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‘So many treats’: THE SHOW MUST GO ON – Palace Theatre & Online

In Concerts, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster7th June 2021Leave a Comment

Featuring 18 West End musicals, The Show Must Go On is a concert to remember, featuring a whole host of theatrical talent both on and off the stage.

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Album Reviews: Amélie The Musical / Cases / After You

In Albums, Audio, London theatre, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster9th April 2021Leave a Comment

A trio of cast recording reviews covers musicals Amélie The Musical, Cases and After You – each one a winner in its own way.

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‘Production does wonders’: ORDINARY DAYS – Pickle Productions (Online review)

In London theatre, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster3rd April 2021Leave a Comment

In Pickle Productions’ Ordinary Days a musical about human connection is given the production full of humanity it deserves.

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NEWS: The Prince Of Egypt resumes with socially distanced performances in July 2021

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases by Press Releases14th March 2021

The Prince Of Egypt, the musical based on the classic DreamWorks Animation film, will resume performances at London’s Dominion Theatre on 1 July 2021 with public booking now extended until 8 January 2022.

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‘Treat after treat’: UNLIMITED: The SONGS OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Online review)

In Concerts, London theatre, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster10th December 2020Leave a Comment

Check out Wicked alumni Nikki Bentley, Sophie Evans, Alice Fearn, Alexia Khadime, Liam Tamne and more in Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz.

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‘Character investment is strong from the beginning’: AFTER YOU – TONIGHT AT THE LONDON COLISEUM (Online review)

In London theatre, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Maryam Philpott5th October 2020Leave a Comment

After You is a brief but well constructed story about musical theatre’s favourite theme – love – but is less the straightforward tale of boy meets girl who live happily ever after. It is more a two-hander that plays with convention.

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’An absolute ray of sunshine’: Hello, Harry! A Celebration of 40 Years at Stage Door (Online review)

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster19th July 2020Leave a Comment

Hello Harry!, an online concert celebrating the incredible 40-year career of Harry Gabriel, the Shaftesbury Theatre’s Stage Door Keeper, was an absolute ray of sunshine.

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‘A wonderfully vibrant fundraising concert’: TURN UP LONDON – Online review ★★★★★

In Concerts, London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Reviews by Emma Clarendon13th July 2020Leave a Comment

Fundraising concert Turn Up London, organised by Nicole Raquel Dennis and Ryan Carter, is a powerful reminder of how music and words can unite people as well as put across serious messages.

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‘When You Believe has a choral majesty that is undeniable’: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (Album review)

In Albums, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster11th April 2020Leave a Comment

There was a moment in the last couple of days as I listened to ‘Make It Right’ for the umpteenth time that I wondered whether I’d been a bit harsh to The Prince of Egypt when it opened in late February.

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‘Only really springs to life in the musical numbers’: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT – West End ★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Jonathan Baz29th February 2020Leave a Comment

Who knows, in years to come a Fringe theatre may manage to hit the right tone with The Prince of Egypt. In the meantime, this production could do with a little more creative flair and re-write.

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‘Spectacularly well performed musical’: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT – West End ★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Olivia Mitchell28th February 2020Leave a Comment

For spectacle and energy, The Prince of Egypt is worth a visit. It’s not going to change your life but it’ll provide a fun few hours of superfluous theatricality that looks and sounds very pretty.

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‘Might be in need of a miracle’: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT – West End

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster27th February 2020Leave a Comment

In The Prince Of Egypt highly committed cast does their best to ride out inconsistent production choices to deliver work that fills the Dominion well.

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NEWS: The Prince of Egypt extends its West End run by seven weeks

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases by Press Releases26th February 2020

The Prince Of Egypt, the brand-new musical that officially opens this week at London’s Dominion Theatre, has added seven extra weeks to its limited engagement with 100,000 new tickets now on sale to 31 October 2020.

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NEWS: Full casting is announced for the West End production of The Prince Of Egypt

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases by Press Releases5th September 2019

Casting has been announced for the West End production of Disney’s Prince of Egypt.

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NEWS: Debbie Kurup & Gary Wilmot join the West End line-up for The Prince Of Egypt as further casting is announced

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases31st July 2019

Further West End cast has been announced for the brand-new stage musical The Prince Of Egypt, running at London’s Dominion Theatre from 5 February to 12 September 2020.

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NEWS: Initial West End casting is announced for The Prince Of Egypt

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases18th July 2019

Initial casting for the West End premiere production of the brand new stage musical The Prince Of Egypt, has been announced with Luke Brady and Liam Tamne playing Moses and Ramses respectively and Christine Allado and Alexia Khadime as Tzipporah and Miriam.

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‘Certainly worth travelling some distance to experience’: THE DISTANCE YOU HAVE COME – Cockpit Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Liz Dyer24th October 2018Leave a Comment

Not quite a musical, but somewhat more than a concert, song cycle The Distance You Have Come brings together some of the greatest hits from Scott Alan’s star-spangled songwriting career, performed by an equally glittering cast of West End talent.

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‘This show – vocally – absolutely flies’: THE DISTANCE YOU HAVE COME – Cockpit Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Laura Kressly23rd October 2018Leave a Comment

Scott Alan is a long-standing cult favourite amongst musical theatre enthusiasts and his most recent song cycle The Distance You Have Come weaves in his most popular numbers with some newer ones.

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‘An event of uplifting beauty & hope: THE DISTANCE YOU HAVE COME – Cockpit Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Jonathan Baz21st October 2018Leave a Comment

Scott Alan’s The Distance You Have Come – a song cycle drawn from Alan’s work to date – has been fashioned together in this two-hour gig and is an event of uplifting beauty and hope.

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‘Proves a curious enterprise’: THE DISTANCE YOU HAVE COME – Cockpit Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster20th October 2018Leave a Comment

A Scott Alan song cycle promises much but The Distance You Have Come doesn’t quite deliver at the Cockpit Theatre, despite its excellent cast.