WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
Denmark have won the Eurovision Song Contest 3 times but haven’t qualified for a final since Leonora finished 12th with Love Is Forever in 2019 in Tel Aviv.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: Saturday 10 February, opens 20 February and runs through 6 April 2024
We’re in the 5th row and start to get a little nervous as ushers ask those in the front 3 at the interval whether they’d like to wear disposable waterproofs for the 2nd half as paintballs will be thrown at the stage.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Friday 9 February, opens 14 February and runs through 27 March 2024 2024 RUNTIME: 165 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
The beating heart of this play about family by The Hundred And One Dalmatians author Dodie Smith is the unlikely romance between Dora and Charles Randolph’s son Nicholas, played by Billy Howle, and family friend Fenny.
By Aline Mahrud
WHEN?: 7pm UK time 10 February 2024
WHERE?: Scandinavium, Gothenberg WHERE DO I WATCH?: SVT Play
Last week our predictions were 50 per cent correct and this week we have a higher number of debutants which always makes forecasting more tricky.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Rock quartet Cyan Kicks finished runners up in Finland’s Eurovision selection show UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu) in 2022 and on Saturday (10 February 2024) return again with this song.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN? Saturday 3 February 2024, opens 13 February booking until 30 March 2024 RUNTIME: 150 minutes (includes a 20-minute interval) Update: now booking Shaftesbury Theatre 15 May through 10 January 2026 Tickets
On 13 July 1985 we weren’t quite old enough for a Saturday job in Woolworth’s or WH Smith’s and instead watched Live Aid on TV at home after our paper round and if there’s 1 message from this global jukebox musical that resonates it is that individuals matter and when they work together they can change things.
By Aline Mahrud
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Saturday 3 February, runs through 15 June 2024 RUNTIME: 180 minutes (including a 15-minute interval and a brief pause)
It’s the long hot summer of 1976 and 3 sisters reunite in the front room of their mother’s Blackpool guesthouse as she lays dying upstairs.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Wednesday 31 January 2024, also showing in selected cinemas Sunday 4 February 2024
‘A Friday night in Copenhagen – what could be better?’ asks Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant as the duo follow Taylor Swift and Beyonce into cinemas.
By Aline Mahrud
WHEN?: 7pm UK time 3 February 2024
WHERE?: Malmö Arena, Malmö WHERE DO I WATCH?: SVT Play
This year’s Melodifestivalen has 4 rather than 5 heats with this opener from the venue where the Eurovision Song Contest final itself will take place on Saturday 11 May 2024.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHEN?: Monday 29 January, runs through 3 February 2024, touring the UK until 11 May 2024 RUNTIME: 135 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
‘The wedding’s off but the honeymoon is on!’ runs the tagline for this fun Stock Aitken Waterman musical and, plot-wise, there’s very little else you need to know.
