Starlight Express is an evening of mindless camp fun. And therein lies the problem. The opening of the first London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe’s musical comes forty years after the show’s premiere at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, and must be a bittersweet occasion for the show’s composer. It was, after all,… Read more

After 15 years, Next to Normal has finally transferred to the West End; theatre enthusiasts are finally getting the chance to experience the cult classic live on stage and this production is most definitely ALIVE! Director Michael Longhurst’s revival of this 2009 rock musical by Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (books and lyrics) opened… Read more

A murder in 2 parts… well it was for me! It really was murder at the press night, as my first visit to The Ambassadors Theatre was sadly cut short. Due to this I think I possibly had longest interval in theatre history! But not to worry I finally returned to The Ambassadors Theatre to… Read more

If someone asked me to turn a group of 40-50 strangers into a community of love, joy and happiness, I wouldn’t know where to start, but somehow ‘House of Life’ has encapsulated this in their wonderful ‘Revelation’. Read more

Trafalgar Entertainment’s partnership with the Barbican Centre was responsible for one of the biggest musical hits of the decade so far – with their spectacular revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes receiving two record-breaking London seasons and a UK Tour. The company have returned to the Porter canon for this summer’s blockbuster production – a… Read more

To put a ghost story on stage has always seemed like quite the task to me. To immerse a large auditorium in a suspenseful atmosphere that could be broken so easily by the simple rustling of a bag of Maltesers, while also providing a story that is relevant and poignant enough to deserve a place… Read more