Rachel Marron is a world famous popstar at the height of her fame, she's campaigning for an Oscar win, and everyone loves her. But there is someone out there lurking in the shadows who loves her too much, who is obsessed with her and when increasingly threatening letters begin to appear far too close to home, a bodyguard is brought in to protect Rachel and her young son Fletcher. Based on the 1992 film of the same title, The Bodyguard has taken the Whitney Houston led romance

They say that two wrongs don't make a right, but when it comes to one particular West End mainstay, it turns out that in this case wrong after wrong after wrong can make a right. So right in fact that The Play That Goes Wrong has been running for 11 years and has recently welcomed its 13th cast to Haversham Manor. The glistening flagship show of the Mischief Comedy empire, The Play That Goes Wrong introduces us to Cornley Drama Society as they attempt to stage The Murder at H

Come what may. You never know what could happen on any given day. You don't know exactly where life and fate are going to take you. And you never know how a simple misunderstanding could change everything. Now well into its fourth year on the West End, Moulin Rouge continues to greatly impress and delight as it swings open the doors to the iconic Parisian club and throws us headfirst into the romance, the chaos, the secrecy and the showbiz lifestyle of stars, dukes, businessm

When the world first saw War Horse Joey stride across the stage nearly 20 years ago, it felt like we had never seen anything like him before. Puppeteered by three skilled artists, Joey was brought to life with care and emotion as we see witnessed an animal character take centre stage as a lead role in his own story. And he took the world by storm. And even now, it is still as breathtaking, Joey is still awe inspiring and the story of the bond between boy and beast is just as

Reading the stories of Roald Dahl is a rite of passage in childhood, and for most, these clever, adventurous and, at times, naughty, stories have a way of staying with you. The Twits could be lurking in a dark corner of your memory, the chocolate factory could linker and worm its way in like the rhymes of the Oompa Loompa's, and Matilda could spring to mind whenever you wander around a book shop. These characters are iconic and their stories have stood the test of time, and i

The irony isn't lost on me when one of the coolest places to be during a blistering London heatwave is ancient Greece, otherwise known as Hercules at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the theatre still glistening from its refurbishment and the Disney musical still delighting audience members with its comedy, big dance numbers and fun. Born to Zeus and Hera (Joel Benjamin and Ellie Mitchell), Hercules (Luke Brady) is a god destined for greatness, or that's how it should have been.

Little orphan Annie famously sings her heart out with 'The sun will come out tomorrow', and here we are in a heatwave where we can currently say with some certainty that the sun indeed will come out tomorrow. But the soaring temperatures have not put the stoppers on the UK Tour of the classic musical Annie, roaring into the Theatre Royal Plymouth and plunging us into Christmas time in New York City 1933. The city continues to feel the effects of the Stock Market crash, with t

The French Revolution has began, a reign of terror after the creation of the first republic and Madame La Guillotine is being kept busy beheading aristos much to the delight of those fighters manning the barricades. But lurking in the shadows, hidden by genius guises and armed with a witty, quick thinking brain, is a secretive man, a vigilante of sorts, sneaking in and helping aristocrats escape France before their necks lie on the block, leaving nothing behind him to trace b

How far would you go for eternal youth and endless beauty? Is how you look from the outside more important than anything else? Handsome but hedonistic aristocrat Dorian Gray meets an artist enamoured with his beauty, and fearing losing said beauty to age, he makes some strange impulsive wish; for his portrait to age and wither away instead of him. He lives a life of freedom, decadence, and fulfilment, whilst his hidden away portrait ages whilst remembering every sin of the pe

Do you ever suddenly rediscover a musical that you’ve loved for ages, but for some unknown reason you haven’t listened to in a really long time? And when that happens, do you find yourself suddenly listening to nothing but this musical that has wormed itself back into your life? Well, that has been me for the last week or so after Spotify created a playlist for me, and I randomly decided to listen to it, bringing Sunshine on Leith shuttling back into my life. I first discov

