⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15th February 2022 By Shaun Tossell The long-awaited new production of the musical Broken Wings lands in London, playing at the intimate Charing Cross Theatre. After previous concert productions and the release of an original concept album back in 2018, the show has since built up a loyal following Continue Reading
Reviews
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 – MOULIN ROUGE! – PICCADILLY THEATRE
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 20th January 2022 By Shaun Tossell The highly anticipated stage musical adaptation of Baz Lurmann’s Moulin Rouge! has finally opened in the West End. SO EXCITING! But will it run for 50 years? The musical, set in Paris during the turn of the 20th century, follows young American poet 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 – LITTLE WOMEN – THE MUSICAL – PARK THEATRE
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 19th November 2021 By Shaun Tossell The stage musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, Little Women, is finally receiving its London premiere, at the intimate Park Theatre. This production was first staged at the Hope Mill Theatre, where the show had its European premiere in 2017. The Continue Reading
REVIEW – THE LAST FIVE YEARS – GARRICK THEATRE
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 23rd September 2021 By Shaun Tossell Jason Robert Brown’s Drama Desk Award-winning musical The Last Five Years returns to London, this time heading to the West End. The actor-muso production transfers to the West End, after two acclaimed runs at the Southwark Playhouse, one cut short due to the 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 – ANYTHING GOES – BARBICAN THEATRE
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4th August 2021 Review by Shaun Tossell Theatre fans were thrilled with the announcement, that the Tony Award-winning revival of the golden age classic musical Anything Goes was heading to London, over 10 years after it delighted audiences on Broadway. Does this new production replicate the magic? I’m delighted Continue Reading