REVIEW: Catch Me If You Can: A well-executed, entertaining night at the theatre
Gray O’ Brien (Inspector Levine), Patrick Duffy ( Daniel Corban) & Linda Purl (Elizabeth Corban) Catch Me If You Can – Photo by Jack Merriman Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre Performance Date: 04 April 2022 Reviewer: Sam Dunning Star Rating: ★★★★ A good thrilling murder mystery has you guessing from start to finish and Catch Me […]
REVIEW : Heathers The Musical – High School high jinks of the highest quality, and an extravaganza of exceptional vocals to boot
The cast of Heathers The Musical UK Tour 2021 – Photos by Pamela Raith Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre Performance Date: 16 November 2021 Reviewer: Sam Dunning Star Rating: ★★★★ 1980s American High School – the setting for countless films, TV shows, books, magazines, and, as in this case, musicals. The themes and styling are almost always […]
REVIEW: Heathers The Musical – I say yes!
L-R Bobbie Little, Jodie Steele & Frances Mayli McCann – Heathers – Theatre Royal Haymarket – Pamela Raith Photography Book, Music & Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy Venue: Theatre Royal Haymarket Performance Date: 8 July 2021 Reviewer: Gemma Fincher Star Rating: ★★★★ Greetings and salutations welcome to Westerberg High, a school run by the popular kids […]
REVIEW: Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph 2020 UK Tour Image: Pamela Raith Photography Venue: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Performance Date: 25 February 2020 Reviewer: Sophie Mills Star Rating: ★★★ Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a show that sits right in the heart of musical fans everywhere. The earworms come thick and fast, and it’s rare to find even the […]
REVIEW: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Henry Metcalfe (Jacob) and Mark McMullan (Joseph) – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Photo Credit Pamela Raith Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Performance Date: 14 January 2020 Star Rating: ★★★★ Reviewer: Gemma Fincher Since its West End premiere in 1973 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has enjoyed unparalleled success. The show is currently in the throes of […]
REVIEW: Saturday Night Fever – Dance extravaganza, but not a musical theatre masterpiece
The cast of Saturday Night Fever – UK Tour 2019 – Photo by Paul Coltas Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre Performance Date: 15 October 2019 Star Rating: ★★★ Reviewer: Sam Dunning John Travolta danced his way into stardom in 1977 by taking on the now iconic role of Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever. Although he was fairly well known […]
NEWS: Listen up biatch – Heathers is back!
Following two record-breaking seasons at London’s The Other Palace and West End transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2018 and having won the WhatsOnStage 2019 award for ‘BEST NEW MUSICAL’, Heathers the Musical will embark on a highly anticipated UK tour from 2020. Produced by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, this high octane, black comedy, rock musical based on […]
REVIEW: Cabaret – Willkommen to an astonishingly edgy, powerful & iconic piece of theatre
Cabaret previous cast photography Credit: Pamela Raith Photography Venue: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Performance Date: 03 September 2019 Reviewer: Gemma Fincher Star Rating: ★★★★1/2 There is no way that a classic musical set in pre-Nazi Germany should resonate with a 2019 audience, much less draw parallels to today’s society. However that is exactly what Bill Kenwright’s […]
NEWS: Martin Shaw confirmed to star in a new production of Patrick Hamilton’s classic psychological thriller Gaslight
Opening Theatre Royal Windsor on 17 September 2019 then moving to The Alexandra Theatre Birmingham, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, Theatre Royal Bath and New Theatre Peterborough prior to West End. Martin Shaw, one of the UK’s best loved stars returns to the stage in a new production of Patrick Hamilton’s classic psychological thriller Gaslight, in the role of retired […]
REVIEW: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Trina Hill (Narrator), Jaymi Hensley (Joseph) & the cast of Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – UK Tour Photo: Pamela Raith Venue: Birmingham Hippodrome Performance Date: 03 July 2019 Star Rating: ★★★ 1/2 Continues to endure and delight audiences old and new Since its West End premiere in 1973 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor […]