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NEWS: Les Misérables – The Staged Concert returns to the West End in December 2020

In Concerts, London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases by Press Releases12th October 2020

Les Misérables – The Staged Concert will return to the West End for a six-week limited run, playing at London’s Sondheim Theatre from 5 December 2020 to 17 January 2021.

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‘There is little point in denying its political punch’: LES MISÉRABLES – Sondheim Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Aleks Sierz18th January 2020Leave a Comment

New blood courses through the veins of the West End’s longest-running musical Les Misérables.

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‘Will be long remembered’: LES MISERABLES – THE STAGED CONCERT – West End

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Maryam Philpott22nd August 2019Leave a Comment

Like its predecessors, 2019’s Les Misérables: The Staged Concert will be long remembered as another notable event in the musical’s performance history, heralding the return of Michael Ball to a show he helped to establish, but this time in the role of Javert.

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Adapting Les Misérables: Psychological depth and the period drama

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Maryam Philpott30th January 2019Leave a Comment

The BBC’s adaptation of Les Misérables has been a huge success, gripping Sunday night viewing for the last five weeks offering the first truly comprehensive dramatisation of Victor Hugo’s mammoth novel.

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‘Bold & confident production’: NOTRE DAME DE PARIS – London Coliseum ★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Emma Clarendon26th January 2019Leave a Comment

Gilles Maheu’s production of Notre Dame De Paris emphasises the powerful nature of the story – but ends up getting too carried away with itself.

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‘An epic musical score filled with soaring romantic melodies’: Notre Dame de Paris – London Colesium

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Shanine Salmon25th January 2019Leave a Comment

At first glance Notre Dame de Paris appears as a mashup of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and a Cirque du Soleil show in French. But it goes deeper, as it should, being based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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NEWS: French musical Notre Dame de Paris has brief run at the London Coliseum in 2019

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases27th April 2018Leave a Comment

Twenty years after its Parisian debut, the French musical Notre Dame de Paris is to be performed in London, after receiving acclaim in 23 countries worldwide.

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‘A dark & alternative show’: THE GRINNING MAN – West End ★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Olivia Mitchell7th January 2018Leave a Comment

A particular highlight was Julie Atherton as Queen Angelica, whose comedic timing was on point as always.

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Mind the Blog’s best shows of 2017

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin6th January 2018Leave a Comment

Any number of shows could have been included in this post; frankly it’s ludicrous that I decided to stick with my whole top 12 idea… As I’ve seen about 90 more individual shows than last year.

Mind the Blog’s best shows of 2017

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin6th January 2018Leave a Comment

Any number of shows could have been included in this post; frankly it’s ludicrous that I decided to stick with my whole top 12 idea… As I’ve seen about 90 more individual shows than last year.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Grinning Man at Trafalgar Studios

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Emma Clarendon2nd January 2018Leave a Comment

The Bristol Old Vic’s new British musical, based on Victor Hugo’s story, has transferred to London. What have critics made of The Grinning Man’s West End transfer, now running at Trafalgar Studios?

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‘An astonishing piece of theatre’: THE GRINNING MAN – West End ★★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Press Releases, Reviews by Caroline Hanks-Farmer29th December 2017Leave a Comment

The Grinning Man is an astonishing piece of theatre which will appeal to anyone with an appetite for an entertainment which is piquant, curious, original and just a little bit macabre.

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THE GRINNING MAN – Bristol Old Vic

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews by Johnny Fox24th October 2016Leave a Comment

The master stroke of the creative team at Bristol Old Vic is to re-imagine his The Man Who Laughs through the dirty lens of Tim Burton, and to centre The Grinning Man on the brutally malevolent humour of a moping and Machiavellian clown played to and beyond perfection by Julian Bleach.

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