Review: Shellshock, Waterloo East Theatre
The musical Shellshock opens with a talkative young girl called Emily (Ana Martin) fit to burst with excitement at the prospect of her father, a soldier, retu...
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Review: Finian’s Rainbow, Charing Cross Theatre
Somewhat overshadowed by the more seminal works in the cannon, Finian’s Rainbow is a little-known musical first written and performed in 1947. In the fictiona...
Review: Once, Phoenix Theatre
A chance encounter wherein a young Czech girl asks an dejected Irish busker to fix her broken hoover seems like an unlikely starting point for a love story, l...
Review: Urinetown, St James Theatre
It’s been a long time coming to the London stage following its original Off-Broadway run in 1999, but Urinetown, currently playing at the St James Theatre, has ...
Review: The Full Monty, Noёl Coward Theatre
For those unfamiliar with the popular 90s Brit flick, protagonist Gaz (Kenny Doughty) needs fast cash or he will be denied access to his son. But in the bleak...
Review: The World Goes ‘Round, Union Theatre
As Director Kirk Jameson’s own programme notes attest, even those bizarre creatures who claim that they ‘don’t do musical theatre’ would have to acknowledge t...