‘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

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

When you hear the words ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ you would easily be forgiven for envisioning images of mist covered moors, shadows in the darkness and the risk of death by murderous hound, and whilst all of these things appear in this Peepolykus adaptation by John Nicholson and Steven Canny, the classic scary story has well and truly been given the comedy treatment in a way you could never have imagined. It tells the story of the rumoured curse that surrounds the Bask

When describing Tick…Tick…Boom! , I echo the words that broke the post-show silence of RENT ’s first preview: “Thank you, Jonathan Larson!” Written as a semi-autobiographical ‘rock monologue’ and faithfully adapted for the screen, Tick…Tick…Boom! marks both the directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda ( Hamilton, In The Heights ) and, hopefully, a turning point in the creation of modern movie musicals. In the run up to his 30th birthday, Jonathan Larson is in the throes of s