Musical Theater

The Voice Is Back

Ian Watson | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Ian Watson

I wanted to write this blog in letters so small they'd fit on an electron so they would convey not only the scale of my enthusiasm for this show after the first episode but also my total negativity.

Lift, A New Musical - Theatre Review

Chris Cox | Posted 04.04.2013 | Home
Chris Cox

There's always a glimmer of excitement when a new British musical arrives on the scene, we wonder if we'll discover the next Lloyd Webber and if we'll find a show to celebrate.

Dramatic Times for Theatreland - 2012 Reflections and 2013 Predictions

Adam Kenwright | Posted 18.03.2013 | Home
Adam Kenwright

Theatreland is (appropriately) always a dramatic place, but even by industry standards 2012 was a particularly eventful year. The Queen's Jubilee and the triumphant Olympics and Paralympics meant all eyes were on the UK, and of course London.

'Superstar' is Coming - That's the Reality

Daniella Gibb | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Entertainment
Daniella Gibb

This Saturday sees the first episode of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's search for a new Jesus Christ Superstar on ITV. It seems like the ultimate quest - trying to find a Jesus Christ. People are always seeing images of Him. But could this image have the abs for a loin cloth and sing falsetto in arenas around the UK opposite a Radio 1 DJ and a former Spice Gi

Viva For-Now? The New Spice Girls Musical

Daniella Gibb | Posted 27.08.2012 | UK Entertainment
Daniella Gibb

St. Pancras Hotel was the perfect location to launch a new British musical where the motif, creative team and subject matter all scream national pride.

Theatre on the Road - Starlight Express and Phantom of the Opera

Chris Cox | Posted 07.08.2012 | Home
Chris Cox

Two relics of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical success in the 80s are currently touring UK theatres in re-designed productions that bring us singing ghosts and dancing trains.

A 'Sort-Of' Review of David Shrigley's "Pass the Spoon"

Philip Larkin | Posted 20.01.2012 | UK Entertainment
Philip Larkin

If Ready Steady Cook sh*gged Come Dine With Me after smoking the pubic hairs of David Lynch, rolled up in the pages of Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy - Pass the Spoon would be the love child from that wildly wonderful evening. A triumph.