The three-time Tony Award nominee Dave Malloy’s musical Preludes follows the life of Sergei Rachmaninoff (the role is split into two with musical theatre star Keith Ramsay taking on the role of Rach, and the incredible concert pianist Tom Noyes as Rachmaninoff).
‘Weird & wonderful’: PRELUDES – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★★
Described as a musical fantasia set in the hypnotised mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dave Malloy’s weird and wonderful musical Preludes is like nothing you’ve ever seen before.
‘Raises the bar for the modern musical’: PRELUDES – Southwark Playhouse
While this may not read like an ordinary review, Preludes is far from an ordinary show. Dave Malloy’s work is a revolutionary piece that tackles the topic of mental health in the arts and poses probing questions about the subjectivity of art and the meaning of success.
NEWS: Rachmaninoff musical fantasia Preludes gets UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse
Preludes, the 2015 musical fantasia by American multiple Tony Award nominee Dave Malloy, will get its UK premiere at London’s Southwark Playhouse this autumn. It precedes the premiere in October of Malloy’s Ghost Quartet at Soho’s Boulevard Theatre.
‘I’m not sure why we are approaching Broadway prices’: 10 questions for 10 years – Rebecca Caine
Canadian soprano and OG Cosette, Rebecca Caine
Rebecca Caine may have been in a couple of musicals you’ve heard of before, but my introduction to her was through Tête à Tête’s inspired take on Salad Days at the old Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, recollections of which below. She’s also one of the more entertaining people to follow on Twitter, just don’t mention anyone called Jonas…
“Salad Days! Such a lovely production. I used to love pulling people out to dance with, some would dance me off my feet, as a Don in the pre show, seating Cameron Mackintosh, calling him Mackintosh Minor and telling him to pull his socks up and watching the happiness of the audience at the end when they were just happy to be silly on a sunny day in 1954 Hyde Park.”
Where were you 10 years ago?
Teaching at Trinity Laban and singing a lot of concerts, I think.
Best show you’ve seen in the last 10 years?
I adored An American in Paris.
What has been your professional highlight of the last 10 years?
Finally singing Barber’s Knoxville.
Top flavour of interval ice-cream?
I refuse to remortgage my home and I prefer to keep my bella figura.
What show do you wish theatres would give a rest for a few years?
Jukebox bollocks.
Name someone who you think is a really underappreciated talent (in the world of theatre)?
She’s not under appreciated because she never stops working but she should be a mega star- Anna-Jane Casey.
Elphaba or Glinda?
Glinda, obviously, I prefer a low larynx.
What is one thing that you think would help theatre survive and/or thrive the next ten years?
Lower ticket prices. All I could see was old white people at Hamilton. I’m not sure why we are approaching Broadway prices and yet the actors’ salaries in London are far lower. It’s pure greed.
Which is your favourite theatre?
Is it the Matcham theatre in Buxton or Belfast that has the Indian theme and the boxes are elephants heads? It’s a draw between that and the tiny Georgian one in Margate. Full of ghosts.
Can you say anything about what’s to come for you, (in the next ten years or otherwise)?
What am I, Mystic Meg? As James Mason once said- there’s a lot to be done in the garden.
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ALBUM REVIEWS: Matthew Croke’s Only Dreaming & Anna O’Byrne’s Dream
A pair of dreamy album reviews with Matthew Croke’s Only Dreaming & Anna O’Byrne’s Dream.
‘Surprisingly life-affirming’: HAROLD & MAUDE – Charing Cross Theatre
Last week I was lucky enough to see the wonderful Harold and Maude at the Charing Cross Theatre.
‘So full of happiness and magic’: HAROLD & MAUDE – Charing Cross Theatre ★★★★★
Harold and Maude is so full of happiness and magic. This gem cannot stay hidden, it is too special to stay hidden, it needs the recognition it deserves. In a dreary winter, treat yourself to this ray of light.
‘Hopeful, joyous and hilarious’: Harold & Maude – Charing Cross Theatre ★★★★
When told well, coming of age stories are very often a reminder of the fragility and beauty of life, inspiring a carpe diem attitude tempered with immense gratitude. That the ‘Harold and Maude effect’ delivers this message completely liberated of any subtleties is a shining beacon of hope for humanity in otherwise trying times.
‘An absolute delight’: Harold & Maude – Charing Cross Theatre ★★★★★
Directed by Thom Southerland, Harold and Maude is an absolute delight. True to the book, but with a few diversions taken out, it will keep fans happy and introduce many more to Maudism and the movie.
Losing my mind over Losing My Mind: 10 top takes on Sondheim’s classic
With the National’s highly anticipated production of Follies about to start previews, I thought I’d listen to about a hundred different versions of perhaps its most famous song – Losing My Mind – and try and decide on a top ten.
FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS – Sheffield
Taylor writes an altogether different kind of musical in which “songs” rarely arrive fully formed but rather are in the process of evolving – beginnings of songs which are content just being songful and serving as aides-memoires, melodic remanants which in some cases return again and again with all their emotional memory intact. Wagner called them leitmotifs.
FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS – Sheffield Crucible
Flowers For Mrs Harris marks Daniel Evans’ farewell production at Sheffield’s Crucible and he bows out premiering a musical that is elegant, charming and beautifully crafted.
NEWS: Clare Burt takes title role in Flowers for Mrs Harris musical, Full cast
Daniel Evans today announces the full cast for the world première of Flowers for Mrs Harris by Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff – the final production he will direct as Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres.
Review: The Mikado (Charing Cross Theatre)
The Mikado has to be Gilbert and Sullivan’s most accessible operetta. And with its princeling-in-disguise and not-quite-innocent heroine as his eventual bride, it’s not so far from pantomime that you couldn’t consider it a jolly seasonal alternative to Cinderella. Trouble is, it’s been done to death and updating it to the 1920s means unfortunate comparisons […]
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Review: The Mikado (Charing Cross Theatre)
The Mikado has to be Gilbert and Sullivan’s most accessible operetta. And with its princeling-in-disguise and not-quite-innocent heroine as his eventual bride, it’s not so far from pantomime that you couldn’t consider it a jolly seasonal alternative to Cinderella. Trouble is, it’s been done to death and updating it to the 1920s means unfortunate comparisons […]
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