When was the last time you saw a truly original musical? No, I don’t mean the one written around a famous musician’s greatest hits, or the latest contemporary ‘song cycle’ with contrived over-arching themes — I mean a legitimately original concept, transformed into an original storyline, featuring original songs. You didn’t see any featured in [...]

Currently at the Union Theatre, Billy is the first London revival of the show since it premièred in 1974 starring Elaine Paige and Michael Crawford. Based on the book Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, it tells the story of young Billy in 1960s post-war Yorkshire. Whilst living with his parents and grandma [...]

Dolly Parton’s acclaimed musical 9 to 5 at the Leeds Grand Theatre serves up a dish of energy, music and 1980s feminism in a way that no other piece of art could. With music and lyrics by Parton herself, a script by Patricia Resnick and director Jeff Calhoun at the helm, it was time to [...]

If there’s one thing to be said about Rocky Horror fans, it’s that they are supremely dedicated. Whilst touring the country in its 40th Anniversary Party Production, the infamous show has currently crash landed at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, where I find myself sat next to a young lad (who can only be in [...]