When cash is deleterious to creativity: The profligately staged Miss Saigon.
By E. L Hardy "I don't want realism, I want magic!" (Tennessee Williams, A Street Car Named Desire) I'd never seen Miss Saigon before,...
News: "Voice of a generation," Adrian Mole comes to the Curve next March.
By JBR To say Adrian Mole was my hero is an understatement. Shortly after I discovered him in WH Smith on the Kilburn High Road, back in...
Is a kiss with a fist better than none? Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel: From 1945 to 2014
By E. L Hardy I know what you want me to do. You want me to write a review – to churn out something interesting and witty about Morphic...
The success of Headlong's 1984 and its contribution to the future of theatre
By E.L. Hardy It was announced this week that, due to unprecedented demand, Headlong's 1984 is extending its run at the Playhouse Theatre...
From unknown to hot new talent - in just 14 years.
The Times has profiled six of the hottest new musical theatre talents. Who could begrudge Cynthia Erivo, Michael Xavier, Rosalie Craig,...
The Hit and Myth of Casting.
By JBR I’ve been thinking. Right now I would posit that there is not one example of ‘celebrity’ casting in a West End musical and yet I...
Repertoire Theatre: Past, Present and Future?
By Laura Darrall. When I broke the news to my beloved Grandma, a stalwart devotee of The Bill, Coronation Street and the like, that I...
How do we solve a problem like Maria?
By JBR About five months ago, half my Twitter timeline exploded. Carrie Underwood was, in the opinion of my friends in the US, butchering...
What not to do at Punchdrunk's The Drowned Man
By Emily Hardy Owing to popular demand, Punchdrunk's immersive Hollywood fable has been extended once again. So in case you're yet to...
Handbagged at Dawn: Are transfers transforming the West End?
By E.J.Martin London's main stages are currently fit to burst with things we have seen before. The West End is playing home to an...
