308 stories by "Helen McWilliams"
It's the first pantomime of Break A Leg's busy season " oh yes it is! What better way to kick start it than with Cinderella at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre?
'Follies has been an incredible experience so far. At 24 having the opportunity to work with such fantastic people and in The National Theatre of all places is so overwhelming. I honestly pi…
Next year he'll be treading the boards as Claudius in Hamlet, you can catch him in a web series called A Lesson Learnt and he also appears in a short film, Saving Me From Me.
Having reviewed The Hollow at Stoke Repertory Theatre earlier this year, also care of United National Productions Limited, and thoroughly enjoyed the exceptional staging of one of Agatha Chr…
This show has been on my son's radar since it's regular advertising on Channel Five each morning. It's a favourite of his and the selection of programmes all meet with his approval, so it's …
It's a brave individual who takes up a career in stand up comedy, however Sallyann Fellowes has just done that having left careers in both the police and as a nurse behind her.
The opening scene is set in one of Henry's (Laurence Fox) productions, although that's not evident until the action moves on from the set to which Charlotte (Rebecca Johnson) and Max (Adam J…
Mrs Johnstone is the lynchpin in the story, there wouldn't be a tale to tell without her, after all. The musical numbers that she sings are classics, from Tell Me It's Not True to Easy Terms…
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Inspired by Lewis Carroll, The Hunting Of The Snark is a musical cornucopia of delights, silliness and adventure. A fantastic show for kids and adults alike and engaging from beginning to end
I confess that The Wedding Singer is one of my favourite films, it is not even a guilty pleasure, it is just sheer eighties throwback joy and cast brilliantly. It definitely works though, th…
In my humble opinion, the ultimate specialist in farce is Alan Ayckbourn and nowhere is my point more finely demonstrated than in How The Other Half Loves. A classic, fast-paced, quick-humou…
"I'd not seen The Addams Family as a live performance before, not even an amateur version. I was pretty much unaware that the musical version even existed until the audition came along."
"Caroline Langrishe is playing the role of my wife [in Alan Ayckbourn's How the Other Half Loves] and I filmed a Midsomer Murders episode with her last December!"
'The ethos behind this production is really the ethos on which the school was built: inclusivity, opportunity and the importance sharing the beauty of ballet.'
9 to 5 the musical is based on the popular film and features an uplifting selection of musical theatre numbers, an excellent showcase for the actresses taking the lead roles. This particular…
This pub garden set version is inspired in that, for such a farcical piece, the surroundings lend themselves superbly to comings, goings and en route costume changes.
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte's well-known classic has been reincarnated on stage and screen with regularity. So, with my in-depth knowledge gathered from my A-Level English Literature studies…
Sooty is a television legend, so to be able to see him with his pals " Sweep and Soo on stage was a treat for not only me, my husband and the other adults in the audience who have also grown…
The West End is saturated with a cornucopia of musicals, plays and extraordinary theatrical pieces " it's not always easy to know what to choose and often tempting to want to see it all! If …
Chris Whittaker has choreographed 9 to 5 The Musical and here he tells Break A Leg all about the process.
The story is straight forward, essentially a love story aboard a ship " with all of the love matches inappropriate for many reasons, but they seem to fit in a quirky way.
I was fascinated to see how this would translate onto the stage, and I had an excited three-year-old in tow who couldn't wait to see the tiger.
Brassed Off marched into the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, and it's setting the stage alight with uplifting live music City Of Wolverhampton Brass Band and stellar performances from a tight k…
I play the Mother, who unlike many women of the time, although respectable, is also quite bohemian in her thinking. She effectively becomes a single parent.
