Calendar Girls is a musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, which tells the true story of a group of WI Ladies from Yorkshire, who, after one of their number lost her husband to cancer, decided to make a calendar to sell in order raise enough money to buy a settee Read more…
Sister Act is a musical delight and one of the most jubilant shows on at the theatre at present. Everyone remembers the film starring Whoopie Goldberg, this theatrical version certainly gives it a run for its money. When nightclub singer Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder committed by her gangster Read more…
I was completely hooked by The Ocean at the End of the Lane. It is storytelling at its best. It’s great that the Regent has managed to secure this West End show. The set, lights, choreography, music, puppetry and stage craft are second to none. The lead character is a Read more…
Dirty Dancing is a timeless classic that continues to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages. So it proved again on opening night at the Regent Theatre. It’s a story full of joy and heartbreak and the soundtrack features some of the most memorable songs of the 1980swhilst telling the Read more…
The all-time classic musical The King and I, winner of four Tony Awards, lives up to the billing and more. The first half is gently paced, but like the relationship between Anna and the King, grows on you slowly. West End stars Annalene Beechey, as British school teacher Anna, sent to teach Read more…
The show opens with the set of an orphanage dormitory in New York in the 1930s during The Great Depression with children tossing and turning in their beds, others running around. We meet Annie, who is living a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage, whilst determined to find her Read more…
Unlike the Oscar-winning 1997 film , this production isn’t centred around a fictional love story. Instead, it offers a heartbreaking and detailed account of the event, based on the lives of the real passengers on board the legendary ship in April 1912.To the super-rich, this giant floating city represented the Read more…
The UK touring production of Heathers started with a great performance on its’ opening night at the Regent Theatre. The musical is based on the 1980s film. It’s a black comedy and follows the pupils of Westerburg High School, Ohio, as they deal with bullying, teenage suicide and sexual violence. Read more…
In its 70th anniversary tour after debuting in November 1952, the world’s longest running play, The Mousetrap, raises its distinctive plush red curtain on the famous residents and guests of Agatha Christie’s Monkswell Guest House