Tag: Alan Vicary

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Review: The Queen is Mad, Lion & Unicorn Theatre

Fascinating new musical The Queen is Mad examines the trials of life of a princess at the…

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Review: The Third Man, Menier Chocolate Factory

Painfully old-fashioned, this aimless musical adaptation of The Third Man is punishingly bad at Menier Chocolate Factory…

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Album Review: The Sound of Music (2006 London Palladium Cast Recording)

  “Today you have to learn to be a realist” I wanted to love the London Palladium…

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Album Review: Mary Poppins (2005 Original London Cast Recording)

  “Children who refuse to learn will not return” I only actually got round to seeing the…

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Re-review: Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre

  “I am freedom, I’m constriction A potpourri of contradiction” A cheeky trip back to Kinky Boots…

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The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2016 nominees

Best UK Cast Recording American Psycho – Original London Cast Recording Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined –…

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Album Review: Kinky Boots (Original West End Cast Recording)

  “I am freedom, I’m constriction A potpourri of contradiction” With rather serendipitous timing, the West End…

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The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2016 winners

Best UK Cast Recording American Psycho – Original London Cast Recording Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined –…

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Re-review: Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre

  “Funk it up till it’s ostentatious Dress it up, it feels contagious” Now extended through to…