Tag: Jack Shalloo

Posted in Conor McPherson Musicals Old Vic Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017

Review: Girl From The North Country, Old Vic

“Everything’s a little upside down As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped” I’m no great…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals

Album Review: Departure Lounge (Original London Cast Recording)

“He was in a right state, well he’s a lightweight”   Dougal Irvine was recently in town…

Posted in Musicals Old Vic Theatre

Review: Groundhog Day, Old Vic

“I have not a bad word to say,  about small towns. Per se.” Expectations were high, how…

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Album Review: Lift (Concept Album)

  “One minute in a lift…” Craig Adams and Ian Watson’s Lift played the Soho Theatre early…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals West End

Album Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Original London Cast Recording)

  “That’s my Charlie, that’s my son” At a time when big new musicals have been dropping…

Posted in Albums Music

Album Review: Somewhere In My Mind – The Songs of Joe Sterling

  “Do we ever really know?” Joe Sterling’s debut album Somewhere In My Mind has lingered in…

Posted in David Greig Musicals Theatre West End

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

“So we’ve lost a few children along the way, we’ve all learned something though” One of the…

Posted in David Greig Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

“It’s the a-choc-alypse…no, it’s choc-mageddon” What to do when a golden ticket is actually thrust into one’s…

Posted in Arcola Theatre Musicals Theatre

Review: Goodbye Barcelona, Arcola Theatre

“We’ll fight the repercussions with weapons from the Russians” Inspired by a collection of interviews with British…