For my 60th Birthday in 2021 I booked a trip to watch Les Miserables with a friend. It’s rare that I book an expensive seat as I go to...

If you had asked us back in March 2020, when theatres were first forced to close to the coronavirus pandemic, that we would still be facing restrictions, cancellations, and ongoing difficulties nearly 2 years later, we wouldn’t have believed you but anyway, here we are. Theatre is fighting back but still being forced to jump through countless hoops in order to make art happen, but nevertheless theatre is happening up and down the country against all the odds. Exeter based the

Theatre is a forever changing, forever evolving thing and the same can be the said to the ever-rotating carousel of shows that come in and out of the West End. Shows open, shows close, things change. New shows open and old shows become nothing but distant memories that you hold dear and revisit whenever you listen to the cast recording. But in more recent years, it is slowly but surely becoming more popular for shows to be filmed, a brilliant way of capturing a moment in thea

Pantomimes are a staple of the British theatre industry, and after the last couple of years, a trip to the theatre for a couple of hours of laughter and entertainment is exactly what many families up and down the country need. Theatre may be struggling against the enforced closures and absences caused by the Omicron variant, but those who can continue to clown, continue to bring fairy tales to life on our beloved stages, continuing the tradition of pantomime. The London Palla

After everything that we have been through over the last couple of years, and by the looks of it, will continue to go through for some time to come, you would be forgiven for thinking that laughter is in short supply, but hilarity is still out there to be had and Mischief Theatre are providing it by the bucketload with their new West End production of ‘Magic Goes Wrong’. Having originally opened at the Vaudeville in December 2019, and with this original version of the show du

In December 2013 Disney’s released a brand new, family friendly adaptation of the classic fairy-tale, The Snow Queen . Filled with talking snowmen and a legendary score, Frozen was set to become the franchises highest grossing animated film of all time. A record which was only beaten in 2019 by its sequel, Frozen 2 . It’s not surprising to see that the animated classic was quickly adapted for the stage, and made it’s Broadway debut in 2018. The show was then due to transfer t

Inspired by the 1980 movie of the same title, ‘9 to 5’ is a pure girl power musical that thrilled audiences during its West End run before the pain in the neck that is covid came along and cut the London run and the previous UK Tour short. But now its back and hitting the road again in a new fresh tour, bringing sass, attitude and comedy by the bucket loud to audiences up and down the country. ‘9-5’ tells the story of three office workers, supervisor Violet (Louise Redknapp),

Since I first heard the soundtrack on Spotify a few years ago, I have been an enormous fan of Six the Musical, and have been to see the...

If the last 18 months or so of enforced closures and social distancing has taught us anything, it is that theatre does not have to be confined to a stage. Theatre, as an artform, can be performed practically anywhere, can be constructed to be enjoyed in various ways and as it turns out, you don’t need to be in a theatre to enjoy a show. ‘Bluff,’ a new musical with a book by Matthew Cavendish (Groan Ups, Mischief Movie Night In, The Play That Goes Wrong) and music and lyrics b

In 1990 Disney, yes Disney, released their highest-grossing R-rated release of all time. Pretty Woman is perhaps one of the world’s most...

Please note that I saw this production whilst it was in previews on Saturday 16th October 2021, the show officially opened on Monday 18th October 2021. They were salt of the earth Cornish fisherman, who loved nothing more than an evening in their local pub in the fishing village of Port Isaac, celebrating friendship and singing old sea shanties, but a change meeting sends them down a path towards a level of fame they could have never expected. Based on the film (2019) which i