Tag: Josefina Gabrielle

Posted in Albums Music

Album Review: MS. A Song Cycle

“I wish you didn’t have to be in pain”   Multiple Sclerosis affects over 100,000 people in the…

Posted in Live Music Musicals Theatre

Review: Sweet Charity in concert, Cadogan Hall

“You’re a blockbuster buster” It’s been five years since the Menier’s glorious revival of Sweet Charity so…

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 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 Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre

Review: Two Into One, Menier Chocolate Factory

“There’s far too much sex in this hotel and I’m not having any of it” The things…

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2014 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – Almeida / Harold Pinter 1984 by George Orwell, adapted…

Posted in Christmas Theatre

Review: Puss in Boots, Hackney Empire

“Do you want to join the pussycat chorus” Though its position at other times of the year…

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 Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre West End

Re-review: Merrily We Roll Along, Harold Pinter Theatre

“Me with music and you the words“ Menier Chocolate Factory Christmas musicals have a habit of making…