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01-09-26 Wales Millennium Centre by Jamie Griffiths Having seen Burlesque the Musical in its original Manchester incarnation and again during its West End run at the Savoy last year, I went into this new touring version with plenty to compare it with. Taking something this big on the road is no small undertaking, but Burlesque absolutely stands up. This remains a bold, loud and unapologetically glamorous musical, but there are changes […]
27-08-26 at Lowry, Salford Quays by Georgia Cook & Fio Tretheway ★★★★ It’s always handy attending shows and writing these reviews as a pair, especially when watching a screen-to-stage musical adaptation, because inevitably one of us will be intimately familiar with the source material, while the other one will be going in completely blind. It was much the same this time, when last night we went to see the Gala […]
06/08/2026 at the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh by Stuart Clarkson There’s something rather special about discovering a musical at the Edinburgh Fringe before the rest of the theatre world gets hold of it. Bliss feels exactly like that – an ambitious, joy-filled new musical that already looks destined for a life well beyond Edinburgh. Written by Emma Lively and Tyler Beattie, Bliss cleverly turns the traditional fairytale on its head. Four princess sisters – Piper, […]
27-07-26 Evolution London, Battersea Park by Teresa Brown ★★★★★ There are shows you watch and shows you experience. Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical is most definitely the latter. From the moment you arrive at Evolution London in Battersea Park, it feels as though someone has picked you up, transported you back to the 1950s and dropped you straight into the middle of the movie and I absolutely loved it. The scale […]
21/07/2026 at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford by Stuart Clarkson I’ve somehow not managed to see Jersey Boys in the 20 years it’s been a musical theatre hit - though I did watch the 2014 film version a few years back. And now I’m kicking myself for never having been to see this masterpiece on the stage before! The Four Seasons hits speak for themselves and are perhaps what audiences keep […]
08-06-2026 at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford by Stuart Clarkson It’s been on the stage since 2012 but this was the first time I’d seen the musical adaptation of the 1992 film The Bodyguard - a blockbuster success that spawned several hit singles for Whitney Houston including I Have Nothing, Run To You, I’m Every Woman, Queen of the Night and of course I Will Always Love You. These all feature […]
18-04-26 Storyhouse, Chester by Jamie Griffiths Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway has a reputation for being one of the great novels of the twentieth century. It also has a reputation for being rather intimidating. Built from streams of consciousness, memories and internal monologues, it is not an obvious choice for adaptation. Yet Storyhouse's remarkable new production somehow manages to capture the essence of Woolf's masterpiece while creating something that feels entirely […]
13-05-26 Manchester Palace Theatre by Fio Trethewey The Karate Kid Musical opened last night at the Manchester Palace Theatre. Due to the Karate Kid Franchise’s ongoing popularity with the spin-off series Cobra Kai I was curious to see how a musical version would fare for audiences. The Karate Kid story follows the journey of Daniel LeRusso, a New Jersey boy moving to California with his mother who meets a World […]
11-05-26 Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge by Jamie Griffiths There are certain venues that naturally demand excellence. Trinity College Chapel is one of them. With its soaring architecture, centuries of academic history and breathtaking acoustics, the chapel could easily intimidate even seasoned performers. Yet for one evening, it became the setting for a remarkable showcase of musical theatre talent from students balancing rehearsals alongside some of the most demanding academic courses […]
