Come on, who hasn’t danced around their hotel room, possibly a little hungover, in a bathrobe and green foam Statue of Liberty tiara? Especially after the best night of your life with the person of your dreams… Even if somehow you haven’t, you can feel every giddy emotion right alongside the extraordinary Sam Tutty as … Read more
Despite a career packed with movie musicals, Elvis Presley actually said no to being in the biggest one of all time. During his final tour in 1977, months before he died, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, told his (on the road) ‘girlfriend’ Kathy Westmoreland that he was sad because he hadn’t made a “classic … Read more
Can you ever have too much Elvis? 40 years ago, film studios hoped not when they cast the rock and roll legend in the 1960s light comedy Kissing Cousins. Released in March 1964, on the surface it looked like just another frothy confection of tangled romances, intercut with jaunty songs, but there was a big … Read more
I’ve said it before, this is the greatest new British musical for years. Transferring from the National Theatre to the West End’s Gillian Lynne after bagging Best New Musical and Best Original Score at the 2023 Olivier Awards, Britpop legend Richard Hawley’s back catalogue soundtracks a gut-punchingly charged tale of three sets of inhabitants of … Read more
On paper, Hadestown really shouldn’t work. A broodingly melancholy musical based on Greek myth via modern industrial and socioeconomic concerns, with a fusion steampunk and New Orleans setting, a meandering plot and distinct lack of catchy show tunes? And yet… The packed crowd exuberantly cheered as each character came on, and their delirious delight sustained … Read more
It might just be the hottest show in heaven or hell right now as the Broadway production of Hadestown prepares to transfer to London. The show will start previews on February 10 ahead of the official opening on February 21. This week, excited fans and total newbies saw the show debut the track Wait For … Read more
