Tag: Gerard Carey

Posted in Lockdown Treats Theatre

Lockdown treat: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Stars of the West End Stage, Televison, Movies and Theatre Production Staff sing ‘Always Look On The…

Posted in Dan Gillespie Sells Mousetrap Awards Musicals Theatre Theatre awards West End Young Vic

Nominees for the 8th annual Mousetrap Awards

BEST FEMALE PERFORMER AWARD: Marisha Wallace as Effie in Dreamgirls Natalie Kassanga, as Diana Ross in Motown…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Lyric Hammersmith Shakespeare Theatre Watford Palace Young Vic

Blogged: shaking up Shakespeare

I have a mixed time with some shaken-up Shakespeares – othellomacbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith; Twelfth Night at…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals

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…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals Stiles + Drewe

Album Review: Half A Sixpence (2016 London Cast Recording)

  “Um-tiddly-um-pum-um-pum-pum Stick it in your fam’ly album” With Half A Sixpence due to close in the…

Posted in Albums Broadway Cast Recordings Curtain Up Show Album of the Year Cyndi Lauper Duncan Sheik Lin-Manuel Miranda Music Musicals Not-London Sara Bareilles Stiles + Drewe Terry Johnson Theatre awards

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 –…

Posted in Musicals Stiles + Drewe Theatre West End

Review: Half A Sixpence, Noël Coward Theatre

“I’d let him strum my banjo” It was no surprise to discover that Half A Sixpence would…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Not-London Stiles + Drewe Theatre

Review: Half A Sixpence, Chichester Festival Theatre

“Don’t forget your banjo” Take a deep breath… the 1963 musical Half A Sixpence by Beverley Cross…

Posted in Charles Dickens Theatre

Review: Dickens Abridged, Arts Theatre

“Fistulas, fistulas, always the fistulas” Previously seen in an earlier incarnation as Dickens Unplugged, Dickens Abridged is…