Review: Hetty Feather, Duke Of York’s Theatre
Jacqueline Wilson books were firm favourites of mine as I was growing up, and considering she has penned in excess of 100 children’s books, I’m sure Wilson’s li...
Once
Review: Once the Musical, Phoenix Theatre
I think many of us, and especially veteran theatre-goers, have a definite idea of what a 'musical' is. There are usually plenty of big dance numbers and a hefty...
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...
Blog: The Wicked Stage – Newsies
So this is perhaps my guiltiest pleasure musical of the moment, but who doesn’t love a cast of athletic men singing and dancing their faces off? The show is a D...
The Wicked Stage: Once – A new musical “that celebrates music”
Many Brits and Irish have long been fans of the 2006 indie film Once, especially for the music by Glen Hansard, known for his band The Frames and appearing in T...
The Wicked Stage: Another Op’nin’, Another Show – A West End Round-Up
During my 10 months of writing this blog I have often wondered over the future and state of musicals and what it means for the genre. I and many people have com...