The meaning of Mischief - playful, reckless... But say the word 'Mischief' around a theatre fan and your brain is filled with images of silliness, calamity, clever funny wordplay, things going wrong and the ever growing portfolio of hit productions from one of the most successful and popular theatre companies around. With their flagship show 'The Play That Goes Wrong' having just welcomed its 13th cast, 'The Comedy About Spies' returning to London for a second run, 'Christmas

Whilst it is Agatha Christie who holds the famous title of the Queen of Crime, if the writers of crime dramas and whodunnits is seen as a royal court, then Arthur Conan Doyle would be in high standing. And his most famous creation, the dashing, absurdly intelligent and wickedly unique Sherlock Holmes, is perhaps one of the world’s best-known detectives, able to deduct anything and piece together the most complex of mysteries. Nearly 95 years after Conan Doyle’s death, the sto

Leonard Vole: handsome, charming and an all-around nice young man just simply trying to get by in life. But now he finds himself standing in the dock, accused of murder. Emily French, a wealthy spinster, has been found dead in her home, the exact home Leonard has been visiting on a regular basis having formed a friendship with the older woman, but he insists that he is innocent. He stands in the dock as experts, Ms French’s housekeeper and even his own wife Romaine are called

Lima, Peru. Jesús is gearing up for his first communion, seen as a miracle through the eyes of his mother and an object of pride by his father, raised in a religious household where he is regularly told that 'God loves you'. But has Jesús comes of age, it is a sexual awakening that takes hold rather than a religious one with the realisation that he loves Jesus, perhaps too much. Penned by, and starring, Sergio Maggiolo as Jesús (pronounced hayzuss) alongside partner Guido Gar

A storm can begin at the flap of a wing; the tiniest mite packs the mightiest sting. No, this isn’t Matilda the musical, but instead a quote to illustrate a greater point about how one action, big or small, can ripple, grow, explode even, and change the lives of multiple people forever. Especially if that one single action is one single punch. Written by James Graham, Punch tells the real-life stories of both Jacob Dunne and James Hodgkinson, the thrower and the recipie

Australian comedian Thomas Green has been selling out shows at major festivals including both Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringes and is now delighting stand up fans around the UK on his Brainstorm tour. Since supporting Mo Gilligan at his Exeter University Great Hall show, he has become a favourite with Southwest audiences, so much so that he has been invited back on a number of occasions, now selling out the Barnfield Theatre ahead of a return to the Northcott venue later this y

‘For the first time in forever’ The snow stopped falling, Sven stopped running, the ice melted and Olaf stopped giving out warm hugs, all on 8 th September 2024 when Disney’s ‘Frozen the Musical’ closed up shop, the winter of Arendale making way for the summer of ancient Greece as Disney’s ‘Hercules’ swept in to take over. It was a surprise, for many, when it was announced that ‘Frozen’ with its ever-growing fan base, world famous musical numbers and globally adored charac

‘It’s time to begin, now count me in’ If the last line of the show’s introduction isn’t enough to indicate what is about to happen, the neon shades of blue and pink and the energy that bounces in the show’s opening moments should throw you head first into the silliness and jukebox fun that is ‘Here and Now’, a musical putting the song stylings of Steps into the spotlight and milking it for all it is worth. Set in Better Best Bargains, a seaside supermarket, ‘Here and Now’

My ideal has always been to love some one of the name of Ernest. High society, eligible bachelors, different identities for the town and the country, all wrapped up in flowers, flamboyancy and fun. Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest came powering on all cylinders to the National Theatre in 2024, with more flair, more fashion and more love is love than ever before, and after a second run at the Noel Coward Theatre more recently, this production now lands right in our

Old age is something that comes to all of us, no matter how you choose to look at it. You may want to grow old gracefully, or disgracefully, age like fine wine, think of it as 'don't grow up, its a trap', or 'growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional', or you may in fact cling to the idea of hope of being forever young. However you choose to look at aging, it is all explored with comedy, music and heart in 'Forever Young' written by Erik Gedeon, directed by Martin Berr