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 […]
No, I’m not desperate, but still, I’d Do Anything!
[Written Sunday 27 April 2008] OK, so I’ve just sat down to watch this week’s (26th April) ‘I’d Do Anything’ and I am feeling rather mixed about it. Although there were a few fantastic performances this week, I feel that there were far too many duff performances for this stage of the competition. The worst performance […]
The Witches of Eastwick
… flying onto a regional theatrical stage near you! THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK And yes, it is based on the excellent book by John Updike and was turned into a film that had Cher in it… which obviously I adored too hehe! I am terribly excited about this! It was all announced back in December […]
I’d Do Anything… for it to be next Saturday!
Just been watching show three of ‘I’d Do Anything’ on the BBC and WOW, the competition certainly has hot up in this past week! Cor! Jessie is still my absolute favourite, below is her performance of ‘One Night Only’ – absolutely stunning! Ashley’s my other favourite (and is my choice should Jessie not win)… This almost […]
Gari Wellingham 