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Album Review: The Grinning Man – 2018 London cast live recording

In Albums, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster15th December 2018Leave a Comment

I loved The Grinning Man in both its incarnations – from Bristol’s Old Vic to the West End – and so I was most pleased to hear that it would be immortalised in vinyl, or whatever the digital equivalent is…

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‘Satisfying, challenging, complex, beautiful’: THE GRINNING MAN – West End

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster22nd December 2017Leave a Comment

There’s superlative work from Gyre & Gimble’s puppetry, Loren O’Dair and James Alexander-Taylor’s work with the wolf is exceptional, and the whole show is just as satisfying and challenging and complex and beautiful as I remembered. Recommended.

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NEWS: Full cast announced for The Grinning Man’s West End transfer

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases, Regional theatre by Press Releases30th October 2017Leave a Comment

Full casting has now been announced for the West End transfer of new musical The Grinning Man, with West End stars including Julie Atherton, Mark Anderson and Sanne den Besten amongst those joining the company.

NEWS: Full cast announced for The Grinning Man’s West End transfer

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases, Regional theatre by Press Releases30th October 2017Leave a Comment

Full casting has now been announced for the West End transfer of new musical The Grinning Man, with West End stars including Julie Atherton, Mark Anderson and Sanne den Besten amongst those joining the company.

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THE GRINNING MAN – Bristol Old Vic

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews by Ian Foster21st October 2016Leave a Comment

Written by Carl Grose and directed by BOV AD Tom Morris, The Grinning Man is a deliciously dark fairytale of a show, sharing DNA with the likes of Kneehigh and The Light Princess in its theatrical playfulness and musical complexity.

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