Sometimes the main aspect of loving theatre is a sheer curiosity that takes you to a show which you wouldn’t see otherwise. FAME the Musical depicts the stories of several students who attend the High School of the Performing Arts during the 1980s. First performed in 1988, this is a musical adaptation based on the 1980 musicalContinue reading “⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: FAME”
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Shrek the Musical [UK Tour]
Shrek: The Musical is based on the highly successful 2001 Dreamwork’s film and part of the wide-reaching franchise it created. Originally opening on Broadway, after a trial run in Seattle, in 2008 the show was revamped for a West End production to open in 2011. Since these two runs, the show has toured frequently andContinue reading “⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Shrek the Musical [UK Tour]”
Review: The Grinning Man
Victor Hugo’s novels have proved to attract and inspire the creation of wonderful theatre. From the world famous Les Miserables and Disney’s theatrical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame the latest addition to this collection is L’Homme qui rit (The Man Who Laughs) which has been adapted into Tom Morris’ (War Horse) The Grinning Man. Hugo is my favorite authorContinue reading “Review: The Grinning Man”
Review: Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon is touring! After an incredibly successful revival at the West End’s Prince Edward Theatre, Cameron Macintosh’s juggernaut of a production transferred both to Broadway and onto a UK Tour. This UK Tour has now landed in Cardiff’s Millennium Centre with quite a long run straight over Christmas and New Year. So of course,Continue reading “Review: Miss Saigon”
Legally Blonde: The Musical Review
Legally Blonde has returned to the UK. I remember this show as one of the first musicals that I saw all the way through, years ago when I was really getting into them by searching for anything that I could on YouTube, thanks to the MTV screening of the original cast. I really love thatContinue reading “Legally Blonde: The Musical Review”