THE GRAND DUKE
Largely unloved for over a century, the Finborough Theatre have rediscovered G & S gem in The Grand Duke, their fourteenth and last Savoy Opera, which is currently receiving its...
Largely unloved for over a century, the Finborough Theatre have rediscovered G & S gem in The Grand Duke, their fourteenth and last Savoy Opera, which is currently receiving its...
Following in a fine tradition of all-male casts, Sasha Regan’s production of H.M.S. Pinafore is just at the beginning of another UK tour. After the last tour’s reception, it’s not really...
Having previously enjoyed great worldwide success, this all-male production of The Pirates of Penzance is embarking on a UK tour. It is a lot of fun on many levels and...
It has been a very good start to the year for Gilbert and Sullivan fans with a few productions already hitting London stages to positive reception. This production of Princess...
First things first, congratulations are in order. Charles Court Opera has just turned 10 years old, and celebrated the occasion by launching their first production as the associate company of...
Director Thom Southerland has gone for a high octane performance of The Mikado, which the occasional lyrical modernisation suits – coupled with choreographer Joey McKneely’s profusion of jazz hands works...
In a world where musical theatre is dominated by what has been coined as ‘jukebox musicals’, crow-barring existing songs together to a usually shallow and paper thin plot, it was...
When I was a lad…. though while a distant memory, I very well remember being taken on a school trip to see a stolid, stuffy, conventional HMS Pinafore which left me bored and disenchanted. ...
Our very own Sally Bowles sits down with John O’Connor who is currently appearing in Four Farces: A hilarious evening of Victorian one-act farces! to find out what makes this production so funny....
Gareth has no formal training in the arts, simply a love of Theatre. He does have a good eye for money-saving and looks after the ‘bargain’ side of Bargain Theatre. He blames...
The London 50 Hour Improvathon 2013 is a venture set up by Extempore Theatre, the company behind the infamous Showstopper: The Improvised Musical. The event runs over three days and we sent...
Gilbert and Sullivan’s perennial classic gets a 1940s jazz makeover as East meets West. Music has been adapted by Rob Bowman while book and lyrics get the David H. Bell...