Yesterday evening I was at the Savoy Theatre, London for the press night of Never Forget, the new musical which is largely based around the songs of Mancunian boy band Take That. I say ‘new’… however, as a Mancunian, I was fortunate enough to hear about the creation of this musical production well in advance […]
REVIEW: Marguerite – Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
This evening I was fortunate enough to be invited along to the Press Night for one of the West End’s newest openings, Marguerite. This opening marks the world premiere of a new musical collaboration between Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and Martin Guerre) and the Oscar award-winning musical legend Michel Legrand […]
REVIEW: The 39 Steps – Criterion Theatre, London
This evening (Thurs 15th May) I had the opportunity to go and watch a marvelous play in the West End called “The 39 Steps” at The Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly. The Thirty-Nine Steps was a novel written by John Buchan and published in 1915, shortly after the commencement of the First World War. Indeed the subtext to the […]
REVIEW: Gone With The Wind; New London Theatre, London
A classic love story blown onto the London stage. Unfortunately, perhaps the first thing that springs to mind when you think of this production is the time-span that you, as an audience member, need to be willing to invest in it. Having never been able to sit through the entire 1939 film in one sitting, […]
REVIEW: Jersey Boys – Prince Edward Theatre, London
Jersey Boys – According the the reviews; the latest “Big Show In Town” I went to watch this show on March 12th at the Prince Edward Theatre and, as someone who is not overly familiar with the discography of the Four Seasons and whom in general dislikes the ‘jukebox musical’ culture that we seem to […]
Gari Wellingham 