Sister Act at Theatre Royal Plymouth
You’ve probably heard of the original 1992 comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg, but it was in 2006when lyricist Alan Menken first brought this superior narrative to the stage; turning it into a productionbrimming with comedy. Director Bill Buckhurst can be credited...
Girl From The North Country at Theatre Royal Plymouth
Photo Courtesy of ATG Tickets With music and lyrics from Bob Dylan; who’s regarded widely as one of the greatest song writers of all time, Girl From The North Country reimagines the traditional jukebox musical by breathing a new, soulful life into classics such as...
Breathless at Theatre Royal Plymouth
Photo Courtesy of Soho Theatre Inspired by her own life story, Breathless is a new 65 minute play; from genius and Plymouth Laureate of Words, Laura Horton- who originally wrote the play as a 20 minute piece, which first started off as an explorative creation in...
Bugsy Malone at Theatre Royal Plymouth
Photo Courtesy of ATG Tickets You’ve probably heard of the classic 1976 musical, which brought fame to many young actors; such as Jodie Foster and Scott Baio- but director Sean Holmes brings a whole new perspective to watching this hilariously unusual gangster spoof...
Dolly Parton’s Hit Musical ‘9 To 5’ brings girl power and attitude to Plymouth
Inspired by the 1980 movie of the same title, ‘9 to 5’ is a pure girl power musical that thrilled audiences during its West End run before the pain in the neck that is covid came along and cut the London run and the previous UK Tour short. But now its back and hitting...
Happy 69th Birthday to Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
Let me take you back to a different time, long before the age of social media and iPhones, long before Covid made such a massive impact on our lives. It’s 1952, Winston Churchill is prime minister, Stalin is the head of Russia, television shuts off at 10.20pm every...
‘We’ve got Magic to do’ – Unlimited: The Music of Stephen Schwartz Concert (online) Review
Stephen Schwartz is one of the best loved composers and lyricists in the world, famous for his role in many much-loved musicals including Wicked, Pippin, Godspell and The Prince of Egypt. His music is famous all over the world and thanks to Thespie, a new theatre...
‘We See The Same Thing’ – The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Live Stream Review
A couple of months on from when Wise Children wowed us with their live stream of ‘Romantics Anonymous’, the team led by Emma Rice are back at the Bristol Old Vic in partnership with Kneehigh, live streaming ‘The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk’ into our homes. This is the...
‘The places it’s been, the things that it’s seen’ – Fiver (Livestream) Review
A five pound note, a simple piece of paper with some monetary value attached to it. We fold them up, shove them into our pockets, hand them over in exchange for something with very little thought of what happens to that humble five pound note after you hand it over....
Musical Theatre to take centre stage on BBC One this weekend
Apart from the occasional theme week special on shows such as Strictly Come Dancing or Dancing on Ice, it is not very often that the world of musical theatre complete with glitz, glamour and show tunes hit primetime on our televisions, but on Sunday night (Feb 7) that...
‘No Day But Today’ – Rent (Hope Mill Theatre Stream) Review
Like many other who had pulled out all the stops to get live theatre going again, The Hope Mill Theatre’s production of Rent had its plans scuppered by the second national lockdown. But if this long, hard year has proven anything, it’s that the theatre industry never...
‘That’s the way it ought to be’ – Marry Me A Little (Streamed) Review – Barn Theatre
This dreaded second lockdown may have stopped the live run of this new production of ‘Marry Me A Little’ in its tracks, but if this pandemic has proven anything, it is that nothing can stop the Barn Theatre. Within days of closing the production to live audiences, it...