If you love Lin Manuel Miranda’s musicals, you’re going to love In The Heights. The film is based on the musical of the same name by the creator of Hamilton. I’m glad I didn’t see or listen to the musical before watching as this allowed me to enjoy something I had not seen before. The…
Arts, Venue
Review of Ordinary Days: an extraordinary musical about ordinary people
Being able to appreciate the small things in life is something few of us do on a day to day basis. Sometimes it just takes three weeks and a handful of people working tirelessly to put on a show to remind us just how special and extraordinary life can be. The company of the Drama…
Arts, Venue
Review: Smash-hit musical Kinky Boots arrives in Norwich
The smash-hit musical, Kinky Boots, has arrived in Norwich for its limited two week run at the Theatre Royal, and boy was it fabulous. Set in fictional Northampton factory ‘Price and Son’, the show centres around Charlie Price who inherits his father’s failing shoe factory. After seeing the flamboyant Lola’s drag act, Charlie finds the…
Arts
Q&A with the creative team behind Sweet Charity
Katie Stockton interviewed Hal Bennet, Musical Director and Molly Farley, Director of UEA’S upcoming production: Sweet Charity. Firstly: Why Sweet Charity? H: I wanted to do something like Chicago but with the grandeur of Les Mis. And then I asked Molly to get involved. M: -I’d never directed a musical before, but I had sung the…
Arts, Uncategorized
Review: Cabaret 2019 at the UEA Drama Studio
In aid of Rare Disease UK and St Martins Housing Trust, Minotaur Theatre Company’s vibrant production of Cabaret 2019 certainly delivered on its promise to provide “a night of thrilling musical theatre”. The selection of songs from contemporary musicals was refreshing and successful in capturing the zeitgeist of the musical theatre landscape. At the same…
Film
I dreamed a dream (of French Revolution era sexual politics)
As ever, the BBC has successfully attempted to inject a bit more life into its evening dramas this year. One of its much anticipated offerings is the new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic, Les Misérables. With some all-star names including Dominic West and Olivia Coleman, the show boasts of being a much closer adaptation of…
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Review: Calendar Girls at the Norwich Theatre Royal
It’s been a few years since I’ve seen the film Calander Girls, and I was really excited to see the musical when it came to Norwich this week. I was not disappointed. It’s got a bit less of the Hollywood glamour than the film, but the message comes across all the more because of that….
Arts
Review: Guys and Dolls at the Norwich Theatre Royal
The opening performance of Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society’s classic, and dare I say predictable, interpretation of ‘Guys and Dolls’ was not necessarily a well-oiled machine. Originally based on the stories of Damon Runyon, ‘Guys and Dolls’ is a traditional ‘Broadway fable,’ which combines classic romance with the gambling underworld. As Nathan Detroit struggles to…
Arts
Venue reviews: Fun Home
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home is a graphic memoir first published in 2006. It traces her life prior to and surrounding her father’s death; featuring her troubled childhood, realising that she’s a lesbian and coming out, and learning that her father was gay and had affairs with – sometimes underage – men. Having encountered the book…
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