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Book/Music/Lyrics: Jonathan Larson Director: David Wood Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Making its initial debut for a three week workshop run at the New York Theatre Workshop in 1994, which was followed by an Off-Broadway production on the 25th January 1996 (which makes the musical we come to see and hear today only 17 years old [...]

Music: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Laurence Connor Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: Having gone down the road of television casting once again for one of his shows and quite possibly killing off the genre at the same time, Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s much-touted revival of his 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will hopefully have the [...]

Music: Tim Prottey-Jones Book: Robert Gould/Sarah Henley Direction: Sarah Henley Reviewer: Lucy Thackray The Public Reviews Rating: After the Turn first hits you with its original plot. Michael (Liam Doyle) is a talented young musician on the brink of making it big with his band when his single mother Amanda (Ashleigh Gray) is killed in an accident. Michael shuts down [...]

Originally from Worcestershire, composer Tim Prottey-Jones studied music at Wolverhampton University and is now based in Birmingham. He released his first album, More With Every Line, in 2010 and another, Surrounded by the Sounds, last year. His new musical, After the Turn, opens for previews on 31st January at the Courtyard Theatre. Lucy Thackray caught [...]

Reviewer: Jonathan Grant The Public Reviews Rating: On a chilly autumn morning, upstairs at Dress Circle in Covent Garden provided a warm venue to enjoy a selection of songs from “Self Taught, Still Learning”, the debut album from Chris Passey . In August 2011 this website conducted a ten minute interview with Chris whilst the album was in [...]

For lovers of good music, the name ‘Joe Sterling’ is one to remember: actor; singer; musician; songwriter… Shropshire-born Sterling is currently performing in the cast of the UK Tour of The Jungle Book but today however, he is in the Auburn Jam studio with Bob Gould for a two-day recording session for his debut album, [...]

Chris Passey is a multi-talented young man: he’s a Vocal Coach for Dudley Performing Arts; Musical Director of Wulfruna Ladies Choir, Belle Voci and Dudley Young Voices; Co-Artistic Director and composer for Big World Theatre. A previous runner-up in Chicago Rock Café’s ‘Rock Idol and performer in the UK tour of Joseph and the Technicolor [...]