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THE ORESTEIA | REVIEW

The Oresteia 
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Bridge Theatre, London

The Oresteia is one of the theatre’s great foundational texts and it hasn’t lost any of its potency to this day. A family haunted by its part in an unjust war, the painful burden of inherited trauma and inter-generational conflict, the descent into an increasingly merciless vortex of violence: as long as humankind wages wars and as long as families tear themselves apart this story will remain painfully, cathartically relevant. It is with great excitement that we embark on bringing this tale into our times at the Bridge Theatre.

THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT | REVIEW

The Jonathan Larson Project
Rating: ★★★
Venue: Southwark Playhouse Borough, London

The Jonathan Larson Project is a show about a young man following his heart in New York City trying to change the world. The show offers a rare and exhilarating window into Larson’s creative world, featuring previously unheard songs from the late composer’s archives. They illuminate the artistry, activism, and restless imagination of one of musical theatre’s most influential voices.

HEATHERS THE MUSICAL | REVIEW

Heathers the Musical
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: The Arts at Marble Arch

Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death and Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day.

But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. That is until J.D., the mysterious teem rebel, teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody.

SHANAY HOLMES IN CONCERT | REVIEW

Shanay Holmes in Concert
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Cadogan Hall

Shanay Holmes, one of the West End’s most powerful and emotive voices, presents her first-ever solo concert at Cadogan Hall, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

Following her critically acclaimed performance as Nancy in Oliver! – a role she originated and for which she won Best Female Lead in a Musical at the Black British Theatre Awards – she performs orchestral re-imaginings of musical theatre classics alongside the songs that have shaped her journey.

THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY & JUNE | REVIEW

The Ballad of Johnny and June
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Richmond Theatre

This thrilling new musical from the director of Jersey Boys celebrates the love, music and mayhem of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Featuring barnstorming performances and electrifying chemistry from Christopher Ryan Grant (Million Dollar Quartet) and Christina Bianco (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wizard of Oz), this is Johnny and June like you’ve never seen them before.

HOT MESS | REVIEW

Hot Mess
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: The Other Palace, London

After a billion years of bad dates, Earth has finally found the one: Hu-manity. Sparks fly. Seeds are sown. Ground is broken. But what starts as a passionate love affair between the universe’s most iconic couple soon spirals into a spectacularly messy breakup.

From the creators of 42 Balloons, Jack Godfrey and Ellie Coote, comes a brand-new British musical packed with original pop songs, charting the rise and fall of the greatest love story ever told.

HOW TO MAKE A MESS | REVIEW

How to Make a Mess
Rating: ★★★
Venue: Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London

When Anna’s estranged mother dies, she skips sitting shiva and immerses herself in Nigella Lawson’s seminal cookbook How To Eat, somehow summoning an imagined Nigella as her guide.

Folding together heartache and humour, Anna rediscovers the joys of living, learning, and—most importantly—eating, one recipe at a time.

BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL | REVIEW

Beetlejuice The Musical 
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Prince Edward Theatre, London

Have the time of your afterlife with the ‘supernaturally fun, fun, fun’ (Radio Times) musical sensation BEETLEJUICE. Hailed as ‘hilarious’ (Independent) and an ‘absolute scream’ (The Standard), don’t miss the ‘drop-dead gorgeous’ (Guardian) Broadway spectacular at London’s Prince Edward Theatre – for a limited season only.

Meet Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager sharing her home with a pair of newly-deads and the demonic ghost with the most, Beetlejuice. He's dead trouble, but if you really want to feel alive, just say his name three times…

DARK OF THE MOON | REVIEW

Dark of the Moon
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Charing Cross Theatre, London

Dark of the Moon is a supernatural tale of witchcraft, small-town prejudices, forbidden romance and the power of faith. This spellbinding new musical portrays the clash of two dynamically polarized worlds—a charming rural Appalachian town and the mystical world of witches and warlocks from the Smoky Mountains that loom high above. Two young lovers—a girl and a warlock—find each other and defy their communities’ entrenched prejudices to build a life together. But, with that, they must face a heartbreaking ultimatum, because although true love can heal a great divide...sometimes it is the cause.

STAGEY CHAT WITH SHANAY HOLMES


The next interview in our stagey chat series is with Shanay Holmes. Shanay will be performing her first solo concert at the iconic Cadogan Hall on 11th July; as well as being the star of musicals such as Oliver! and being the co-creator of the annual Musical Con and co-founder of West End Musical Productions.

Get yourself comfy and get ready to chat all things stagey!

BARNUM | REVIEW

Barnum
Rating: ★★★
Venue: New Victoria Theatre, Woking

Step right up and enter the dazzling world of P.T. Barnum, where imagination and ambition know no bounds. Hand in hand with wife Charity, Barnum’s life and career twists and turns as he schemes and dreams his way to headier heights.

This spectacular new staging will feature an extraordinary ensemble cast of over 20 actor-musicians playing 150 instruments, acrobats and amazing circus acts. Audiences are certain to delight at every sight, wonder and miracle that the name Barnum stands for!