WORTH A LOOK?: ****
RELEASED: 12 April 2021
MARINA’s trademark operatic vocals are much in evidence here as she imagines what Mother Nature might make of Covid-19: ‘Virus come, fires burn until human beings learn from every disaster, you are not my master’.
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?: ****
RELEASED: 23 April 2021
As we write this, the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest final in which this song competes in its original Spanish language version will take place 3 weeks today.
Covid-19 caused its cancellation for the 1st time in its 66-year history in 2020 and this year it comes live from the Ahoy in Rotterdam on Saturday 22 May 2021. We’ve previewed semi 1, semi 2 and the pre-qualified finalists. Our pick to win is Iceland’s Daði Freyr (pictured) with hits group Gagnamagnið and entry 10 Years, a song of the week for us in March.
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?: ****
OUT: 8 April 2021
Starstruck is the 1st single to be taken from the 3rd album by Years & Years and the first where the band is officially the solo project of Olly Alexander who starred with great effect in Channel 4’s drama It’s A Sin earlier this year.
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?: *****
RELEASED: Friday 16 April 2021
AVAILABLE: on Amazon Prime
RUNTIME: 80 minutes
There’s a universality about Australian journalist Eammon Ashton-Atkinson’s documentary film which he best expresses as being about finding happiness where you least expect it.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: Friday 16 April 2021
Think classic Blow Monkeys and there’s probably a funky saxophone bossing the groove and coincidentally there’s 1 at the heart of More Than A Miracle, the 2nd single from the band’s new album Journey To You.
WHEN?: 8pm (UK time) Saturday 22 May 2021
WHERE?: Rotterdam Ahoy
WHERE CAN I WATCH?: BBC1 in the UK
The 2nd 2021 semi final took place on Thursday night and we now have 10 entries including Iceland’s Daði Freyr (pictured above) to add to the 16 finalists – but what results will they earn on the all important Saturday night?
