Tag: Alison Jiear

Posted in TV Waking the Dead

TV Review: Waking the Dead Series 5

With the loss of two original cast members, Series 5 of Waking the Dead really does ring…

Posted in Christmas Film

Film Review: Nativity Rocks! (2018)

The fourth instalment in the Nativity film series, Nativity Rocks! restores a little of the goodwill squandered…

Posted in Albums Maury Yeston Music

Album Reviews: Love on a Summer Afternoon / The Maury Yeston Songbook / There’s Something About You – More Words and Music of Richard Kates

This trio of album reviews covers Love on a Summer Afternoon: Songs of Sam Davis, The Maury…

Posted in Albums Music

Album Review: Alison Jiear – Inspirational

  “I’m on your side” Truth be told, I wouldn’t normally listen to anything that falls under…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music

Album Review: Annie (1995 London Studio Cast Recording)

  “Betcha they’re good Why shouldn’t they be?” I’ve never actually seen Annie on stage. I would…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Musicals Southwark Playhouse Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015

Review: Xanadu, Southwark Playhouse

“This is like children’s theatre for 40-year-old gay people”  There’s something almost rather brazen about the way…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals Stiles + Drewe

Album Review: The Three Little Pigs

  “The world is perfect, perfect, perfect for a pig!” Listening to their newly released cast recording…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Alan Bennett David Hare Digital Eugene O'Neill George Bernard Shaw Harold Pinter Howard Brenton Michael Frayn Musicals National Theatre Noël Coward Peter Shaffer Shakespeare Stephen Sondheim Tennessee Williams Theatre Tom Stoppard Tony Kushner

Review: National Theatre – Fifty Years on Stage

“We’ve got two hours to show the vast range of work the National has done over the…

Posted in Albums Music

Album Review: Hey Producer!

  “I was wond’ring when you gonna notice me” Hey Producer! is a collection of musical theatre…