PROUD CABARET: WEST SIDE HORROR STORY | REVIEW

West Side Horror Story
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Proud Embankment, London
Cast: Sofia Pavlichenko, J'adore La Vie, Jessicats, Lady Lydia, Shade Flamewater, Jake DuPree, Mister Smith, Klodi & Yann and Lynx 

Watch two glittery gangs battle it out for their final place on the West End stage; including favourite songs from West Side Story blended with modern hits!

Our cast gets a spooky makeover – we have a wicked witch host for the night, with an enchanting rendition of I’ve Put A Spell. We uncover a murder at the docks. We meet Proud’s resident bloody ghost rising from the dead and see devilish burlesque demons shake our gravestones.

MOULIN ROUGE (NEW CAST 2022) | REVIEW

Moulin Rouge
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Piccadilly Theatre, London
Cast: Jamie Muscato, Melissa James, Matt Rixon, Ian Carlyle, Ben Richards, Elia Lo Tauro, Amy Thornton, Hannah Jay-Allan and Tiago Dhondt Bamberger

Enter a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular. Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Directed by Tony Award® nominee Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom and above all, Love.

SCENE UNSEEN | REVIEW

Scene Unseen
Rating★★★
Venue: Streamed online
Cast: Jessica Walker and Joseph Atkins

A cutting-edge new musical about identity, sexuality, and what makes us who we are. This hour-long song-cycle weaves a path from cabaret artist Jessica Walker’s emotionally complex childhood right up to her very particular wedding day, with songs about early gender confusion, sexual assault, first love and betrayal, and family secrets. It is a powerful, personal story with universal themes, expressed through Atkins and Walker’s uncategorisable musical mix of humour, classicism, torch, and a touch of Eighties synth!

STAGEY CHAT WITH BREE SMITH

The next interview in our stagey chat series, is with the incredible Bree Smith, who is currently playing Shug Avery in the touring production of The Color Purple. Bree has most recently appeared in stage productions of Coming to England, The Wiz, Tomorrow May Be My Last and Evita.

Get yourself comfy and join Bree and I for a chat about all things stagey!

PROUD CABARET: WEST SIDE (CABARET) STORY | REVIEW

West Side (Cabaret) Story - Proud Cabaret
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Proud Embankment, London 
Cast: Sofia Pavlichenko, J'adore La Vie, Jessicats, Lady Lydia, Shade Flamewater, The Seifert Sisters and Lucy Elson

Introducing our all new show, West Side Cabaret Story! Featuring the UK’s most incredible circus and cabaret acts! Classic show tunes mixed with contemporary music and a fabulously entertaining theatrical experience. Our show involves fire, singing, dancing, acrobatics, and of course outrageously sexy performances by our spectacular-cast!

OUTSTANDING UNDERSTUDIES IN THE WEST END (2022)


I've been lucky enough to see a huge range of shows this year, and at almost every show there's been an understudy/standby/alternate/cast member returning. Not only do I love seeing a new take on an established role, but I tend to end up preferring the understudy performing! Understudies have singlehandedly carried the West End since theatres have reopened. Many shows simply wouldn't have been able to continue without them, so I wanted to celebrate the best understudies I've seen this year - and why I loved them so much