Review: Side by Side, Jack Studio Theatre
What do West Side Story, Gypsy and Follies all have in common? They were all penned by musical theatre doyen Stephen Sondheim. Side By Side is a jovial celebrat...
Company
Review: Grand Hotel, Southwark Playhouse
Of all the productions currently showing on the West End, there are very few that opened there without previewing or transferring from somewhere smaller. It may...
The Wicked Stage: Emotional releases in musical theatre
Catharsis is a Greek word meaning ‘cleansing’ or ‘purification’. Aristotle explains catharsis as the "purging of the spirit of morbid and base ideas or emotio...
A creative Operation for Little Bulb
Emma Maclusky met with Little Bulb Theatre Company as they prepare for Operation Greenfield's stop at the Watford Palace Theatre next week.
Review: Company
‘Lovable’ is not a word often used in connection with the work of Stephen Sondheim. In fact the prevailing critical view seems to be that entertainment value ...
The Wicked Stage: Book musicals vs. concept musicals – are they both under threat?
If you study musical theatre in any sort of depth you will come to realise that nearly every show falls into one of two categories: either a book musical or a...