Tag: Barry James

Posted in Film

Film Review: Wonka (2023)

With more than a little debt to the aesthetics of Paddington, Timothée Chalamet leads musical romp Wonka…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Musicals Theatre Theatre review Waterloo East Theatre

Review: A Letter To Harvey Milk, Waterloo East Theatre

A Letter To Harvey Milk proves a disjointed musical at the Waterloo East Theatre “Stories tell us…

Posted in Alanis Morissette Albums Anaïs Mitchell Broadway Cast Recordings Curtain Up Show Album of the Year Music Musicals Not-London Stephen Sondheim Theatre awards

The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2019 nominees

You can now vote for the Best London Cast Recording, Best Broadway Cast Recording and Best Solo…

Posted in Cast Recordings Laurence O'Keefe Music Musicals Theatre West End

Album Reviews: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ / Heathers / Calendar Girls 

A trio of quick London cast recordings – The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾,…

Posted in Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾, Menier Chocolate Factory

“You may be 13 but you’re still an adolescent boy” After premiering at the Curve Theatre in…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music

Album Review: She Loves Me (1994 London Cast Recording)

  “He brought me ice-cream” It’s a little unfortunate for this 1994 London Cast Recording of She…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Cast Recordings Music

Album Review: The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

  “We had such hopes…” To celebrate its 25th anniversary, The Phantom of the Opera decamped to…

Posted in David Greig Musicals Theatre West End

Re-review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

“Beyond this door, surprises in store” Third time lucky for me and the great glass elevator! The…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Little Shop of Horrors, Ambassadors Theatre

Starting off at the Menier Chocolate Factory and transferring to the West End at the Duke of…