Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Crazy Coqs, London: Janie Dee is billed as "one of the most versatile performers on the British stage", so it is perhaps understandable that her new cabaret show Satin Doll is …
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Cafe de Paris, London: A two-tier circus ring decorated with plush reproduction fittings and deeply forgiving low-level lighting, the nightclub Cafe de Paris has problematic sightlines due t…
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Brixton Club House, London: Set in the early 1980s, Taboo uses the colourful, hedonistic world of London's underground club scene to tell the story of Billy, a young photographer ready …
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Tabard, London: There once was an ugly duckling with feathers all stubby and brown until George Stiles and Anthony Drewe fashioned this endearing musical around his birth, upbringing and tra…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMTheatre Royal, Windsor: The Theatre Royal's annual pantomime is always a hugely popular affair and while the formula is eminently traditional, the local references and idiosyncratic asi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMMonday, December 24, 2012
Riverside Studios, London: Back at the Riverside Studios after two years, Tete a Tete's production of Salad Days remains as light and refreshing as one might expect from the brief but c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMWednesday, December 19, 2012
Crucible Lyceum Studio, Sheffield: As a Christmas production, Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady might be considered something of a risk.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:33AMMonday, December 17, 2012
Orchard, Dartford: When it comes to sheer spectacle at Christmas, Qdos are difficult to beat. Aladdin might easily be the most opulent of the traditional pantomime cannon but even so, the le…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMBroadway, Catford: It is always encouraging to see a distinctly traditional pantomime and this year's Cinderella at the Broadway evidently prides itself on a simple recipe of old and ne…
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Theatre Royal Stratford East, London: As you might expect of the Theatre Royal Stratford East, their highly individual interpretation of Jack and the Beanstalk is full of contemporary twists…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AMThursday, December 13, 2012
Landor, London: Within three years Above The Stag's pantomime established itself as one of the modest successes of the London fringe. With their home in Victoria demolished earlier this…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMWednesday, December 12, 2012
Fairfield Halls, Croydon: As the smoke clears and Laila Morse enters stage-right as Fairy Sugarsnap, it's comforting to know that certain pantomime traditions are in safe hands. Morse h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMMonday, December 10, 2012
Thameside, Grays: While Polka Dot sticks to the popular version of the centuries-old story, including a fairy godmother, glass slippers and ugly sisters, a fresh element of popular culture i…
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Canal Cafe Theatre, London: Perhaps best known as the home of regular political satire through its long running News Revue, this Christmas the team at the Canal Cafe bring us something a lit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMArts, London: While many will not be as familiar with the stories of the USA's Dr Seuss as they are for homegrown children's literature one cannot have escaped the influence his wr…
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Leicester Square, London: For some, the Christmas season would not be the same without a hearty helping of filthy humour delivered in the guise of the adult pantomime. This particular dish, …
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Soho Theatre Downstairs, London: With its heady dose of good cheer, religion and family values, the festive season is a ready made target for avant-garde performance artist David Hoyle. For …
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The Last Refuge, London: Beyond Beauty takes the story of Sleeping Beauty one step further, looking beyond the imagined happy ending so often featured in fairytales to a reality of deceit an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:22AMWednesday, November 28, 2012
Jermyn Street Theatre, London: Written in 1975, Boy Meets Boy is a sparkling musical comedy set against the backdrop of the abdication crisis in pre-war Britain. The big difference is that t…
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Broadway Studio, London: Set in provincial Germany in the late 19th century, Frank Wedekind's original play exposes the sexual oppression of the era. Often subject to censorship through…
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Paul Vale asks make-up artist Amber Sibley what it was like to work with the team behind the opening ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympics
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Union, London: The original Broadway production of this musical, based on a story by David Thompson, ran for only 76 performances and subsequently never transferred to the West End in the sa…
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Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Croydon: For their 50th anniversary production the Fairfield Halls' Ashcroft Theatre has mounted this short run of the classic comedy drama Billy Liar…
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Blue Elephant, London: This musical, here making its European premiere, examines the arrest and trial of Australian baby farmers Charles and Agatha Maykin in 1879. Their downfall is brought …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMWednesday, October 24, 2012
New Wimbledon, London: Now over 30 years old, the 20th Century Fox comedy movie 9 to 5 captured the zeitgeist of the 1980's and catapulted singer Dolly Parton into popular culture as an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:12AMTuesday, October 23, 2012
Volupte, London: The Supreme Fabulettes have made several appearances in the West End over the past year, either as special guests at the Leicester Square Theatre or more pertinently at Mada…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMTuesday, October 16, 2012
Crazy Coqs at the Brasserie Zedel, London: Tucked away behind the Picadilly Theatre the Brasserie Zedel has converted one of its classical Art Deco rooms into a new cabaret and jazz venue. T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMMonday, October 15, 2012
Theatre503, London: Originally devised by Jamie Bradley and director Douglas Rintoul, Elegy considers the experience of the gay Muslim refugee in todays liberated Iraq. Informed by a mix of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMLandor, London: On paper, the concept of Hot Mikado might appear pretty grim, transposing as it does the story of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado to be-bop America in the 194…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMWednesday, October 10, 2012
Tabard, London: Based loosely on the Alexandre Dumas novel La Dame aux Camelias, Marguerite transfers the action to 1940's Paris and tells the story of an ageing popular singer who fall…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMMonday, October 8, 2012
Broadway Studio, Catford: Based on William Golding's best-selling novel, Lord Of The Flies observes the gradual descent into savagery of a bunch of young teenagers stranded on a desert …
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