union Theatre, London: In 1878 WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's satire on the British class system viewed through the prism of the Royal Navy was to become their breakaway success, ceme…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:14AM
Monday, October 28, 2013

Love Story, Jack Studio, London by Paul Vale

Jack Studio, London: Cut short from its initial West End run after a much lauded premiere in Chichester, this adaptation of Erich Segal's novel suffers from a brevity that even Howard G…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AM
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, New Wimbledon, London by Paul Vale

New Wimbledon, London: Based loosely on Plutarch's Rape of the Sabine Women, the 1954 MGM movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers became a showpiece of the studio's musical output. N…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AM
Monday, October 7, 2013

The Boys From Syracuse, Union, London by Paul Vale

Union, London: Based on The Comedy of Errors, The Boys From Syracuse reinterprets the plot as a musical vaudeville. This style and Shakespeare's farcical comedy make fairly happy bed-fe…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AM
Monday, September 30, 2013

An Enemy Of The People, The Albany, London by Paul Vale

The Albany, London: Here, we see the action shifted from Norway to a fictional community on the coast of Cornwall, where a co-operative is on the verge of launching a spa. Dr Stockmann is pi…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AM
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Spamalot, Playhouse, London by Paul Vale

Playhouse, London: Based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot originally opened in the UK at the Palace in 2006, where it ran for four years before embarking on a successfu…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AM
Monday, September 23, 2013

Miss Hope Springs - Out of this World, Crazy Coqs, London by Paul Vale

Crazy Coqs, London: Although this new show is running as part of the London Festival of Cabaret, the opening of Out Of This World actually marks 15 months of Miss Hope Springs as resident pe…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:50AM

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Fairfield Halls, Croydon by Paul Vale

Fairfield Halls, Croydon: Aside from the glorious and occasionally bawdy humour of this, one of Shakespeare's most accessible comedies, the play is original in that its characters are d…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AM
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Celia Imrie - Laughing Matters, Crazy Coqs, London by Paul Vale

Crazy Coqs, London: One might be mistaken into thinking that the much-loved comedy actor, Celia Imrie, is a veteran of the cabaret stage. Known for her performances alongside Victoria Wood, …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AM
Monday, September 16, 2013

Another Way, Cockpit Theatre, London by Paul Vale

Cockpit Theatre, London: This new musical is the quirky but heart-warming tale of six Londoners and their aspirations. The central focus is initially on Bart Edwards as Toby and Aiden Crawfo…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AM
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Liza Liza Liza, Tabard, London by Paul Vale

Tabard, London: This new play by Richard Harris aspires to tell the story of Liza Minnelli from her own perspective. In a neat coup de theatre, Harris uses three actors to play the multi-awa…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AM

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