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Infused with 20 fabulous songs from Duke Ellington, Play On! at the Lyric Hammersmith reimagines Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in a 1940s Harlem jazz club. It is a thoroughly energetic and enjoyable show which, equally, does not shy away from exposing issues of race and sexism. Play On! originally premiered in the US in 1996 and…
With three Olivier Awards and six WhatsOnStage Awards it is only right that &Juliet has another outing for the sake of both new and faithful audiences . The New Wimbledon Theatre is currently hosting the London leg of a touring version which loses none of what made the West End version such an energetic, camp, funny and uplifting…
Newly released photos give a taster of the treats to come as Sadler’s Wells opens its new facility in Stratford. Over 20,000 tickets, 50% of all tickets across the Sadlers Wells East season are available for £25 or less, with £10 Barclays Dance Pass tickets for 16-30-year-olds for every single performance.
Please sir, can I have some more? We all know the words, but do we all really need any more Oliver? So many of us will have been exposed to this production in school. I was an orphan in Oliver as a child, my daughter was an orphan as a child, the school I work…
The New Wimbledon Theatre played host to Jack and the Beanstalk this year, one of the 23 pantomimes producing by Crossroads pantomimes (who are also responsible for the pantomime at the London Palladium). Being part of such a large production stable, means that a local theatre is able to turn on a pantomime with extremely…
2024 had many wonderful theatre, book and cultural highlights. It was very hard to make choices of which were the most stellar but I have tried! Below are the shows, books and other treats which for me opened my mind and expanded my horizons in 2024. My 2024 Most Powerful Show: Between the Lines at…
The New Wimbledon Theatre is currently championing a season of brand new plays, including Hijinks and Caviar. From the writing duo Moody & Moody, Hijinks and Caviar is billed as a comedy musical which will offer a night of murder mystery fun with a side helping of ridiculousness. This is an excellent premise and has the…
The New Wimbledon Theatre currently plays host to a touring version of Hairspray. Based on John Water’s 1988 film of the same name, Hairspray is a staple feel-good musical. The musical’s first iteration on Broadway won 8 Tony Awards and then went on to win 4 Olivier awards in the West End. This current tour version…
The New Wimbledon Theatre currently plays host to the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar. With strong vocals, a stark and simple staging and stunning choreography (which earned an Olivier nomination in its first iteration), there is much to enjoy here for fans of this Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber…
In Blizzard, now at the Soho Theatre, writer and director Emily Woof has created a one-woman poignant and at times both physical and philosophical comedy that taps into the midlife neuroses and daydreams we all ponder. Middle-aged, married and muddled, Dotty (Emily Woof) and her husband, neuroscientist (also nicknamed Dotty) are growing apart as their…
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