Comedy tourists There’s a strong tradition of fringe festivals nurturing the stars of tomorrow. A flood of students head for Edinburgh each summer hoping for a bit of Footlights fame. But there is a fine line between end of term skit and performance fit for …
It would be like pissing on a grave to be overly critical of ‘Elegies’, the song cycle of AIDS victims interspersed with thirty-two heartfelt blank verse monologues charting individual experience of the fatal disease. But a little bit of wee did come out when we …
This is not the best week to put on an intimate Sondheim revue. Overshadowed by the glorious Sondheim Prom at the Albert Hall, by Maria Friedman’s all-Sondheim set at Cadogan Hall and the reputedly outstanding Into The Woods just beginning at Regent’s Park Open Air …
Unpredictability is a charm of The Camden Fringe. Picking a gun and knife crime streetdance musical as the first of our shows for 2010 was risky but fortune really does favour the brave and Zip had us by our vitals from the very start. A …
Since Sister Act opened last year in a blaze of publicity it’s done well at keeping its original cast, but if reports are true, not amazingly at filling seats at the gigantic Palladium. Indeed with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Wizard of Oz due to open there …
What do you call a well-known newsreader who is about to take on a singing and dancing role in a stageshow for charity? Jon Snow! The Channel 4 news presenter with his amazing range of ties made a singing and dancing cameo in Showstopper! at …
A Sentimental Journey at Wilton’s Music Hall is a glorious romp through the life of Doris Day, which reveals a personal life with more melodrama than a Douglas Sirk movie behind the angelic public persona. The pretty pastel 1950s set is peachy-perfect and echoes Doris’s …
Until the end of January there’s still time to treat yourself to a feast of classic Cole Porter tunes including ‘Let’s Misbehave’ and ‘Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?’ Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate in their impressive revival of High Society. The musical started out …
We’re afraid it’s not a dream holiday with our Gothamist buddies over in the Big Apple, but Sunday in the West End could be the start to the festive season for any musical fans out there. Returning for the fourth year, the Christmas in New …
Good ol’ Christopher Lee in Hammer Horror’s breakthrough film, Dracula In a week dominated by hasty Halloween costume-buying, we’re pleased to bring you other options for filling your free time. So you can head out, instead of hiding behind the sofa on Saturday night with …
“What is it? What? Is it my hair?” So what do you get when you marry Grease with the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and add in a little nuclear action? Zombie Prom, the latest production from the Landor Theatre in Clapham. The story centres around …
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