Bad Girls The Musical - Union Theatre cast Photo credit: Andy Coxon
In recent years The Union Theatre has built a reputation for high quality revivals of rarely performed musicals, re-inventing shows that have often unfairly been labelled 'flops' in their original productions. This is true of their most recent revival, 'Bad Girls The Musical', which despite largely positive reviews ran for only three months at the West End's Garrick Theatre in 2007 after sadly failing to find an audience. Based upon the popular ITV prison drama series of the same name, Bad Girls seemed an unlikely subject for a musical then and after almost ten years of silence it seemed an even unlikelier prospect for a revival. It was with a mixture of surprise, excitement and trepidation that I made my way to the Union Theatre to see whether the ladies of Larkhall prison should indeed be let loose on theatreland again.
Moments In The Woods
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Sunday, 20 March 2016
Sunday, 22 September 2013
The Sound of Music - Regents Park Open Air Theatre - Review
The Sound of Music Review – 31st
August 2013 – matinee performance
It was even something of a surprise to me
when I realised that in my years of theatregoing I had never seen a live stage
production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic, ‘The Sound of Music’. Therefore, an outing to the summer production
at Regents Park Open Air Theatre seemed the perfect chance to rectify
this. It was with some trepidation
however, could the live version match up to such a much-loved movie?
Saturday, 3 August 2013
9-5 The Musical - Review - Liverpool Empire Theatre
Saturday 3rd August 2013 - matinee
At the end of 9-5 The Musical, Dolly Parton addresses the audience via a
prerecorded video message and encourages those who have enjoyed the show to
spread the word and tell everyone they know.
I feel a particular sense of duty to do this as, knowing nothing about
the musical or the 1980 film on which it is based & seeing Dolly’s image
all over the publicity material, I assumed it was a 'jukebox' musical of the [insert
song here] variety, complete with a character called Jolene and all of Parton’s
biggest hits.
I have never been happier to be so completely and utterly wrong.
Sunday, 30 June 2013
'Judy & Liza' - Review - Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Saturday 29th June 2013
It is not often you see two legends of musical theatre
performing on stage together, but it certainly felt that way last night
watching Judy & Liza at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre. Performing as one of the most famous
mother-daughter duos of all time, Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli (as if you
hadn’t guessed), Lucy Williamson and Emma Dears managed to bring these two
extraordinary performers to life.
'This Is My Family' - Review - Sheffield Crucible Studio
Thursday 27th June - Matinee
The prospect of a new British musical
always fills me with excitement and for this reason I travelled to Sheffield
Crucible to see the premiere of This Is My Family; a new musical with book,
music and lyrics by Tim Firth and impeccably directed by Daniel Evans.
Sunday, 21 April 2013
'The Hired Man' - Review - Curve Theatre (Studio), Leicester
The Hired Man – Saturday 20th
April, matinee.
When I started this blog I named it ‘Moments in the Woods’
partly because I love the Stephen Sondheim song of the same name but also
because there are moments at the theatre where I get the indescribable feeling that
I am watching something special. It may
be a song, a particular performance or even just a tiny gesture within a scene
but when that ‘moment’ comes, I know I will remember it forever. It
doesn’t happen often but I mention this here because yesterdays performance of
Melvyn Bragg and Howard Goodall’s 1984 musical ‘The Hired Man’, was full of these ‘moments’ and I don’t think I
will be able to accurately put into words just how beautiful this musical is.
Saturday, 16 March 2013
'Hope' - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool - Review
Saturday 16th March - matinee performance
The Royal Court in Liverpool is currently showing the world
premiere of ‘Hope’, billed as both a psychological thriller and a ‘darkly
comical love story’ by multi-talented writer, director and actor Scot
Williams.
The play centres around Norm, a writer struggling to finish
his novel though insisting he does not believe in writer’s block. His housemate, Guy (Rene Zagger) is a
constant source of distraction and irritation who questions Norm’s every action
and opinion. Their third housemate, Hope
(Samantha Womack) floats in and out of their conversations, playfully teasing
that she has a secret. Writer Scot
Williams makes up the cast, playing Victor, a mysterious figure brought back to
the house by Hope who seems to know more about the other housemates than they realise.
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