Hairspray (West End) to close – 28 March 2010

I was absolutely gutted last night to hear that my favourite show in London’s West End is to close early! I have enjoyed many evenings at the Shaftesbury (8 if we want to be specific!) and made some good friends along the way – which is the best thing about it of couse! If I […]

Viva Forever!

Exciting news this week from the world of musical theatre – it has been announced (well…. a badly kept rumour has been confirmed!) that the legendary Judy Cramer (she of ‘I put Mamma Mia together and earnt millions’ fame) is to create an official Spice Girls musical! The working title of the piece is currently […]

The Boy From Oz

I recently stumbled across the soundtrack from the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it musical, “The Boy From Oz“. I have to admit that I don’t know too much of it, especially as it didn’t really run for all that long and there is seemingly precious little info about it anywhere, so I am trusting the majority of this blog […]

REVIEW: Avenue Q, London

I am slightly mortified to find that I cannot find my original review for Avenue Q, which I wrote for the show’s producers back when Avenue Q originally opened in the West End. Suffice as to say, it was absolutely marvellous then, and it was just as marvellous last night when I took Greg to […]

SPOTIFY: Musical Theatre Selection

Someone asked me t’other day to recommend them an album that they could listen to from the world of musical theatre, and of course I replied that that would be impossible – there are simply just too many of them! What I have done instead, and you can all take this as your Christmas present […]