⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14th August 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “…MAMA WILL PROVIDE!..” The British Theatre Academy has chosen recent Tony Award-winning Once on This Island as their premier production for their summer season. Does this show build on their run of successes at the Southwark Playhouse? Once on This Island, which Continue Reading
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REVIEW – THE VIEW UPSTAIRS – SOHO THEATRE
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10th August 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “…Some Kind of Paradise…” Max Vernon’s smash-hit musical, The View UpStairs, makes it’s way to London after a Off-Broadway run in 2017. The View UpStairs is inspired by the true story of a 1973 arson attack in New Orleans. It was the Continue Reading
REVIEW – THE LION KING 2019
⭐⭐ 20th July 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell Well I saw it lol It wasn’t as terrible as I thought it would be but unfortunately that’s not saying much. The voice cast are uniformaly excellent. Special mentions for Billy Eichner & Seth Rogan as Timon & Pumbaa, they get the Continue Reading
REVIEW – THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY – MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY
⭐⭐⭐ 17th July 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “… It will all fade away but you…” The Bridges of Madison County finally comes to the UK, the musical adaptation of the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller and film that starred Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, after a brief Broadway Continue Reading
MINI-REVIEW – KINKY BOOTS – FILMED PERFORMANCE
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 16th July 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell Well that was brilliant ? lol Wonderfully filmed and beautifully captures Matt Henry’s and Killian Donnelly’s performances ? How they slipped back into those roles with a couple days rehearsal I don’t know. They didn’t miss a beat and both had me Continue Reading
REVIEW – LEA SALONGA IN CONCERT – WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7th July 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell AH-MAZING ? ? This review is definitely for Lea Salonga fans. I have wanted to see Lea Salonga in concert for years after discovering my love for Miss Saigon; Of course I’d loved her before that growing up watching Aladdin and Mulan. Continue Reading
REVIEW – BLITHE SPIRIT – THEATRE ROYAL BATH
⭐⭐⭐ 21st June 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit” Noël Cowards’ spirited play Blithe Spirit arrives at the Theatre Royal Bath, before an expected West End transfer; with British comedy legend Jennifer Saunders taking on Continue Reading
REVIEW – THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW – BRISTOL HIPPODROME
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 18th June 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “I see you shiver with antici….. pation!” It’s that time of the year again when The Rocky Horror Show comes to town and the question is; Do we want to do the time warp again? The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 1975 Continue Reading
REVIEW – FAME THE MUSICAL – BRISTOL HIPPODROME
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14th June 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “Remember my name…” Fame is currently touring the UK with its 30th anniversary tour, marking 30 years since it first opened on Broadway and after numerous West End runs, is this new touring production the definitive version? Fame The Musical is, of Continue Reading
REVIEW – OPERATION MINCEMEAT – NEW DIORAMA THEATRE
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 8th June 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “…God, that’s brilliant” Operation Mincemeat is based on the unbelievable true story of the covert mission that helped win World War II. A group of secret agents hatch a plan to trick the Nazis with fake secret plans and a corpse. What could Continue Reading