It’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2016? Over the next fortnight we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 12 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2016.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Savoy Theatre
WHEN: 24/11, runs to 6/5/17
You may have heard the rumours about Glee star Amber Riley’s (pictured right above) showstopping performance in this first West End production of this 1981 Broadway hit sparking multiple midshow standing ovations. They’re all true.
It’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2016? Over the next fortnight we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 12 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2016.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Theatre
WHEN: 25/11, runs to 8/1/17
We can remember going to a pantomime each year as a child and wish, in retrospect, that they were as Pan-tastic as the annual festive treat served up at Greenwich Theatre by Andrew Pollard (pictured above).
It’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2016? Over the next fortnight we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 12 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2016.
It’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2016? Over the next fortnight we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 12 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2016.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
OUT: now
TRACKLIST: Shout Out To My Ex; Touch; F.U; Oops; You Gotta Not; Down And Dirty; Power; Your Life; Nobody Like You; No More Sad Songs; Private Show; Nothing Else Matters
Shout Out To My Ex was everything we wanted from a lead-off single for this, their fourth album.
When queueing for the gents one doesn’t normally expect to see arguably Broadway’s hottest creative right now but that’s what happened in the West End’s Arts Theatre last night.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Donmar at King’s Cross Theatre
WHEN: 18/11, runs to 17/12
‘Cel-e-ry, cel-e-ry, She won’t come unless you tickle her bum with a lump of celery.’
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN: 17/11 (matinee), press night 1/12, runs until 18/2/17
We were in the audience for five-times Oscar nominee Ed Harris’ fourth preview for his West End debut in this Broadway transfer in which he appears alongside his real-life wife Amy Madigan.
