WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE?: Stream Theatre
WHEN?: Runs 30 April to 10 May 2021 RUNTIME: 75 minutes
The best reason to stream this star-studded version of a hit West End musical from yesteryear is that it will get you in the mood for this month’s Eurovision Song Contest.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHERE?: Online and available from 19 April to 4 May 2021
WHEN?: 24 April 2021
HOW?: Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield and Dukes Theatre, Lancaster production
RUNTIME: 73 minutes
Gurjeet Singh (pictured above) may be familiar from Channel 4’s school drama Ackley Bridge and here he plays struggling actor and vlogger Ernest/Jamil who is desperate to break into the world of acting success.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
HOW TO WATCH: Stream Theatre 15-25 April 2021
RUNTIME: 90 minutes
The dearth of British writing about gay London life in the 80s when HIV and AIDS were so predominant was corrected by Channel 4’s magnificent It’s A Sin and is again addressed here in this 90-minute monologue with original music and songs.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Le Crazy Coqs, Soho, London
WHEN? Friday 26 March 2021, available to 31 March 2021
HOW TO WATCH?: via Fane Productions, tickets RUNTIME: 60 minutes
Terera won an Olivier Award in 2018 for Hamilton and we know all about his West End pedigree thanks to seeing him in shows as diverse as Rosmersholm (Duke Of York’s), Pure Imagination (Other Palace) and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (National Theatre).
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
HOW TO WATCH: Digitally until 4/4/21 at Stream Theatre, tickets
RUNTIME: 85 minutes (without interval)
One of the joys of lockdown has been watching Marisha Wallace’s star rise with her home gig, debut album and now this plum role in a little-known musical we were already familiar with.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHERE?: Digital production 20 March 2021
HOW TO WATCH: Screening online 16-31 March 2021. UPDATE: Now available to 17 April 2021
You probably recognise Fionn Whitehead from Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning World War Two film Dunkirk but we last saw him onstage at the Old Vic in Queers.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Cadogan Hall, central London
WHEN?: 13 March 2021 (matinee), final show 14 March 2021
Fireworks? Or bonfire bound? Treason – The Musical is still in development and this concert version is performed brilliantly and shows many sparks of potential.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Curve Leicester RUNTIME: 150 minutes (10-minute interval)
WHEN?: 2/3/21 runs to 7/3/21 available digitally
Update: now extended to 16/3/21
You won’t find a review of this musical on this site until now but 1 of Team monstagigz did see Cynthia Erivo’s Tony Award-winning role as Celie on Broadway in a production that had originated at south London’s Menier Chocolate Factory.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE?: Cadogan Hall, central London
RUNTIME: 135 minutes (including a 10-minute interval)
WHEN?: 28/2/21
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 book by F.Scott Fitzgerald about the insubstantiality of the American Dream that has been made into a film four times starring most recently both Robert Redford and Leonardo DiCaprio in the titular role.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: 19/12/20 (matinee), runs to 19/12/20 RUNTIME: 70 minutes
The best thing about this one-man musical is its star who is fresh from Rent in Manchester and the RSC’s production of David Walliams and Robbie Williams’ musical The Boy In The Dress.
