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Guys and DollsBased on a story by Damon Runyon Music & Lyrics: Frank LoesserBook: Jo Swerling & Abe BurrowsDirector: Des McNuffChoreographer: Sergio TrujilloReviewer: John RobertsThere is still something very magical about entering a theatre that you have never been in before, you are placed in unfamiliar surroundings and your senses go on overload absorbing the [...]

Lost Monsters by Laurence Wilson Director: Matt WildeReviewer: Kate Cotterell ‘The world would be a better place if we were all like bees’ is one of the memorable lines from Laurence Wilson’s Lost Monsters, playing at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool where images of bees adorn almost every available space and it is clear we [...]

Hot MikadoBook and lyrics: David H Bellmusic Adaptor and arranger: Rob BowmanDirector: Matt DevittThe Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch happens to be my local theatre, but for some reason I’ve not really been there much in recent years…In fact, my first theatre memory is of Peter Pan at Queen’s in about 1986, so it has a special [...]

Spider’s Web by Agatha ChristieDirector : Joe HarmstonReviewer: Marie Kenny Admittedly, I may have concocted the odd elaborate lie or two in my time (ok maybe even three- at a push). But stumbling upon a dead body in my house and lying to the police about it is, fortunately, way out of my league.Not so, [...]

Dreamboats & Petticoats by Laurence Marks & Maurice GreenDirector: Bob Tomson & Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Jim NicholsonSt Mungo’s Youth Club is the venue for this “jukebox musical” that takes us all back to the 1960’s and a night of rock and roll.Although from the “jukebox” genre the book to this musical has a bit more [...]

Shrek The Musical Based on the book by William SteigBook & Lyrics: David Lyndsay-AbaireMusic: Jeanine TesoriDirector: Jason MooreChoreographer: Josh PrinceReviewer: John RobertsTurning films into theatre seems to be the status-quo at the moment in theatre land, but why? Is it because it is a tried and tested vehicle? Is it an easy bet during the [...]

Company Music/Lyrics: Stephen SondheimBook: George FurthDirector: Michael StrassonReviewer: Leon TraymanThe Union Theatre has been the place for excellent fringe musicals for the past few years, and their revival of Sondheim’s Company does not disappoint. The Fourteen strong ensemble cast pull out all the stops for a memorable night at the theatre. Neil Lamont’s stark set [...]

Spongebob Square Pants -The Sponge Who Could Fly.Book: Stephen Banks Music/Lyrics: Eban SchletterDirector: Gip Hoppe Reviewer: The Astbury FamilyIIf you were to mention Spongebob Squarepants to any breathing child, you would probably get a very warm reception, so it is with no real surprise that this anarchic Nickleodeon cartoon has been given the onstage adaptation.Telling [...]