A rare summer in the city for me means I can take in some of the family shows on in the West End right now – including Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear the Musical, The Scarecrow’s Wedding, Where is Peter Rabbit? and Monstersaurus.
THE BURNT PART BOYS – Park Theatre
In the first musical to be staged at Park 90, the Park Theatre’s smaller space, The Burnt Part Boys proves to be one of the finest examples of Off West End musical theatre.
THE BURNT PART BOYS – Park Theatre
The stage is set beautifully. A gathering of men, singing to the sky, tell of the distant depths they travel to for their work, and their hopes of returning to the surface to see the sun once again. After this powerful opening, the next few scenes didn’t quite live up to what was promised at the outset. There were a few hurried lines, a song where the characters were drunk, some overwrought emotions that seemed out-of-place at the outset of a show.
Review: Whistle Down The Wind (Union Theatre)
Whistle Down The Wind had a huge effect on me. It was the first ‘film with people in it’ (as opposed to cartoons) that my parents took me to see. Of course, aged 7, even in black-and-white I fell in love with Hayley Mills – a brilliant casting by her godfather Bryan Forbes for whom the eerie allegorical drama […]
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Review: Whistle Down The Wind (Union Theatre)
Whistle Down The Wind had a huge effect on me. It was the first ‘film with people in it’ (as opposed to cartoons) that my parents took me to see. Of course, aged 7, even in black-and-white I fell in love with Hayley Mills – a brilliant casting by her godfather Bryan Forbes for whom the eerie allegorical drama […]
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