⭐⭐⭐⭐ 25th April 2022 By Shaun Tossell Cluedo has been adapted for the stage, in a brand new production, based on the film Clue and the classic board game. Bringing to life iconic characters such as Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum, just to kill them off one by one in Continue Reading
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REVIEW – BLOOD BROTHERS – THEATRE ROYAL BATH
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 8th March 2022 By Shaun Tossell Tell me it is true! Willy Russell’s beloved musical Blood Brothers is touring the UK again and I was lucky enough to catch it at the Theatre Royal Bath. Bill Kenwright’s award-winning production of this classic musical has been touring up and down Continue Reading
REVIEW – MURDER FOR TWO – BARN THEATRE
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 12th February 2022 By Shaun Tossell The new season of Cirencester’s Barn Theatre begins with a bang, with the arrival of Murder For Two – A Killer Musical Comedy. This new production of Kellen Blair and Joe Kinosian’s award-winning musical, marks the first time the musical’s setting has been Continue Reading
REVIEW – THE DA VINCI CODE – THEATRE ROYAL BATH
⭐⭐⭐ 31st January 2022 By Shaun Tossell The highly anticipated world premiere stage adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, based the infamous best-selling novel by Dan Brown, is now touring the UK. The novel was also famously adapted into a star-studded Hollywood blockbuster featuring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou and Sir Continue Reading
REVIEW – BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS – BRISTOL HIPPODROME
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 27th January 2022 By Shaun Tossell Disney’s classic Bedknobs and Broomsticks is the latest in a long line of stage musical adaptations, that has produced the likes of smash-hits The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Mary Poppins. Will this latest attempt be able to conjure the same Continue Reading
REVIEW – THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE – THEATRE ROYAL BATH
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 12th January 2022 By Shaun Tossell The award-winning comedy The Play What I Wrote has returned with a brand new production and is currently touring the country. I headed to the Theatre Royal Bath to find out what all the fuss was all about. The Play What I Wrote Continue Reading
REVIEW – DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – BRISTOL HIPPODROME
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15th September 2021 Review by Shaun Tossell Disney’s Beauty and the Beast returns to the stage, in a brand new reimagined production, set to tour the UK & Ireland and the theatre-goers of Bristol are the first lucky bunch of people who get to experience it. Retelling the classic Continue Reading
REVIEW – MARRY ME A LITTLE – BARN THEATRE CIRENCESTER
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 20th October 2020 Review by Shaun Tossell Today was my very first visit to Cirencester’s cultural jewel, the Barn Theatre, which has been leading the pack with its efforts to keep making theatre happen, during these strange times. Following on from the success of their outdoor theatre festival – Continue Reading
REVIEW – THE BOOK OF MORMON – UK TOUR – BRISTOL HIPPODROME
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by Shaun Tossell “… HELLOOOOOOOOO! ! !…” The inaugural UK tour of The Book of Mormon has finally made its way to Bristol. After entertaining West End audiences for nearly 8 years, the rest of the UK gets to see what all the fuss is about. The Book Continue Reading
REVIEW – FUNNY GIRL – THÉÂTRE MARIGNY
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15th December 2019 Review by Shaun Tossell “… Hello, gorgeous…” The classic musical Funny Girl comes to Paris’ beautiful Théâtre Marigny, in an English-language production directed by Olivier Award-winning Stephen Mear. This is his second time directing for this theatre, following on from his critically acclaimed production of Guys Continue Reading