STAGEY CHAT WITH DIANA FENG


The next interview in our stagey chat series is with Diana Feng, who's heading to Edinburgh Fringe this year from 31st July - 26th August with her show, Don't Call Me China Doll.

Get yourself comfy and join us for the next segment of Stagey Chat!

DIZNEY IN DRAG: ONCE UPON A PARODY | REVIEW

Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Underbelly Festival, London
Cast: Owen Merriman, Jae West, Alex Nissen, Mason Gilbert, Emma Macmillan, Oscar Smith, Ashley Nissen

Prepare to have all your childhood dreams shattered like Cinderella's glass slipper in an elephant graveyard of adult fantasies and fairytale follies. ‘Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody' is a Whole New World you didn't know you needed!

Follow some familiar characters and discover sides of them you never knew existed. Come and be a Toy in our Story. If you have any reservation, just Let It Go. Be Our Guest and book a seat now! You'll pity the Poor Unfortunate Souls that miss out on this one.

YOUR LIE IN APRIL | REVIEW

Your Lie in April
Rating🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
Venue: Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Cast: Zheng Xi Yong, Rachel Clare Chan, Dean John-Wilson, Mia Kobayashi, Lucy Park, Ernest Stroud, JoJo Meredith, Chris Fung, Eu Jin Hwang, Daniel Nardone, Ericka Posadas, Gracie Lai, Imogen Law Hing Choy and Ria Tanaka

Kosei Arima is the perfect piano prodigy dubbed the “Human Metronome” for his mechanical accuracy who has won many prestigious competitions, but he loses his ability to hear music following the death of his mother. Can his friendship with violinist Kaori Miyazono help him return to playing the music he loves?

[TITLE OF SHOW] | REVIEW

[title of show]
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Phoenix Arts Club, London
Cast: George Crawford, Abbie Budden, Mary Moore, Ben Ward, Thomas Oxley, Melissa McCabe, and Owen Arkrow

[title of show] was originally produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Jeffery Seller, Roy Miller, Laura Camien, Kris Stewart, Vineyard Theatre, and LAMS Productions at the Lyceum Theatre, where it opened on July 17, 2008. Originally Produced by the Vineyard Theatre, New York City, February 2006. [title of show] was originally presented by Bridge Club Productions at the 2004 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

DEBBIE WILEMAN - JUDY: I'M STILL HERE | REVIEW

Debbie Wileman - Judy: I'm Still Here
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Ambassadors Theatre 
Cast: Debbie Wileman  

I'm Still Here, A Musical Celebration of Judy Garland starring Debbie Wileman comes to the Ambassadors this Summer!

Direct from Carnegie Hall, Debbie sings Judy's classics as well as hits from Adele, Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga.

Live music orchestrated by Jersey Boys' Steve Orich.

THE SECRET GARDEN | REVIEW

The Secret Garden
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
Cast: Theo Angel, Richard Clews, George Fletcher, Amanda Hadingue, Molly Hewitt-Richards, Jack Humphrey, Avita Jay, Hannah Khalique-Brown, Patrick Osborne, Sharan Phull, Archana Ramaswamy and Brydie Service 

Spoilt and abandoned, 10-year-old Mary Lennox is sent from India to Yorkshire, and put into the care of an Uncle she has never met. At Misselthwaite Manor, a broken-hearted house full of secrets and strange noises, Mary discovers a garden as lost and neglected as she is. If she can learn to make friends with robins, grumpy gardeners, and a boy who speaks to animals, Mary might be able to bring more than just the garden back to life.

STAGEY CHAT WITH TEGAN VERHEUL

The next interview in our stagey chat series is with Tegan Verheul, who's heading to Edinburgh Fringe this year from 31st July - 25th August with her show, Chokeslam

Get yourself comfy and join us for the next segment of Stagey Chat!

MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL | REVIEW

Mean Girls the Musical
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Savoy Theatre, London
Cast: Charlie Burn, Georgina Castle, Elèna Gyasi, Grace Mouat, Elena Skye, Tom Xander, Daniel Bravo, Lucca Chadwick-Patel, Ako Mitchell and Zoë Rainey

Meet The Plastics – Regina, Gretchen and Karen. They rule North Shore High and will burn anyone who gets in their way. Home-schooled Cady Heron may think she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest thanks to her zoologist parents, but high school is a whole new level of savage. When Cady devises a plan to end Regina's reign, she learns the hard way that you can't cross a queen bee without getting stung.

NEXT TO NORMAL | REVIEW

Next to Normal
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Wyndham's Theatre
Cast: Caissie Levy, Jamie Parker, Jack Wolfe, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Trevor Dion Nicholas and Jack Ofrecio 

Next to Normal is an intimate exploration of family and illness, loss and grief. At its heart is Diana Goodman (Caissie Levy in an Olivier Award-nominated performance), a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past.

10 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE NEXT TO NORMAL PRESS CALL


Last Thursday we were invited to the press call for the latest production of Next to Normal. Its return was highly anticipated, since the initial run at the Donmar Warehouse was completely sold out, even before it opened. The show is now running at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End.

Find out more about this brilliant, mind blowing exploration of family, mental health and grief.

BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL: LIVE | REVIEW

Bonnie & Clyde the Musical: Live
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Streamed online
Cast: Jeremy Jordan, Frances Mayli McCann, Natalie McQueen, George Maguire, Trevor Dion Nicholas and Liam Tamne 

Let's raise a little hell this summer. Starring Tony-Nominee Jeremy Jordan and Olivier-Nominee Frances Mayli McCann, this cult-favorite Broadway musical re-tells the unbelievable true story of America's most infamous couple, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Captured in stunning, world-class quality, ain't no way you won't remember us.