Former Strictly Come Dancing champion Joanne Clifton continues her run of musicals by starring in the London fringe premiere of all-singing, all-dancing Irving Berlin musical Top Hat.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE – Touring
Based on the 1967 film and the original 1956 British musical Chrysanthemum, Thoroughly Modern Millie is a bundle of joy with its over the top characters, tap dancing and of course bringing the 1920’s vibrantly to life.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE – Touring
Thoroughly Modern Millie has had many reincarnations and is based on a 1967 movie musical that is itself based on a 1956 London stage musical that in turn became a 2002 Broadway show. This new tour mixes a bit of each in to create a very enjoyable and well constructed production.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE – Touring
Pop quiz. Hum a song from Thoroughly Modern Millie, which is at the Playhouse until Saturday. Aha, Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen’s title number. Very good. And?
NEWS: Strictly dance star Joanne Clifton stars in Thoroughly Modern Millie tour
World Ballroom Showdance Champion and Professional Dancer Joanne Clifton will take on the title role of Millie Dillmount in the upcoming UK tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Joanne’s credits include Face the Music, Burn the Floor, Strictly Live Tour and Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jeane The Musical.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Actor Carly Thoms
Carly Thoms is a dream of a performer. She recently breathed life into the role of Little Voice at The Union Theatre and previously took on the 48-Hour Challenge where she played Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie. I caught up with Carly, post LV, to ask all manner of nosey questions!
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… 48-Hour Millie’s Suanne Braun
Suanne Braun is an actress capable of pursuing many genres of performance and doesn’t shy away from a challenge. I chatted to her about her recent challenge – the latest Showtime Challenge to stage a full-scale musical in just 48 hours – and her acting career to date.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… 48-Hour Millie’s Suanne Braun
Suanne Braun is an actress capable of pursuing many genres of performance and doesn’t shy away from a challenge. I chatted to her about her recent challenge – the latest Showtime Challenge to stage a full-scale musical in just 48 hours – and her acting career to date.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… 48-Hour Millie’s Suanne Braun
Suanne Braun is an actress capable of pursuing many genres of performance and doesn’t shy away from a challenge. I chatted to her about her recent challenge – the latest Showtime Challenge to stage a full-scale musical in just 48 hours – and her acting career to date.
Weekly Theatre Podcast: Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Benedict Cumberbatch’s much-hyped Hamlet at the Barbican and an Off-West End revival of Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie are discussed on the latest As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE – Landor Theatre
As someone raised on West End musicals, I’ve grown used to grand spectacles, produced on a huge scale and a big budget, with lavish sets and an army of stage crew. It never would have occurred to me that you could present a show of that kind in a fringe theatre, with a cast of twelve and a band of five. Yet Thoroughly Modern Millie, at the tiny and intimate Landor Theatre, does just that – and is easily as entertaining as any of those big productions.
Diary of a theatre addict: Twitter challenges, skipping Edinburgh, trips to Southampton and Bath
Taking issue with contrary opinions on Twitter, an audience member taking photos at the Union, and visiting Southampton and Bath — and of course seeing Cumberbatch’s Hamlet.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE – Landor Theatre
Derived in 2002 from the 1967 Julie Andrews movie, Thoroughly Modern Millie is thoroughly old fashioned. It’s sexist: all the women are actresses or typists; racist: landlady Mrs Meers feigns orientalism and speaks pantomime Cantonese to her migrant Hong Kong laundrymen; heteronormative: every flapper’s ambition is to secure a rich businessman husband and even white slavery is dismissed as “well, it’s one way to get a man”, but so heartwarming and jolly you can almost forgive its cartoon morality.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE – Landor Theatre
The twenties don’t so much roar as whimper in SDWC’s new revival of Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Landor. Matthew Iliffe’s production strips back not only the set and cast, but also the life and soul of the show, leaving us with a raw and undercooked slog of questionable casting and dull direction.