Posts tagged "musical"
High Society – a musical by Cole Porter, based on the play The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry. The Old Vic until 22nd August 2015 Much is promised in the preamble with a pianist playing requests and warming up the audience for a fun night. Unfortunately the first half is so disjointed that the audience nearly looses hope and it takes a farcical second half to restore our humour....
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – a musical by Jeffery Lane based on the film by Pedro Almodovar Playhouse Theatre London – booking until August 2015 Pedro Almodovar’s 1988 wacky film is transformed into a musical by Jeffery Lane and David Yazbek. Tamsin Greig takes the lead role of Pepa Marcos, a lovelorn actress with a penchant to mixing gazpacho with sleeping pills. The first half of...
Rent - a musical by Jonathan Larson presented by LAMDA’s BA (HONS) Professional Acting and Foundation Degree Stage Management & Technical Theatre students It was my first experience of a LAMDA production which is the creation of the West London drama school’s final year acting and stage management students to showcase the school’s talent which has been nurtured over three years. Pulitzer prize winning Rent is a tough ask from...
Sunny Afternoon - a musical based on the music of The Kinks, music and lyrics by Ray Davies Harold Pinter Theatre until 23rd May 2015 The best way to beat the January or possibly the upcoming February blues is to go see Sunny Afternoon. Following a sold-out run at the Hampstead Theatre this musical, which depicts the trials and tribulations of iconic British band The Kinks, is enjoying a...
Here Lies Love - a musical by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim Dorfman Theatre at the National until 8th January 2015 Standing tickets are the best way to experience the pulsating nightclub setting for the story of Imelda, wife of Ferdinand Marcus who ruled the Philippines from 1965 until a bloodless revolution ousted him from power in 1986. This history of tyranny and ultimately rule by martial law is the...
Therese Raquin by Emile Zola Music by Craig Adams Book and Lyrics by Nona Shepphard Finborough Theatre - playing until 19th April 2014 The audience is immediately hit by the intensity created by Craig Adams and Nona Shepphard in their musical adaptation of Zola's novel depicting love and despair. 12 actors, some in multiple roles, form an intricate physical puzzle in a space so tiny that the viewer is...